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Israel-Gaza war
World artists back Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese despite criticism
Albanese faces calls from France and Germany to step down over remarks in which she criticised ‘most of the world’ for enabling Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza.
14 Feb 2026 - 11:17PM
Israel-Gaza war
Indian author Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlinale over jury’s Gaza comments
14 Feb 2026 - 2:12PM
Japan
Why elite Japanese school asked 12-year-olds to read Palestinian poems for exam
14 Feb 2026 - 1:07PM
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Middle East
Trump says change of power in Iran would be ‘best thing’
The US president’s comments are his most overt reference yet to regime change, as he pushes Tehran to make a nuclear deal.
14 Feb 2026 - 7:50AM
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Middle East
US is sending second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to coerce Iran
The USS Gerald R. Ford would join the USS Abraham Lincoln as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Iran for a deal.
13 Feb 2026 - 3:05PM
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Indonesia
They called Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ neocolonialism. Now they’re thinking twice
Several Muslim groups have previously opposed Prabowo’s decision to join the board, fearing it would serve US and Israeli interests.
13 Feb 2026 - 6:12PM
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US-Iran tensions
The US dropped proposal of Iran regime change. Could a nuclear deal be next?
Both sides appear amenable to a deal limiting some of Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities after last week’s diplomatic re-establishment.
12 Feb 2026 - 5:16PM
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Middle East
Trump ‘insists’ to Netanyahu that he will continue nuclear talks with Iran
Israel fears that the US might pursue a narrow agreement that does not include restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
12 Feb 2026 - 3:59AM
Australia
Australia presses Israel’s Herzog for charges over Gaza strike killing aid worker
PM Albanese uses Israeli president’s visit to demand charges for 2024 strike on aid convoy that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues.
11 Feb 2026 - 5:10PM
Middle East
In message to Iran, Trump weighs sending second aircraft carrier to Middle East
The US president warned that the US would have to do ‘something very tough’ if a deal was not reached.
11 Feb 2026 - 1:40PM
Israel-Gaza war
Israel’s ‘de facto sovereignty’ of West Bank condemned as illegal annexation
Ministers admit new land rules aim to block a Palestinian state, a move the UN and Arab nations slam as a grave violation of international law.
10 Feb 2026 - 9:09PM
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Israel-Gaza war
Israel ban on Palestinian workers spurs ‘starvation and desperation’ in West Bank
Desperation grows as Israel refuses to reinstate work permits, leaving thousands of Palestinians without income and forcing families into deep debt.
10 Feb 2026 - 6:25PM
Middle East
Israel kills 4 suspected militants in Gaza’s Rafah despite ceasefire
Air strikes killed 24 in Gaza last Wednesday, with the Israeli military saying it was in response to one of its officers being wounded by enemy gunfire.
9 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM
Iran
Iran sentences Nobel laureate to 7 more years amid stand-off with US
As Iran extends the jail term for Narges Mohammadi, its foreign minister strikes a maximalist position after US talks.
9 Feb 2026 - 4:08PM
China-Middle East relations
Israeli diplomat Aviv Ezra says ties with China must not be marred by ‘politics’
Highest level official to visit China since Gaza war highlights opportunities for China and Israel to advance ties as peace deal progresses.
7 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
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United States
Pentagon ditches Harvard as Hegseth declares university too ‘woke’
The defence secretary says the Ivy League university ‘no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services’.
7 Feb 2026 - 4:00PM
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India
India’s trade blitz seeks to keep afloat a sinking global order
‘Jolted out of its slumber’ by US tariffs, New Delhi is aggressively diversifying trade alliances to act as a bridge in a polarised world.
10 Feb 2026 - 8:54PM
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Iran
Oman mediates Iran-US nuclear talks amid tensions and Trump’s threats
The meeting is the first between the two sides since Washington joined Israel’s war with Tehran in June with strikes on nuclear sites.
6 Feb 2026 - 10:42PM
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Israel-Gaza war
Gaza’s violent reality: hundreds have been killed since October ceasefire
At least 556 Palestinians have died in Israeli strikes, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in the same period.
5 Feb 2026 - 2:35PM
Science
Nasa’s Juno finds Jupiter is a tiny bit smaller than previously thought
The robotic spacecraft was launched in 2011 and has been orbiting the gas giant since 2016, transmitting raw data back to Earth.
5 Feb 2026 - 4:02AM
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Israel-Gaza war
‘Where is the ceasefire?’: Israeli strikes kill 21 Palestinians in Gaza
More than 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since an October ceasefire, as Gaza health officials decry the ‘continued genocidal war’.
4 Feb 2026 - 8:35PM
Donald Trump
Iran plans nuclear talks with US as Trump warns of ‘bad things’
Facing threats of potential US military action, Tehran agrees to a Friday meeting in Istanbul on its nuclear programme.
3 Feb 2026 - 6:56PM
Israel-Gaza war
Gaza’s Rafah crossing sees ‘limited’ reopening amid truce, but challenges remain
Restoring the Rafah-Egypt crossing is a vital milestone for the peace process, concluding the long closure enforced by the Israeli military.
2 Feb 2026 - 7:49PM
United States
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How to prevent war with China: return Taiwan to the mainland
Beijing has a far more legitimate claim over Taiwan than the US and Israel have over any strip of land in the western hemisphere and Palestine.
1 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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China-Middle East relations
Israel’s China envoy calls to deepen historical ties in rare media outreach
Eli Belotserkovsky’s article comes amid global buzz over Trump’s Board of Peace and months after closer media ties pledge with Xinhua head.
1 Feb 2026 - 7:29PM
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India
India calls Modi’s Israel visit mention in Epstein email ‘trashy ruminations’
The foreign ministry acknowledged the 2017 trip but said the rest of the claims ‘deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt’.
1 Feb 2026 - 1:34PM
Israel-Iran conflict
Gas leak behind deadly Iran blast that stoked fears of US or Israeli attack
The explosion highlighted the jittery mood prevailing in the country, as Trump threatens strikes and says a US ‘armada’ is on its way.
1 Feb 2026 - 1:26AM
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Israel-Gaza war
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 30, including children at tent camp: hospitals
The latest fatalities came hours before the Rafah crossing, on Gaza’s border with Egypt, was due to open.
31 Jan 2026 - 11:54PM
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