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No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield
- Deepening sense of deadlock despite regional diplomacy as Washington and Tehran show no signs of compromise Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of deadlock in the nearly two-month-long conflict despite intense regional diplomatic activity. Washington and Tehran appear unwilling to moderate rhetoric or make concessions, and there are no ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
- – Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...

Source: news4jax.com
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Mali separatists confirm they joined Islamic militants in coordinated attacks
- DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Separatists in northern Mali said they joined Islamic militants in launching one of the biggest coordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital and several other cities that left at least 16 wounded. It was the first time that a Tuareg-led separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said it had operated alongside the al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM, which also claimed ...

Source: apnews.com