15 h. ago Trump urging Israel and Hamas to reach a settlement during talks in Egypt this week

'We are the closest we have been in a very long time,' said Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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21 h. ago Israel rejects reports Greta Thunberg and others in Hamas flotilla being mistreated in custody

Israel's Foreign Ministry said Swedish activist and 'other detainees refused to expedite their deportation and insisted on prolonging their stay in custody'

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22 h. ago Interview with Noa Tishby: Two years after October 7, Israel has lost the PR war

Advocate says Israel was losing even before Hamas attacked. "Like, why would a country think that it needs to justify its existence, right?"

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50 h. ago ‘Hamas is the genocidal entity’: Warfare experts on what the world is getting wrong on Gaza

Former soldiers Richard Kemp and John Spencer say some Western leaders have been fooled by Hamas, for whom civilian casualties is strategy

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50 h. ago Terry Glavin: October 7 — the day that forever changed the Middle East

Israel has largely laid waste to its enemies, but has also been forced to accept the possibility of Palestinian statehood

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50 h. ago Conrad Black: A momentous peace in the Middle East will soon be upon us

And we have Trump to thank for it

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61 h. ago Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate rest of Trump peace plan

It said the hostages would need to be released ‘in a manner that ensures the cessation of the war and the full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip’

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61 h. ago Trump tells Israel to ‘immediately stop’ bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostages, negotiate peace

‘We agreed to the plan in principle based on its main points, but its implementation requires negotiations,’ a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera

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4 d. ago Any attack on Qatar is attack on U.S., Trump says in new executive order

An official with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America said that Trump’s order is ‘misguided’ and ‘counterproductive’

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4 d. ago QNB Group Receives Saudi Central Bank “SAMA” License Approval for a New Digital Bank “ezbank”

In co-operation with Ajlan & Bros. Holding Introducing a new model of customer-centric banking built around innovation, efficiency, and accessibility. Providing innovative solutions for the youth and entrepreneurs. DOHA, Qatar — QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, announced the license approval has been received for a digital-first banking entity, […]

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5 d. ago Eastnets and Facephi forge strategic alliance to create comprehensive global fraud defense ecosystem

European biometric leadership meets middle eastern compliance expertise to revolutionize digital financial security across five continents DUBAI, United Arab Emirates and ALICANTE, Spain, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eastnets, a global leader in compliance and payments security, and Facephi, the Spanish-based leader in biometric digital identity verification, today announced a landmark strategic partnership to […]

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5 d. ago PM Carney welcomes Trump’s peace plan proposal for Israel and Gaza

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic new Middle East peace plan,” which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. Trump’s plan to put the Gaza Strip and its 2.1 million Palestinians under an international security force has been endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]

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6 d. ago Middle East Oil Prices Slide as OPEC+ Supply Fans Glut Concerns

Oil prices in the Middle East are starting to show the strain from concerns over a looming surplus, as OPEC+ presses ahead with its strategy to reclaim market share and demand from Chinese refiners softens.

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6 d. ago Egypt, Pakistan and other Muslim states join EU in backing Trump Gaza plan

Eight Arab or Muslim-majority nations in a joint statement said they ‘welcome the role of the American president and his sincere efforts aimed at ending the war in Gaza’

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6 d. ago Trump unveils Gaza peace plan as Netanyahu visits U.S., apologizes to Qatar

The 20-point plan calls for all hostages held by Hamas to be released within 72 hours of both sides accepting the deal, and does not call for Palestinians to leave Gaza.

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6 d. ago Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar during White House visit for death of soldier

Israel's prime minister ‘expressed his deep regret that Israel’s missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman’

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6 d. ago Trump to meet Netanyahu at White House amid talks on emerging Hamas deal

The U.S. president told Israeli media on Sunday that talks on his plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip were in the final stages

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7 d. ago Treasury chief says wars and tariffs are harming the UK’s economic outlook

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief warned Monday that wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and economic headwinds sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have worsened the U.K.’s economic outlook since the governing Labour Party won power last year. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is under pressure to say whether she […]

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1 week ago B.C. gang killer Rabih Alkhalil tried to escape from Qatar police twice

Postmedia first reported Alkhalil’s arrest in the Middle East on Sept. 6, after confirming the information with several sources.

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2 w. ago Carney announces Canada officially recognizes a Palestinian state

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada will recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as the international gathering of world leaders grapples with ongoing unrest in the Middle East.  “While Canada is under no illusions that this recognition is a panacea, this recognition is firmly aligned […]

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