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This image from a video shows Iraqi soldiers in military vehicles in the Qatash area moving towards a gas plant, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 16, 2017. (APTN via AP)
June 23, 2018, 4:28 pm
Iraq says military air strike in Syria kills 45 Islamic State jihadists
Army targets a meeting of the terror group's leaders in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor
By Agencies and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from right) meets at his Jerusalem office with the ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer (right); White House adviser Jared Kushner (center); US Ambassador David Friedman (second left); and special envoy Jason Greenblatt, on June 22, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 22, 2018, 2:51 pm
Kushner, Greenblatt meet with Netanyahu on peace push, Gaza
US envoys wrap up Middle East tour after whirlwind visits to Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
By TOI staff and Agencies
L-R: Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy Dina Powell and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman meet in Tel Aviv on August 24, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
June 22, 2018, 5:50 am
Kushner, Greenblatt due in Israel for talks on peace push, Gaza
US envoys wrapping up Middle East tour after whirlwind visits to Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, meets with US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, second left, and Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt on the latest stop in a regional tour to discuss a blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, in Cairo, Egypt. (MENA via AP)
June 21, 2018, 9:54 pm
Kushner, Egypt’s Sissi discuss Israel-Palestinian peace process
Egyptian president calls for two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
By Agencies and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas is seen on a TV screen while speaking during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 27, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
June 21, 2018, 12:22 am
Palestinians slam US after pullout from UN rights council
Saeb Erekat accuses Trump administration of supporting 'international anarchy' and 'Israel's colonization of Palestine'
By Agencies and TOI staff
US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington DC on June 20, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)
June 20, 2018, 11:27 pm
Haley blasts human rights groups for ‘thwarting’ reform of UN council
A day after pullout from UNHRC over Israel bias, US ambassador says organizations undermined Washington by 'blocking negotiations'
By Agencies and Raphael Ahren
Syrian children stand in a basement used as a shelter against airstrikes on March 25, 2018, in Douma, eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / HAMZA AL-AJWEH)
June 20, 2018, 3:07 pm
UN: State, rebels committed war crimes in Syria’s Ghouta
Report calls on all parties to desist from sieges in the future, concluding they are characterized by war crimes
By Agencies
A rocket fired from Gaza that landed in one of the communities of the Eshkol region on June 20, 2018. (Eshkol Security)
June 20, 2018, 1:32 pm
Hamas, Jihad assert ‘right’ to fire rockets, as IAF hits Gaza after kite attacks
After overnight exchange of rockets and aerial attacks following numerous fire kite launches into Israel, terror groups say they won't let IDF 'determine the rules of engagement'
By TOI staff, Agencies and Judah Ari Gross
US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington DC on June 19, 2018. (AFP Photo/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)
June 20, 2018, 1:59 am
Israel welcomes ‘courageous’ US pullout from UN Human Rights Council
PMO praises move against 'biased, hostile, anti-Israel organization'; UN chief, EU say they remain committed to international body
By TOI staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington DC on June 19, 2018.(AFP Photo/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)
June 20, 2018, 12:24 am
US quits the UN’s Human Rights Council, citing its ‘chronic bias against Israel’
Haley calls global body 'a cesspool of political bias'; announces US departure after protracted criticism of its obsessive focus on Israel; US official says move is 'immediate'
By Raphael Ahren and Agencies
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gestures prior to address a session of United Nations Human Rights Council on June 6, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI)
June 19, 2018, 10:42 pm
US set to announce exit from UN Human Rights Council
Haley and Pompeo expected to announce move Tuesday night after Trump administration criticism of the body's obsessive focus on Israel
By Raphael Ahren and Agencies
The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari speaks in a conference called 'A World Without Terror,' in Tehran, Iran, October 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 19, 2018, 2:07 pm
Revolutionary Guard chief says Iran won’t increase its missile range
'We have the scientific ability... but it is not our current policy' as most enemies already within range, claims Mohammad Ali Jafari
By Agencies
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, December 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
June 19, 2018, 1:11 pm
Sessions says border policy not Nazi-like: ‘They were keeping Jews from leaving’
US attorney general rejects comparison of separation of migrant children from parents to Holocaust concentration camps
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian children fill jerrycans with drinking water from public taps in the southern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
June 18, 2018, 10:13 pm
Abbas aide slams reported US plan to raise funds for Gaza
Top PA official says Trump administration efforts aim to further separate Palestinians in West Bank from those in Hamas-run enclave
By TOI staff and Agencies
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses the 38th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on June 18, 2018 in Geneva. (AFP PHOTO / ALAIN GROSCLAUDE)
June 18, 2018, 2:17 pm
Britain condemns ‘anti-Israel bias’ at UN Human Rights Council
Boris Johnson calls permanent item on Palestinian territories 'disproportionate and damaging,' vows to vote against such resolutions starting next year
By Agencies and TOI staff
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