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December 9, 2025

Israel’s extremist finance minister allocates $843M to expand West Bank settlements

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has earmarked 2.7 billion shekels (about $843 million) over the next five years to expand illegal settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, in...

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December 9, 2025

Deaths of Palestinian detainees surge to 110 since Ben-Gvir took office, Israeli report finds

An Israeli media investigation has revealed a sharp and unprecedented rise in the number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli custody since National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...

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December 9, 2025

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF says it took control of strategic Heglig oilfield

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic Heglig oilfield in the South Kordofan province, Reuters reported. Heglig, which lies along...

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December 9, 2025

Ex-security chiefs: Escalating settler terrorism threatens Israel’s security and global standing

Around 600 former senior officials from Israel’s security and intelligence services have issued a stark warning to Defence Minister Yisrael Katz, describing the rapid rise in settler violence in...

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December 9, 2025

Ben-Gvir wears noose pin in Knesset debate on Palestinian death penalty bill

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a session of the Knesset’s National Security Committee on Monday wearing a lapel pin in the shape of a noose, during a...

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December 9, 2025

Israeli forces storm UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli forces on Monday stormed the sealed headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The compound had served...

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December 9, 2025

Why are divorce rates rising in Egypt?

Around 274,000 divorce cases were recorded in Egypt in 2024, marking a 3.1 per cent rise compared to 2023, according to government data. The figures place Egyptian society before...

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December 9, 2025

UN special rapporteur denounces ‘Israeli genocide with complicity of states’

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, condemned on Monday “brutality of the Israeli genocide” in Gaza, saying it was carried out “with the complicity...

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December 9, 2025

Libyan parliament condemns Greek call to cancel 2019 maritime border agreement with Turkey

The Libyan parliament has condemned Greece’s call to cancel the 2019 memorandum of understanding signed between Tripoli and Ankara on maritime border demarcation, describing it as a “clear violation...

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December 9, 2025

Al-Sharaa expresses Damascus’s wish to strengthen ties with Egypt, Iraq

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has expressed his hope to develop bilateral relations with Egypt and Iraq. He described the current level of relations with both countries as “acceptable” but...

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