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Another rating agency mulls downgrading Israel
Moody’s has placed Israel’s A1 rating on negative review amid the escalation of hostilities in Gaza
Israel moves closer to blocking Al Jazeera
The Israeli government has approved regulations that could allow it to block Al Jazeera over alleged “propaganda”
Russia extends detention of US-Russian journalist until Oct 23: court
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Russian tech giant boosted by EU’s Google crackdown – Bloomberg
Yandex has become one of the five most popular search engines among Android smartphone users in the EU, Bloomberg reports
Turkish councilman praises Hitler for killing Jews
Turkish politician Suleyman Sezen has praised Hitler for the Holocaust and said he wants the world to be “cleansed of Jews”
French government blasts football star over Gaza support
Karim Benzema has been accused of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, a group considered a terrorist organization in France
Italy’s Meloni announces separation from partner
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday she was separating from her partner, the father of her daughter, after he was
Indian firm halts uniform sales to Israel police over Gaza war
An Indian firm is terminating a longstanding contract to make uniforms for the Israeli police, telling AFP on Friday that it had made a
Several dead and injured in Israel strike at Gaza church: Hamas
The Hamas-controlled interior ministry said several displaced people sheltering at a church compound in Gaza were killed and injured
France arrests 16-year-old pupil over bomb threat
A 16-year-old pupil was arrested over a false bomb threat outside Paris, police sources said Friday, as French authorities scramble to
Kremlin says Biden’s address on Putin ‘unacceptable’
The Kremlin denounced Friday an address by US President Joe Biden in which he compared Russia to Hamas and called Vladimir Putin a “tyrant”. “It is not acceptable to us … We do not accept such a tone in relation to the Russian Federation, in relation to o...
NATO envoys hold ‘emergency meeting’ over Putin-Orban talks – media
NATO ambassadors have held a meeting in Budapest to reportedly discuss “security concerns”
First aid delivery due in Gaza in ‘the next day or so’: UN
The first aid delivery into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt should take place "in the next day
China ratchets up US securities sell-off
Chinese investors sold $5.1 billion of American stocks and bonds in August, the highest in four years
US State Department arms transfers chief resigns over Israel
An open resignation letter by a senior US State Department official supervising arms transfers has denounced Washington’s Israel policy
US sets off underground blast amid ‘global nuclear threats’
The US Department of Energy has reported an experiment at a nuclear testing site in Nevada