GAZA -- At least 34 Palestinians, including a journalist and an official of the Civil Defense in Gaza, were killed on Sunday in Israeli attacks across Gaza, said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense.
Ten people, including journalist Hassan Abu Warda, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on homes and gatherings in Jabalia and Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, and 14 people were killed in Israeli attacks on homes, a gathering, and a motorcycle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Basal told Xinhua. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Casualties)
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TEHRAN -- Iran will welcome the launch of a uranium enrichment center in the region, but will continue uranium enrichment on its soil, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said here Sunday.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, Araghchi said that regarding the Iran-U.S. indirect talks, the Iranian side has never left the negotiating table and will continue the diplomatic path, but it will not negotiate under pressure, the official news agency IRNA reported. (Iran-Uranium Enrichment-Continuation)
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ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met here on Sunday with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during which they vowed to strengthen bilateral cooperation, according to statements released by the two sides.
Erdogan stated that "they will strive to enhance cooperation in every field, especially in energy, transportation, and defense, between the two countries," said a statement by the Turkish Presidential Office. (Türkiye-Pakistan-Ties)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthis announced on Sunday that the group had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israeli defense systems earlier in the day.
"The rocket forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport, using a hypersonic ballistic missile," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. (Yemen-Missile Attack-Israel) ■
