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January 19, 2026

Israel accuses Kushner of “retaliating” by shaping Gaza executive committee

Israel has accused Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, of “retaliating” against Tel Aviv by spearheading the formation of a new Executive Committee to administer the...

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January 19, 2026

“Silent battle” over Gaza as Washington sidelines Netanyahu, Israeli media say

Tensions are mounting between the United States and Israel over post-war arrangements for governing the Gaza Strip, amid diverging positions following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the formation...

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January 19, 2026

Judicial review launched against NHS for adopting ‘weaponised’ anti-Semitism definition

A British civil liberties organisation has initiated a judicial review against the National Health Service (NHS) England for its formal adoption of the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...

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January 19, 2026

Reza Pahlavi pledges to return to Iran after claiming calls from the people to lead

Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah, has pledged to return to Iran from his exile in the United States. The 65-year-old did not give a date for...

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January 19, 2026

Security case shakes Israel with night arrests and highly secret investigation

Tension hit several Haredi-majority cities in Israel on Sunday night following a series of arrests carried out by special forces. Young men and religious school students were detained on...

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January 19, 2026

How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan

The West is very proud of its eyesight. Satellites blink. Algorithms scrape. Journalists retweet. Intelligence agencies inhale metadata like oxygen. We are assured—ritually — that nothing escapes the gaze....

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January 19, 2026

Syria opens investigation into reports of massacres by SDF in Hasakah

Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday evening that it has opened investigations to verify reports of mass killing in Hasakah province in the north-east, which is under the control...

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January 19, 2026

UNRWA in Lebanon removes Palestine from a geography textbook, claiming to promote “critical thinking”

The content of a sixth-grade geography textbook used in UNRWA schools in Lebanon was discovered late, despite teaching having started in October 2025. In this controversial textbook, UNRWA removed...

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January 19, 2026

Tehran falters while Riyadh rewrites regional stability

The Middle East is once again speaking in the language of pressure, grief and unfinished power. Iran’s streets, its nuclear sites and its diplomacy have all fractured at the...

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January 19, 2026

Tony Blair distances himself from $1bn fee for Trump-led Peace Board membership

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has distanced himself from a proposal that would require countries to pay a $1 billion fee to obtain permanent membership of a peace...

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