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Washington (AFP) - The United States has taken a public distance from Israel as never before over the Gaza war but the decisive test will be Rafah and whether Israel heeds US warnings against an offensive in the packed city. The United States on Monday abstained at the Security Council, allowing a resolution to pass for the first time that called for an immediate ceasefire, infuriating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who delayed a delegation to Washington to discuss US concerns on Rafah. But in a stance surely noted by Netanyahu, President Joe Biden has made clear he will not use his key poi...
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Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant Tuesday that civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high," and said the two would talk about alternatives to a major Israeli operation in the territory's south. A separate Israeli delegation was supposed to visit Washington to discuss US concerns over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to launch an assault on the southern city of Rafah, where much of Gaza's population has sought refuge. But Israel scrapped that visit after the United States abstained in a Monday vote on a UN Security Council res...
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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ten people including a teenage girl were wounded on Monday after Ukrainian air defence systems downed two Russian missiles over the capital, sending metal debris crashing to the ground. Authorities in the eastern Kharkiv region also announced a 65-year-old man had died in the courtyard of his home during a bout of Russian shelling. AFP journalists in Kyiv saw emergency workers in helmets clearing concrete and bent metal from one building ripped open during the attack, the third aerial bombardment of the capital in just five days. Moscow has escalated its aerial attacks o...
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after the United States, Israel's ally which vetoed previous drafts, abstained. Drawing applause in the normally staid Security Council, all 14 other members voted in favor of the resolution which "demands an immediate ceasefire" for the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The resolution calls for the truce to lead to a "lasting, sustainable ceasefire" and demands that Hamas and other militants free hostages seized in their Octo...
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The 2025 European championships in artistic gymnastics will not be held in Tel Aviv, Israel as originally planned, organizers European Gymnastics said on Monday. The organization's executive committee has decided to withdraw the tournament from country "due to the current situation in Israel," amid the war between the nation and Palestinian extremist organization Hamas, a statement said. European Gymnastics said it's reopening the bidding process for the event and bids can be sent until April 23. "We acknowledge the efforts done by the Israeli Gymnastics Federation, the excellent host of sever...
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The 2025 European championships in artistic gymnastics will not be held in Tel Aviv, Israel as originally planned, organizers European Gymnastics said on Monday. The organization's executive committee has decided to withdraw the tournament from country "due to the current situation in Israel," amid the war between the nation and Palestinian extremist organization Hamas, a statement said. European Gymnastics said it's reopening the bidding process for the event and bids can be sent until April 23. "We acknowledge the efforts done by the Israeli Gymnastics Federation, the excellent host of sever...
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The 2025 European championships in artistic gymnastics will not be held in Tel Aviv, Israel as originally planned, organizers European Gymnastics said on Monday. The organization's executive committee has decided to withdraw the tournament from country "due to the current situation in Israel," amid the war between the nation and Palestinian extremist organization Hamas, a statement said. European Gymnastics said it's reopening the bidding process for the event and bids can be sent until April 23. "We acknowledge the efforts done by the Israeli Gymnastics Federation, the excellent host of sever...
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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine claimed Sunday to have hit two Russian military ships stationed at the annexed peninsula of Crimea in overnight strikes, as it suffered another night of "massive" Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine's ally and neighbour Poland said a Russian cruise missile headed for western Ukraine breached its airspace overnight, after it had put its armed forces on high alert amid intense Russian aviation activity. "The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully struck the amphibious landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications centre, and a number of the Black Sea Fleet's infrastructu...
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying it did not pressure Israel, with Moscow accusing Washington of a "hypocritical spectacle." The United States, Israel's main ally which has vetoed previous ceasefire calls, put forward the resolution in which the Security Council would have supported "the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire" and for the first time condemned the October 7 attack by Hamas. Veto-wielding Russia and China were joined in op...
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Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The US top diplomat said Thursday "gaps are narrowing" in talks for a ceasefire in Gaza, and a deal to free hostages held by militants in the devastated coastal territory. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke in Cairo after Israel said its spy chief would head back Friday to Doha for more truce talks with American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators. They are pushing for a deal to secure a six-week truce in the war between Israel and Hamas, now in its sixth month, that would allow hostages to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as w...
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