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Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC is seeking his arrest
ByReuters in Jerusalem May 19, 2026

Smotrich vows to retaliate by waging ‘war’ on Palestinian Authority and orders evacuation of a West Bank villageMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said the international criminal court (ICC) pros…

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Why has FIFA not signed a World Cup broadcast deal in India?
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

With the World Cup weeks away, FIFA is struggling to find broadcast rights buyers in the world’s most populous country.

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Sally Rooney on a new Hebrew translation of Intermezzo: ‘The Israeli culture sector is complicit in apartheid’
BySally Rooney and Samir Eskanda May 19, 2026

Four years after Rooney cited BDS in declining a different Israeli publisher, she speaks with activist Samir Eskanda about the artist’s role in the boycott movementSally Rooney to publish Hebrew translation of novel with BDS-compliant publisherIntermez…

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US extends sanctions waiver on Russian oil: Why it matters
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

The US has extended its waiver on sanctioned Russian oil until June 17.

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Ronaldo to lead Portugal at sixth World Cup as Martinez names squad
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

Diogo Jota named as an honorary 'plus-one' player in Portugal's squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

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Who was Amin Abdullah, the ‘hero’ guard killed in San Diego shooting?
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

Tributes have poured in for the guard, who was among the three people killed in the shooting at the San Diego mosque.

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Suspected car bomb explodes in Syrian capital Damascus
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

Plumes of smoke from a suspected car bomb explosion outside an armament management centre in Damascus.

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China-Russia relations are as strong as ever thanks to Trump
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

The US president failed to ‘un-unite’ the two powers because he has repeated the same mistakes his predecessors made.

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Son of Palestinian president elected to Fatah’s top leadership body
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

Son of Palestinian president elected to Fatah’s top leadership body

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Israeli far-right minister Smotrich says ICC seeks his arrest
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera May 19, 2026

Smotrich is the third Israeli official targeted by the ICC, after Netanyahu and Gallant, for war crimes in Gaza.

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