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VIDEO | Israeli forces release older footage showing the evacuation of a soldier who was injured in battles with the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip during the genocide.
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❗️Spokesman for Hamas, Hazem Qassem:
– “The escalating disaster in the Gaza Strip, following rainfall on the tattered tents and destroyed homes, places the entire international community before an unprecedented moral, humanitarian, and legal responsibility in its history.”
– “The continued inability of all Arab, Islamic, and international systems to provide relief to Gaza amid this disaster, with the onset of winter, tempts the occupation to tighten its siege on the Gaza Strip and increase the suffering of its people catastrophically.”
❗️North Korean troops aid Russia in mine-clearing after repelling Ukrainian incursion
North Korean troops who assisted Russia in pushing back a large Ukrainian offensive in the western Kursk region are now heavily involved in mine-clearing efforts there, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
Under both countries' mutual defense agreement, North Korea sent around 14,000 soldiers to support Russian forces in Kursk last year.
Footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry showed North Korean personnel being briefed on various types of mines and detection tools, participating in drills, and singing patriotic songs.
"They're great lads, they learn quickly, listen carefully and take notes," said a Russian commander identified as "Veles."
Another commander, "Lesnik," added: "They are on an equal level with my sappers, carrying out the same tasks as my lads."
Indonesia says 20,000 troops trained for Gaza ‘stabilization force’
Internal US documents recently highlighted major concerns in Washington over the feasibility of the plan to deploy international troops to Gaza
BREAKING | Saba News reports that a Yemeni citizen was killed by Saudi gunfire near the border district of Qatabir, Yemen.
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❗️Deputy Head of the Union of Gaza Municipalities, Alaa al-Batta:
– "The occupation army destroyed 700 water wells during the genocide."
– "700,000 tons of waste are piling up in various areas of Gaza, threatening severe health and environmental disasters."
– "Gaza’s municipalities are unable to provide even the minimum level of essential services due to a lack of fuel and necessary equipment."
– "Israel destroyed 700 water wells in Gaza during the genocide, and the daily per-person water share has fallen from 90 liters to 15 liters."
❗️Marshall Islands-flagged tanker veers toward Iran after small-boat approach in Gulf of Oman
A Marshall Islands–flagged oil tanker traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Singapore abruptly altered its route and began moving toward Iranian territorial waters, British maritime security firm Ambrey reported today.
According to Ambrey, the vessel, located 22 nautical miles east of the UAE’s Khor Fakkan port, had earlier been approached by three small boats while heading south through the Strait of Hormuz, before later veering off course in the Gulf of Oman.
The firm described the incident as "likely highly targeted."
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre, which initially labeled the situation a "suspicious event," said it had received a report of an incident 20 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan.
BREAKING | Israeli artillery shelling targets east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
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❗️Since the start of November, Israeli occupation forces have killed 5 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and are withholding their bodies.
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❗️Indonesia trains up to 20,000 troops for potential Gaza peacekeeping role
Indonesia has trained as many as 20,000 personnel for health and construction duties in anticipation of a potential peacekeeping mission in Gaza, the defense minister announced today.
Jakarta says no final decisions have been made on deployment or mission scope, highlighting ongoing uncertainty over creating an international presence in Gaza.
"We've prepared a maximum of 20,000 troops, but the specifications will revolve around health and construction," Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters. "We are waiting for further decisions on Gaza peace action."
⭕️ Iran urges UN action over US role in June strikes
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called for the UN to impose “appropriate measures” against the US and Israel over the June attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, Reuters reported.
Araghchi said President Donald Trump and other US officials bear “criminal responsibility” after Trump stated last week that he directed Israel’s first strike on 13 June.
❗️The Qassam Brigades and Quds Brigades have handed over the body of an Israeli captive soldier to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, as part of the exchange deal.
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Julani at the White House: Perfume on a collar is the new boot on the neck
Trump breaks precedent by hosting Julani in the Oval Office, signaling Washington's most grotesque diplomatic betrayal of Syria yet.
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US, Emirati firms partner up to build AI-powered drones
The new joint venture is a result of agreements signed during Trump’s visit to the UAE earlier this year
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Israel is seeking to formulate a new long-term security aid agreement with the United States that would run until 2048, according to Israeli and US officials.
Previously, three long-term agreements were signed, each lasting 10 years: in 1998 ($21.3 billion), 2008 ($32 billion), and 2016 ($38 billion).
In 2024, during Israel's war on Gaza, Congress and the Biden administration approved an emergency package of security aid for Israel worth several additional billions on top of the existing agreement.
Israeli officials hope the next deal will include larger annual assistance, but fear negotiations will be tougher given the deep cuts made by the Trump administration to foreign aid.
Russia presents ‘counterproposal’ to US draft UNSC resolution for Gaza
The US mission at the UN has accused Russia of ‘attempts to sow discord’ by putting forward its own draft
VIDEO | As winter grips the region, rainwater floods the Gaza Strip, leaving many displaced Palestinians struggling for shelter, blankets, and warm clothing.
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❗️Lebanon’s olive sector faces worst harvest in half a century
Lebanese olive farmers are reporting catastrophic losses this season, with many groves yielding only a fraction of their usual output amid drought, extreme heat, pest infestations, and the country’s prolonged economic collapse. According to a report from Xinhua, preliminary figures point to an estimated 80 percent drop in nationwide production, which are the lowest levels recorded in more than 50 years, leaving both growers and olive presses struggling to stay afloat.
