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FIDE refuses to reinstate Russian Chess Federation – Kremlin-backed media
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Ukrainska Pravda
center26d ago

FIDE refuses to reinstate Russian Chess Federation – Kremlin-backed media

FIDE's General Assembly has rejected a proposal to reinstate the Chess Federation of Russia, which was suspended over its activities in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Ukraine–Russia
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Ukraine's General Staff: Strike drone launch site hit in occupied Donetsk
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Ukrainska Pravda
center26d ago

Ukraine's General Staff: Strike drone launch site hit in occupied Donetsk

Ukraine's defence forces struck a Russian facility used to store, prepare and launch strike drones in Donetsk, as well as two ammunition depots in occupied Luhansk Oblast.

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'Comprehensive closure': Israel to shut down all West Bank crossings, Wafa reports
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

'Comprehensive closure': Israel to shut down all West Bank crossings, Wafa reports

Israeli forces have tightened restrictions around the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, closing roads and entrances to several towns and villages, Wafa news agency reported. The development comes after Israeli authorities decided to impose a “comprehensive closure” on the occupied West Bank and close crossings into the territory until Saturday for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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Iranian minister says only negotiation can end conflict after Trump rejects Hormuz deal
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BBC Middle East
center26d ago

Iranian minister says only negotiation can end conflict after Trump rejects Hormuz deal

The foreign minister says Tehran is waiting for an official rejection of a deal, despite the US President's comments.

Iran
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Iran still waiting for official US response to proposal after initial Trump reaction, Araghchi says
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Jerusalem Post — Iran News
right26d ago

Iran still waiting for official US response to proposal after initial Trump reaction, Araghchi says

Iran was waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive US position and would make a decision based on it, Araghchi added.

Iran
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
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The Guardian Middle East
left26d ago

61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies

Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern historyIt took all day to clear a section of road in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City. At the end of it, Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer, was exhausted, surrounded by mountains of rubble despite the day’s work.

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Morning recap
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Morning recap

Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran had seen an initial reaction from US President Donald Trump to its proposal but had yet to receive an official response through mediators. • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that Iran no longer trusts negotiations with the United States after previous rounds of talks were followed by attack

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Smotrich calls for doing in West Bank 'what we did in Gaza'
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Smotrich calls for doing in West Bank 'what we did in Gaza'

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called on Israel to “go to war” in the occupied West Bank and “do what we did in Gaza”. “I certainly have solutions” to the situation in the West Bank, he told a podcast on Ynet outlet.

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Ethiopia’s army promises restraint amid fears of new civil war
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Al Jazeera
center26d ago

Ethiopia’s army promises restraint amid fears of new civil war

Army chief accuses Eritrea of funding and supporting armed groups to weaken Ethiopia.

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Azeez Al-Shaair forced to remove name of slain Palestinian girl from eyeblack
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Azeez Al-Shaair forced to remove name of slain Palestinian girl from eyeblack

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was forced last week to remove an eyeblack that bore the name of Wafaa Akila, an eight-year-old Palestinian girl killed earlier this month by an Israeli air strike on the first day of her school, according to The Athletic. Al-Shaair made international headlines after Week 1 when the NFL fined him for writing the name, Hind Rajab, on his eyeblack in a game.

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Russia loses 1,690 soldiers and over 600 pieces of equipment over past day
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Ukrainska Pravda
center26d ago

Russia loses 1,690 soldiers and over 600 pieces of equipment over past day

Russia has lost 1,690 soldiers killed and wounded, eight tanks, seven armoured combat vehicles and 57 artillery systems over the past day, Ukraine's General Staff reports.

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US ships in Indian Ocean will be hit if US launches new attacks, IRGC says
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

US ships in Indian Ocean will be hit if US launches new attacks, IRGC says

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned it will attack US warships, even those in the Indian Ocean, if Washington launches new attacks against Iran, Iranian media reported. “If Trump considers the Strait of Hormuz his strait, then why aren’t his ships and vessels here?” Ali Mohammadi, the IRGC Navy’s deputy for political affairs, said, according to the Fars news agency.

Iran
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Protesters march on Labour conference, call for ending arms sales to Israel
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Protesters march on Labour conference, call for ending arms sales to Israel

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters marched on Labour’s annual conference, the first after Andy Burnham took over as prime minister, in Liverpool and called for an end to UK arms sales to Israel. Some of the protesters called for expanding the sanctions, which were imposed by the UK government recently on West Bank settlements, to all of Israel.

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Ukraine war briefing: German foreign minister urges Russia to abandon dangerous escalation in rare meeting
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The Guardian Europe
left26d ago

Ukraine war briefing: German foreign minister urges Russia to abandon dangerous escalation in rare meeting

The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York even though relations have been frozen since the invasion. What we know on day 1,677The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the ⁠UN general assembly, ⁠in the first such ​talks since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine–Russia
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Israeli police 'reopen' probe into pepper-spray attack on Armenian boy
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Israeli police 'reopen' probe into pepper-spray attack on Armenian boy

Israeli police have reopened an investigation into the pepper-spraying of a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy in Jerusalem, after closing it despite the assault being captured on security cameras, according to Israeli journalist Yossi Eli. "Following my expose and the shock from what happened to William, the police have reopened the case and will collect the cameras.

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Russia completely destroys warehouse of Ukraine's largest ice cream producer
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Ukrainska Pravda
center26d ago

Russia completely destroys warehouse of Ukraine's largest ice cream producer

A Russian drone attack on Zhytomyr completely destroyed a refrigerated warehouse belonging to Rud, Ukraine's largest ice cream producer. The area destroyed totalled 4,350 sq m.

Ukraine–Russia
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US thanks Turkey, Oman, UAE for supporting sanctions against Iran
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

US thanks Turkey, Oman, UAE for supporting sanctions against Iran

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has thanked the governments of the United Kingdom, Turkey, Oman and the UAE for supporting Washington’s "Operation Economic Outcast", a harsh economic campaign against Iran. "At my direction, teams were dispatched across the globe to engage with countries and demand action against the Iranian regime," he said on X.

Iran
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Pezeshkian says Iran no longer trusts negotiations with the US
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Pezeshkian says Iran no longer trusts negotiations with the US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Al Jazeera that Iran no longer trusts negotiations with the United States after previous rounds of talks were followed by attacks and sanctions. "The day after the US president's speech, it was our turn to speak.

Iran
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Russians attack Komyshuvakha and Novotavriiske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast: 3 killed, 4 injured – photos
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Ukrainska Pravda
center26d ago

Russians attack Komyshuvakha and Novotavriiske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast: 3 killed, 4 injured – photos

Russian forces struck the villages of Komyshuvakha and Novotavriiske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the night of 26-27 September. Three civilians were killed and four others injured in the Russian attacks.

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Settlers smash cars, damage ambulance in West Bank village
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Middle East Eye
center26d ago

Settlers smash cars, damage ambulance in West Bank village

Israeli settlers smashed cars and hurled rocks at Palestinian residents of al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank while Israeli forces looked on, according to a video shared by Palestinian rights activist Ihab Hassan on X. Masked Israeli settler terrorists attacked the village of Al-Mughayyir in the West Bank today, in front of and under the protection of the Israeli border police.

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