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World News | Pope Aims to Restore 'body and Spirit' During Vacation That Brings Pontiff Back to Castel Gandolfo
Latestly
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July 6, 2025
Rome, Jul 6 (AP) Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate. Leo...
UCF students went to Israel on a Birthright trip. They found themselves in a war zone.
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Ninety seconds was all Elliott Green had to get to safety. When the University of Central Florida student packed his bags for Israel in May, he was excited to spend the summer traveling alongside 40 other college students and working at an...
Foreign Office warns OK tourist over potential 'escalating conflict' in Cyprus
Birmingham Live
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July 6, 2025
The Foreign Office has sounded the alarm for UK travellers eyeing Cyprus as a summer destination, cautioning them to 'be vigilant' amid increasing tensions in the vicinity. Their latest travel guidance highlights 'ongoing hostilities' between...
Israel rejects Hamas edits to Gaza truce proposal
Shafaq News
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2025-07-05T22:22:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East/Gaza On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ changes to the ceasefire plan for Gaza. Netanyahu’s office confirmed that an Israeli...
US/Israeli Targeting of Iran: Was It a Distraction from the Genocide in Gaza?
The Palestine Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
US President Donald Trump. (Photo: video grab) By Benay Blend As journalist Ramzy Baroud makes clear, Netanyahu’s self-described “mission” extends beyond that of “defeating Hamas,” to include “changing the face of the Middle East”. On June 29,...
Conflicts and Contrasts Make Jerusalem Endlessly Fascinating
Reason Magazine
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July 6, 2025
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally identified as the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, is shared by half a dozen...
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv, across Israel amid ceasefire talks
Ynet
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July 5, 2025
Amid advanced ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and following a “positive" response from the terror group to the latest mediator proposal, a mass rally was held Saturday night at Hostages’ Square in Tel Aviv,...
Hind Rajab Foundation Warns of Israeli Propaganda Offensive amid Legal Pressure
The Palestine Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed another criminal complaint against an Israeli soldier, this time in Romania. (Photo: via HRF X page) By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Hind Rajab Foundation says Israel is targeting it with sanctions and...
‘You need strong nerves’: Account of a solo traveller from Taiwan who took 104 hours to escape Iran amid Israeli airstrikes
The Indian Express
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July 6, 2025
When Ariel Kang Chengxuan, a 24-year-old solo traveller from Taiwan, fell asleep on a Persian carpet at a homestay in Isfahan, Iran, she had no idea she would soon find herself in the middle of a “12-day war”. Kang, a seasoned backpacker who has...
Israel sending negotiating team to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 5, 2025
Israel is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed. In a statement late on Saturday, Netanyahu’s office said the team would travel on Sunday after the...
Israel says to send delegation for indirect talks with Hamas on Sunday
Xinhua News Agency
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JERUSALEM, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed a negotiating team to travel to Qatar on Sunday for talks with Hamas on a ceasefire-hostages deal, Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement Saturday...
Iran Struck Five Israeli Military Bases in 12-Day War: Report
Tasnim News Agency
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The strikes have not been made public by the Israeli authorities and cannot be reported from within the regime because of strict military censorship laws. The new data were shared with The Telegraph by US academics at Oregon State University, who...
Nearly 300 visa applications from Israelis, Palestinians and Iranians in lpast month
RNZ
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July 6, 2025
Photo: RNZ Immigration New Zealand has received nearly 300 offshore visa applications from Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian nationals since 1 June 2025. It follows the most recent armed conflict between Israel and Iran, which started on 13 June...
Israel dispatches team to Qatar for ceasefire talks, kills 78 in Gaza
Al Jazeera
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July 5, 2025
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to send a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli forces continued to bombard the Palestinian enclave, killing at least 78 people in...
Israel, Hamas edge toward deal ahead of Netanyahu-Trump talks—but obstacles remain
Ynet
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July 5, 2025
4 View gallery Khalil al-Hayya, Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun, Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock) Despite the apparent breakthrough, significant obstacles remain on both the...
Israel set to send mediators to talks aimed at Gaza ceasefire
The Gazette - Colorado
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Israel will send a delegation aimed at restarting talks with Hamas, after the militant group said it was ready to “immediately” negotiate a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. Guy Levy, a spokesman for Prime...
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Israel to send delegation to Qatar for renewed Gaza ceasefire and hostage talks
Firstpost
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July 5, 2025
Israel will send a delegation to Qatar on Sunday to revive stalled negotiations on a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, an Israeli official told Reuters, raising hopes for a possible breakthrough in the 21-month-long conflict. The move...
Israel to send delegation to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
The Indian Express
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July 5, 2025
Israel will send a delegation to Qatar on Sunday for talks on a possible ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, an Israeli official told Reuters. The move comes after the Palestinian group Hamas said it had responded to a US-backed proposal “in a...
Israel receives Hamas Response to Ceasefire Proposal
Sarajevo Times
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July 5, 2025
Israel has received Hamas’ response to a new proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and negotiations on the details are underway, Israeli media reported. Israel’s Channel 12, citing an anonymous source, said that mediators had delivered to...
Israel sends team to Qatar for negotiations, but rejects Hamas demands to change ceasefire proposal
The Guardian
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July 6, 2025
Israel has continued to launch waves of airstrikes in Gaza, hours after Hamas said it was ready to start talks “immediately” on a US-sponsored proposal for a 60-day ceasefire. The announcement by the militant Islamist organisation increased hopes...