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January 2, 2026

Israel’s recognition of the State of Somaliland: Why now?

On 26 December, Israel took the unprecedented step of officially recognizing Somaliland as an independent state. This decision, ending decades of hesitation, makes Israel the first UN member state...

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January 2, 2026

Mamdani pledged a future for Palestinians in New York amid calls to ‘arrest Netanyahu, free Palestine’

On a cold night, New York wrote a new chapter in its history when Zahran Mamdani was sworn in as the city’s mayor, becoming the first Muslim and the...

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January 2, 2026

Israeli media: Government legal adviser calls for Ben Gvir’s dismissal

The Israeli government’s legal adviser, Gali Baharav-Miara, on Thursday evening asked Israel’s Supreme Court to issue a conditional order requiring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain why he has...

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January 2, 2026

The winter of their discontent: When a theocracy freezes

With the chill hitting Iran’s bones in December, that cold has done much more than close schools and government services. It has also revealed the fragility of an Iranian...

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January 2, 2026

Israel arrested 42 Palestinian journalists in 2025

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Thursday that the Israeli army arrested 42 Palestinian journalists during 2025, including eight women, in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and inside what...

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January 2, 2026

Yemen’s Aden airport shuts as Saudi-UAE rift deepens

Flights at Yemen’s Aden international airport were halted on Thursday, the latest sign of a deepening crisis between Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose rivalry...

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January 2, 2026

Israeli gunfire hits farmland in southern Syria, killing livestock

Israeli forces opened fire on Thursday at agricultural land in the village of al-Rafid in the south-western countryside of Quneitra, killing a number of sheep, according to Syrian state...

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January 2, 2026

Israeli rights groups condemn government’s ban on aid groups operating in Gaza, West Bank

Nineteen Israeli human rights groups on Thursday condemned a government decision to cancel the registration of 37 international humanitarian groups operating in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West...

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January 2, 2026

Hamas congratulates Fatah on 61st anniversary, calls for stronger national unity

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has congratulated the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) on the 61st anniversary of its founding, calling for strengthened joint national action. In a statement...

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January 2, 2026

Syrian church says Christians are partners in protecting and building the homeland

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, John X Yazigi, has affirmed that Christians in Syria are partners with their fellow citizens in protecting and rebuilding...

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