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Blinken Heads To Egypt To Seek 'Enduring End' To Gaza War

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to fly to Egypt on Tuesday as part of a Middle East crisis tour seeking a new truce and "an enduring end" to the Israel-Hamas war.

International Business Times

Joe Biden issues executive order against Israeli settlers in West Bank

Financial sanctions and visa bans imposed on four individuals as US frustration with Israel grows

The Guardian - UK

US Set To Reimpose Venezuela Oil Sanctions Over Election Disqualifications

The United States warned Tuesday it will reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, relaxed under a reconciliation deal, after opponents to President Nicolas Maduro were barred from running against him.

International Business Times

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Ex-Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Banned From Entering US For 'Corruption'

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement Wednesday that the department has "credible information indicating that Giammattei accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions during his tenure as president of Guatemala, actions that undermined the rule of law and government transparency."

Latin Times

Israel To Defend Itself Against Gaza Genocide Case At UN Top Court

Israel will on Friday hit back at what it describes as "atrocious" allegations it is committing "genocide" in Gaza, in a closely watched landmark case before the UN's top court.

International Business Times

EAM Jaishankar, Blinken discuss Red Sea attacks, Gaza, Ukraine

The United States and India discuss shared concerns over Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, emphasizing the need for increased cooperation in defending freedom of navigation.

The Hindu

Live updates | UN top court will hear genocide allegation as Israel focuses fighting in central Gaza

The United Nations' top court begins hearings Thursday over allegations that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide, which Israel strongly denies

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Blinken says civilian death toll in Gaza ‘far too high’

In Israel, US secretary of state urges working towards lasting peace and rejects displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Two British hostages still held by Hamas, Cameron confirms

Foreign secretary worried Israel may have broken international law, but refuses to criticise its actions in Gaza

The Independent UK

US diplomat Blinken meets Turkey’s Erdogan, kicking off Gaza diplomacy tour

The US secretary of state will also travel to Israel and the occupied West Bank as the war in Gaza rages on.

Al Jazeera

Many ideas, but little agreement, over what a postwar Gaza could look like

After two right-wing Israeli ministers called for "voluntary migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza, Israel's moderate defense minister presented a postwar plan in which Palestinians remain in charge.

WEKU

Israel tries to appease US with proposals for Gaza as Blinken heads to Middle East

Washington wants concessions from the Netanyahu administration, as critics say plans lack detail or commitment

The Guardian - UK

Unauthorised Jewish settlements surge in occupied West Bank, says watchdog – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Israeli Defence Chief Lays Out Post-war Gaza Plan As Fighting Rages

Israel's defence minister has laid out for the first time preliminary plans for the post-war administration of Gaza, saying neither Israel nor Hamas will rule the Palestinian territory after hostilities there conclude.

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Salon

Israeli officials scoff at Biden admin

Top Netanyahu minister tells State Department spox Israel is "not another star on the American flag"

Al Jazeera

US to send top diplomats to Middle East as regional tensions spread

US Secretary of State Blinken to visit nine countries as Israel’s war on Gaza widens to Lebanon.

International Business Times

Israel Launches Deadly Gaza Strikes As Mideast Tensions Rise

Israeli bombing killed dozens of people overnight in Gaza, the health ministry of the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said Thursday, as regional tensions have surged over the almost three-months-old war.

The Guardian - AU

Netanyahu seeks ‘fundamental change’ on Lebanon border – as it happened

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International Business Times

Blinken Set For Israel Visit As Regional War Fears Mount

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head Thursday to the Middle East as fears mount that Israel's war in Gaza will spread across the region, following deadly blasts in Iran and the killing of a Hamas leader in Lebanon.

Al Jazeera

‘Heinous’: World reacts to twin blasts that kill dozens in Iran

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised a ‘harsh response’ to attack in southeastern city of Kerman.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Fighting rages in southern Gaza and fears grow the war may spread in the region

Heavy fighting is raging in central and southern Gaza as fears mount of a regional escalation following a strike in Beirut that killed one of the top Hamas leaders

France 24

US condemns far-right Israeli ministers’ call for Palestinians to ‘emigrate’ from Gaza

The United States on Tuesday denounced controversial comments by two far-right Israeli ministers who said Palestinians should be encouraged to emigrate from Gaza and called for Jewish settlers to return to the besieged territory.

Al Jazeera

Jimmy Lai’s security trial opens in Hong Kong, UK urges immediate release

The media tycoon and democracy supporter has been in jail for three years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’.

Latin Times

US Imposes Visa Restrictions On Nearly 300 Guatemalan Nationals For 'Anti-Democratic Actions'

Guatemala is going through a democratic crisis, with the current administration trying to block President-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking over the office next month.

Evening Standard

Alexei Navalny: Concern grows for Putin opposition leader as he 'disappears' from Russian prison system

The US is deeply concerned for Mr Navalny's wellbeing, after he was removed from a penal colony

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