Middle East
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Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan, Netanyahu says
Netanyahu announced the decision during a cabinet meeting
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Yemen's Houthis strike Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia: report
A spokesperson for the Houthis said the Aramco refinery was attacked with a drone
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Iran says Strait of Hormuz deal is near, but waterway may not reopen immediately
The uncertainty surrounding the reopening has continued to concern shipping companies and energy markets, particularly because of the volume of oil and other petroleum products that normally pass through the waterway.
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Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 45 years for tweets: human rights group
She is the second woman this month to reportedly be given a lengthy prison sentence by Saudi authorities for her social media activity
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White House calls deadly clashes in Baghdad 'disturbing,' no plans to evacuate U.S. embassy
Authorities would not comment as to whether there is or has been any reduction of staff at the Baghdad Embassy.
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Iranian propaganda paper threatens Trump, Pompeo after Rushdie stabbing
The paper claimed Trump and Pompeo live "in fear" of Iran
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Iran denies involvement in stabbing of Salman Rushdie, says novelist is to blame
India-born British-American novelist's book "Satanic Verses" was critically acclaimed but was deemed blasphemous by Iran's theocratic Shiite regime.
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Palestinian gunman wounds eight, including five Americans and pregnant woman, in Jerusalem
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad both praised the attack
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Iran annually funnels tens of millions to Islamic Jihad in Gaza, says Israeli defense minister
The defense minister said, "Islamic Jihad has an open tab in Iran"
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Israel and Islamic Jihad ceasefire in question after IDF responds to rocket attacks
Israel took out top Jihadi leaders in Gaza
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U.S. drone strike kills Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan
Zawahri was the most wanted man in terrorism for years and a major support figure to his predecessor, Osama bin-Laden, whom U.S. forces killed in 2011
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Rashida Tlaib blasts 'apartheid state' Israel, alleges murder of Al Jazeera journalist
Abu Akleh died in May from gunfire while covering an Israeli raid on Jenin, a terror hotbed
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Watchdog: DHS did not properly deploy personnel to welcome Afghan evacuees
"Overall, we determined DHS did not have a structure to support volunteers for unfunded operations such as OAW," was the watchdog's conclusion