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WFP staff member died while detained by Houthis in Yemen

Date: 2025-02-12 07:22:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11063763

NEW YORK, Feb 12 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said that one of its staff members had died while in detention by Houthis in northern Yemen's Saada province. WFP did not specify when or how its employee, who it said had been ....

Malaysian PM: Asean unites for Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2025-02-11 22:36:46 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11063732

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (MENA) - Asean has taken a firm position in supporting a long-lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with Malaysia pledging to give its utmost support to the territory’s reconstruction efforts, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said as ....

Netanyahu: Gaza ceasefire ends if hostages are not freed by Saturday

Date: 2025-02-11 21:20:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11063604

RAMALLAH, Feb 11 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Tuesday to end the ceasefire in Gaza if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages by Saturday. Speaking to Israeli media, Netanyahu declared, "If Hamas does not free ....

King Abdullah reaffirms Jordan’s stance on displacement of Palestinians

Date: 2025-02-11 21:01:05 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:11063657

AMMAN, Feb 11 (MENA) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II has reaffirmed his country’s firm stance on the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and West Bank. “Concluded a constructive meeting with President Trump at the White House today. ....

Russia, Israel discuss adherence to Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2025-02-11 19:52:02 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:11063586

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (MENA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who also serves as special presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa, and Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Meirav Eilon Shahar discussed adherence to the Gaza ....

UN chief calls for upholding ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-11 08:57:55 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11062490

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António on Tuesday affirmed the necessity of upholding the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. "We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to an immense tragedy, " ....

UNRWA: Large-scale forced displacement in the West Bank impacts 40,000 people

Date: 2025-02-11 07:50:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11062384

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that the forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace. Since ....

OPEN// FM: Political horizon needed for final settlement of Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Date: 2025-02-10 22:22:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11062217

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty asserted the urgent need for a political process that leads to a final settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, based on international ....

Israeli troops withdraw from Netzarim corridor in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-10 20:15:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11062021

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces from the 99th Reserve Division and "Harel" (Brigade 10) have withdrawn from the strategic Netzarim Corridor - a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. This withdrawal is ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 48,208

Date: 2025-02-10 18:18:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11061836

GAZA CITY, Feb 10 (MENA) - The death toll in Gaza has reached 48,208, with the overwhelming majority being women and children, since the onset of the Israeli military aggression on October 7, 2023, WAFA news agency quoted medical sources as saying ....