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Russia quits UN system that protects Syrian hospitals from bombs
Russia President Vladimir Putin has provided military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the nine-year civil war.
- by Michelle Nichols and Tom Perry
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Middle East tensions
Large explosion in Tehran caused by gas tank, officials say
A large explosion near a military base has been captured on social media.
- by Golnar Motevalli
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
'Annexation' is a misnomer: Israel wants a safe way to hand land to Palestinians in return for peace
Israel has legitimate claims of sovereignty in the West Bank, but it wants to negotiate most of it away - but first it needs Palestinians to come to the negotiating table.
- by Gregory Rose
Opinion
Middle East tensions
Why Australia needs to join global condemnation of Israel's annexation plans
Australia is taking an extreme position by voting to oppose a UN resolution condemning Israel's plans.
- by Ben Saul
Coronavirus pandemic
Spike in cases in Hong Kong and a rare death
A summary of the latest world news on the pandemic.
Iran sanctions
Open up! Euro block pushes Iran to allow inspections
The board of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency has called on Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.
- by David Rising
Syrian conflict
'Rose of the Desert' Asma al-Assad, Syria's elite hit with new sanctions
The State Department said it had designated 39 Syrian individuals, including the Assads, with new economic and travel penalties for human rights abuses.
- by Glen Carey
Coronavirus pandemic
Violence surges in Yemen after coronavirus truce expires
Violence has surged between the Western-backed alliance and the Houthi group after a six-week ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired last month.
- by Aziz El Yaakoubi
Extremism
US considers withholding aid to Jordan to force extradition
Tamimi is one the the FBI's "most wanted terrorists" for her role in the bombing of a crowded Jerusalem pizzeria. The assailant detonated explosives hidden in a guitar case.
Protest
Bashar al-Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
The surprise decision comes as citizens again dare to attend anti-government protests.
- by Albert Aji
Protest
Anti-Assad protests persist for fourth day
Demonstrators called for the Syrian President’s overthrow, echoing chants of violently crushed pro-democracy protests in 2011 that led to the nine-year war.
- by Suleiman al-Khalidi