The sector’s decline has rippled across rural communities, where rising labor costs, shortages of fertilizers and pesticides, and fuel insecurity have forced many farmers to abandon their groves altogether. Press owners say they are operating at roughly half their normal capacity, while experts warn that the heat and lack of water have even altered the oil’s quality.
Officials say that climate change, drought, and damage from Israeli attacks have further worsened the crisis, with some fields destroyed or inaccessible. Farmers and cooperatives are now calling for a national rescue plan that includes damage assessments, in-kind support, and the restoration of vital irrigation networks to save one of Lebanon’s most important agricultural traditions.
BREAKING | Two explosions reported in Khan Yunis, Gaza, due to ongoing Israeli demolition operations.
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VIDEO | Armed Israeli settlers blow the shofar after storming the lands of Seida, north of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
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❗️Russia counters US Gaza plan with its own UN resolution draft
Russia on Thursday put forward its own draft UN resolution on Gaza, directly challenging a US push to secure Security Council approval for President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, according to a copy of the text reviewed by Reuters.
In a note sent to Security Council members on Thursday afternoon, also seen by Reuters, Russia’s UN mission said its "counter-proposal is inspired by the US draft."
"The objective of our draft is to enable the Security Council to develop a balanced, acceptable, and unified approach toward achieving a sustainable cessation of hostilities," the note stated.
Unchecked Israeli violence displaced 30,000 West Bank Palestinians in 2025
Israeli military operations and settler violence have quietly wreaked havoc across the West Bank since the start of the genocide in Gaza
❗️Saudi Arabia to resume commercial engagement with Lebanon after progress on curbing drug smuggling
Saudi Arabia intends to move soon to strengthen commercial relations with Lebanon after Lebanese authorities showed “efficacy” in stopping drug smuggling to the kingdom in recent months, a senior Saudi official said on Thursday.
Easing import restrictions, blocked for years by Saudi Arabia, would mark the first concrete sign of progress, though Riyadh still expects Lebanon’s central authorities to disarm Hezbollah.
“We will take imminent steps to bolster commercial relations between the two nations,” said the Saudi official, speaking anonymously.
“The Lebanese government and security forces have demonstrated efficacy in curbing drug exports over recent months.”
❗️IAEA report centers on uranium stockpile as post-JCPOA oversight of Iran enters new phase
The new, unpublished International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report by Director General Rafael Grossi, which was obtained by Press TV and dated 12 November, focuses primarily on updated estimates of Iran’s uranium stockpile ahead of next week’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna. This will be the first session held since the formal end of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), shifting Iran’s nuclear file to exclusive oversight under the NPT Safeguards Agreement.
Covering developments since early September, the report revisits the aftermath of the June Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. Tehran responded by halting all cooperation with the agency, accusing the Board of issuing “politically motivated” resolutions while refusing to address what it calls terrorist attacks on its nuclear sites and personnel.
Grossi has kept the same public position he articulated on 8 September, declining to condemn the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists during the June attacks. At the time, he said such matters fall outside the IAEA director general’s mandate.
The new report likewise makes no reference to the 13 June attack or the subsequent US strike on Iranian nuclear sites, incidents Tehran says breached the UN Charter, international law, and the NPT.
⭕️ UN rights chief warns Sudan’s factions that their crimes are being documented for future prosecution
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told Sudan’s rival forces on 14 November that “we are watching you and justice will prevail,” warning that global investigators are collecting evidence for future legal action.
Turk said his staff have deployed missions to areas where civilians are fleeing and are gathering material that could be used in court, noting that even “bloodstains on the ground in El Fasher have been photographed from space.”
The special session of the Human Rights Council convened to address the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces, where witnesses have reported mass killings and other atrocities.
The International Organisation for Migration says 90,000 people have fled the city, while tens of thousands remain trapped with little access to food, water, or medical care.
A member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission described El Fasher as “a crime scene,” citing accounts of deliberate killings, torture, rape, abductions, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances.
Pakistan holds Afghanistan responsible for deadly terror attacks
Islamabad says Kabul is harboring Taliban militants carrying out attacks on Pakistani soil
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UAE takes control of Syria's Tartous Port in $800m, 30-year concession
DP World will modernize Tartous as Syria moves to reopen economic ties following the lifting of US and EU sanctions
❗️Mossad smuggled top Syrian war crimes suspect into Austria, NYT reports
A senior Syrian official accused of torture under the Assad government was allegedly smuggled into Austria by Israel’s Mossad, which helped secure asylum for him because he was serving as a double agent, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, which cited nonprofit investigators and prosecutors, Brig. Gen. Khaled al-Halabi, 62, lived in a Vienna apartment financed by Mossad.
The revelations surfaced as Halabi was formally charged in Vienna with torture. He has been in Austrian custody since December and is the highest-ranking former Syrian official in Europe to face war crimes charges.
Another former senior Syrian officer, Lt. Col. Musab Abu Rukbah, 53, was also indicted on Wednesday. However, The New York Times noted it was unclear whether he had been detained by Austrian authorities.
VIDEO | The director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, says that Gaza’s health sector remains under immense pressure more than a month after the ceasefire, with high occupancy rates and a severe shortage of medicines and medical equipment.
Abu Salmiya reveals that 350,000 chronic patients have not received treatment, 42,000 wounded people require ongoing surgeries, and there are 6,000 amputation cases.
He added that 18,000 patients need treatment outside of Gaza, while 70% of medical laboratories have been destroyed.
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