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Washington, Mar 31 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged allies affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to «take» control of the strategic waterway, as he signaled that Washington aims to conclude the bulk of its military operations in the Middle East following the war with...
Beijing, Mar 31 (EFE).- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday proposed a five-point initiative aimed at restoring «peace and stability» in the Gulf and the broader Middle East, including an immediate ceasefire and the launch of peace negotiations. The proposal also calls for...
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Washington, Mar 31 (EFE).- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday urged countries dependent on oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to “step up” and take responsibility for securing the strategic route, while revealing that he secretly visited US troops in the Middle East over the weekend amid...
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Jerusalem, Mar 31 (EFE).- Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that Israeli forces will maintain control over southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, outlining plans for a security zone and warning that displaced residents will not be allowed to return until northern Israel’s security is guaranteed. «At the...
Jerusalem, (EFE).- The Knesset (Israeli Parliament) plenum approved on Monday a legal reform establishing the death penalty by hanging for those convicted of terrorist murder. Human rights organizations denounced the measure, arguing it will be applied in practice only to Palestinians and not to Jewish Israeli citizens. The text, approved...
Jerusalem, Mar 30 (EFE).- Incidents of harassment against Christians in Israel rose by 63 percent in 2025, according to a report published Monday by two Israeli organizations promoting Jewish-Christian coexistence. The Rossing Center and the Religious Freedom Data Center recorded 181 cases through an emergency hotline last year, compared with...
International Desk, Mar 30 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington is holding «serious talks» with what he described as a new and «more reasonable» Iranian regime, while warning that the United States could target Iran’s energy and oil infrastructure if an agreement is not reached soon. In...
Tel Aviv, Mar 30 (EFE).- Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Monday the death of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, bringing to six the number of Israeli troops killed since Hezbollah joined the war in support of Iran earlier this month. “I express my condolences to the family...
Madrid, Mar 30 (EFE).- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday condemned an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon that killed two Indonesian peacekeepers and called on Israel to halt its military offensive. He called on Israel to halt its military offensive. «In the early hours...
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Tehran, Mar 30 (EFE).- Iran is debating a possible withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) following the war launched by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Bagaei said Monday. “This matter is being debated in parliament and in public...
Islamabad, Mar 30 (EFE).- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed on Monday the need for «collective efforts» to urgently bring an end to the war in Iran, following the conclusion of the second round of consultations held in Islamabad with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt. «I...
Taipei, Mar 30 (EFE).- The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party has accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation to visit China in April, a month before US President Donald Trump meets Xi in Beijing. Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (China’s executive branch), stated...
