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MP Essam Diab's pursuit to block TikTok in Egypt has revived an already ongoing debate in the country. [Getty]
Egyptian MP Essam Diab further argued that the content on TikTok poses a threat to the identity and ethics of Egyptian society.
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Sergeant first class (res.) Omer Moshe Gealdor during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on November 20, 2024. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
The Israeli army has opened an investigation to see why the occupied West Bank settler was in southern Lebanon without proper permission.
Benjamin Netanyahu (left), Yoav Gallant (right)
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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A senior Hamas official said the new US sanctions reaffirmed the absolute strategic unity between the US administration and Israel's rulers, 'whoever they are'.
Lebanese diva Fairuz performs during a rare concert in Beirut on October 7, 2010. (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)
Lebanon's iconic singer Fairouz turns 90, her timeless music offering solace as her nation faces yet another Israeli offensive.
Palestinians inspect damage at the scene following an Israeli airstrike that hit house of Palestinian Arouq family in Sheikh Ridwan neighborhood located in the north of Gaza City, Gaza
Israeli aircraft also struck Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 22 people according to Gaza's civil defence.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on November 21, 2024, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah continues. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli strikes resumed in Beirut's southern suburbs as US envoy Amos Hochstein left for Tel Aviv to advance Lebanon ceasefire talks.
The Valley of the Tombs, Palmyra, Syria. Oasis of Tadmor, 2001. Necroplis in the ancient city of Palmyra. Photograph taken before the Syrian civil war. Creator: LTL.
Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian city of Palmyra killed 79 pro-Iran operatives, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
 A group of Palestinians, foreign and Israeli activists gather to participated in an olive picking event on the land in the town of Battir, which is under threat of confiscation by Israel in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank on 8 November 2024. [Getty]
"I can't count how many times I had a gun pointed at me, how many times soldiers and police officers pushed and hit me at demonstrations," one activist said.
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The ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu, Gallant were criminally responsible for starvation in Gaza and the persecution of Palestinians