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Israel announced the start of its long-awaited ground operation into Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring "Gaza is burning".

Qatar and the United States are on the verge of finalising an enhanced defence cooperation agreement, top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, after Israel's attack on Hamas political leaders in Qatar last week drew widespread condemnation.

 The Israeli military launched a ground offensive on Monday to seize Gaza City, the enclave's largest urban centre, Axios reported, citing Israeli officials.

Israel needs to invest heavily in "influence operations" in traditional and social media to counteract economic isolation arising from negative publicity abroad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has once again crossed the line of political decency. 

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has won major diplomatic victories since seizing power nine months ago, but he risks losing the battle that matters most: to hold his deeply divided country together.

Iran's uranium-enrichment programme must be "completely dismantled", U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the U.N. nuclear watchdog's annual General Conference on Monday.

The credibility of the United Nations has once again come under fire following the latest remarks of Francesca Albanese, the UN-appointed “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.” 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he didn't rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders "wherever they are" as the heads of Arab and Islamic states held a summit to show support for Qatar after Israel's attack on the Gulf state last week.

As rains swept into Morocco's Atlas Mountains earlier this month, 72-year-old Lahcen Abarda rushed to reinforce the plastic sheeting of the tent where he has lived for the past two years. 

Leaders of Arab and Islamic states will warn that Israel’s strike in Qatar and its “hostile acts” jeopardise coexistence and efforts to normalise ties, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters ahead of Monday’s Arab-Islamic summit in Doha.

A Turkish court delayed on Monday a decision on whether to oust the main opposition leader and annul his party's 2023 congress over alleged irregularities, in a case that has already deepened the country's political crisis.