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AP reported.However, there were no signs that the US was attempting to deter an anticipated Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, a move that could exacerbate the humanitarian plight of the 2.3 million Palestinians confined within the besieged area. Read all the LIVE updates here.Acknowledging Israel's right to self-defence in the face of Hamas' attacks of "unprecedented brutality," Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasised the "creation of an independent Palestine state with East Jerusalem as its capital" to resolve the issue, TASS reported.Russia proceeds "from the postulate, a negotiated solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has no alternatives," said Putin while speaking at the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit here on Friday.

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Investing.com – The Dow eked out a gain to end the week higher Friday, as Wall Street banks kicked off the earnings season with better-than-expected quarterly results, though investors had to contend with a bout of volatility amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Investing.com — “Never a dull moment in the oilfield,” oil services firm Panther says on its website. By that extension, of course, are the oil markets, which seldom go a day, or even hours, without drama.

A trending move in an asset class attracts traders, while a dull price action drives investors to the sidelines. Bitcoin (BTC) has largely been stuck in a range for the past several months, which could be one of the reasons for the drop in spot volumes. Bloomberg reported on Oct. 11 that Coinbase’s spot trading volume plunged 52% in Q3 2023 compared to Q3 2022.

France city of Arras on Friday that President Emmanuel Macron condemned as «barbaric Islamic terrorism.» Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said France was now on its highest state of alert and that the Arras attack bore a link to events in the Middle East, where Israel is conducting a military offensive to root out Hamas fighters after their deadly rampage. Only a day earlier, Macron had urged the French to remain united and refrain from bringing the Israel-Hamas conflict home. Visiting the site of the attack, Macron paid his respects to the dead teacher, whose body still lay under a cover surrounded by a pool of blood. "(He) stepped in and undoubtedly saved a lot of lives himself," Macron said. «Our choice is made not to give in to terror, not to let anything divide us.» The suspect, who has been arrested, was a former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said.

US House of Representatives dropped out Thursday after failing to find enough support to win a vote of the full chamber, plunging the paralyzed lower chamber of Congress deeper into crisis. Steve Scalise narrowly won a secret internal Republican ballot Wednesday to replace ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy, but it quickly became clear that he couldn't get the 217 lawmakers needed in a vote of the full House as his opponents in his own party lined up to announce they would not support him. «It's been quite a journey, and there's still a long way to go.

One Reuters journalist has been killed and two others injured in southern Lebanon, the news wire service says.

Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P20) on Friday condemned terrorism in all its forms while underlining that counter terrorism measures and protection of human rights are not conflicting but complementary. In a joint statement adopted at the Parliament-20 Summit here, speakers of parliaments of G20 countries pledged to utilise their legislative, budgetary and oversight functions to play their part in combating terrorism and violent extremism.

Investing.com — From near the jaws of $1,700 an ounce, gold bulls are back to $1,900 safety, after the Middle East’s latest crisis led to a huge leap Friday that topped a week of incredible price swings in the yellow metal.

Investing.com — “Never a dull moment in the oilfield,” oil services firm Panther says on its website. By that extension, of course, are the oil markets, which seldom go beyond a day, or even hours, without drama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House said on Friday it has not seen any indications that other actors were considering joining and widening the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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A government audit of one of Canada’s largest Muslim charities alleges some of its directors and employees were involved in “an apparent Hamas support network.”

Israel has a major decision on its hands. It seems it will have to launch large-scale ground operations in Gaza. Major states cannot suffer a terrorist attack of this magnitude without significant consequences for the perpetrator.

Kashmir did not allow congregational prayers at Srinagar's Jama Masjid on Friday and put Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, fearing pro-Palestinian protests after the prayers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. However, locals took out protests in favour of Palestine in Budgam in Kashmir and Kargil in Ladakh, demanding stoppage of Israel's operation in Gaza. The imams in majority of masjids across Kashmir prayed for the people of Palestine. The Anjuman Auqaf, which runs the affairs of the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar, said police officials closed the gates of the masjid and informed that Friday prayers will not be allowed.

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Israel, already bombing intensively in Gaza, is gearing up for a major military operation there unlike any in the past, warning the world that for Israel, after the massacre of its citizens by Hamas on Saturday, the rules have changed. «Every Hamas member is marked by death,» Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night, reflecting the government's aggressive new vocabulary. On Thursday, standing with U.S.

Following a dramatic trading pause on ThorSwap, native token Thorchain ($RUNE) has exploded +12%, this comes amid heightened efforts across the crypto industry to tighten security around illicit funds following the break-out of major violence between Hamas and Israel.