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  • Turkey inflation hits almost 70% in April dampening interest rate cut hopes

    Date: 2024-05-03 13:38:43 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10689617

    ANKARA, May 3 (MENA) - Turkey’s inflation accelerated to 69.8% annually for the month of April, according to latest data from the Turkish Statistical Institute. The country's annual consumer price inflation climbed close to 70% last month, just ....

  • Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency

    Date: 2024-05-03 13:01:33 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10689605

    GENEVA, May 3 (MENA) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday. “Any ground operation would mean more ....

  • Austin: US sees no indications of intent to hurt US troops building Gaza pier

    Date: 2024-05-03 10:02:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10689336

    WASHINGTON, May 3 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he does not see signs that Hamas is going to attack U.S. forces who are building a pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver aid to the war-torn strip by sea, Voice of America ....

  • Abbas commends Trinidad and Tobago's recognition of the State of Palestine

    Date: 2024-05-03 09:03:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10689229

    RAMALLAH, May 3 (MENA) – Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed the decision of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to recognize the State of Palestine, saying it contributes to achieving the right of the Palestinian people to ....

  • US says Israel should prevent attacks on aid convoys

    Date: 2024-05-03 08:06:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10689191

    WASHINGTON, May 3 (MENA) - Israel should prevent further attacks on aid convoys bound for Gaza after Israeli settlers attacked a shipment from Jordan, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday. In a press briefing, the ....

  • 10 Palestinians martyred in Israeli bombing in Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 17:40:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10688864

    GAZA, May 2 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians, including a child, were martyred and others were injured Thursday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting several sites in the Gaza Strip. Five people, including a child, were martyred in an Israeli bombing ....

  • Biden condemns US campus unrest over Gaza war

    Date: 2024-05-02 17:06:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10688807

    WASHINGTON, May 2 (MENA) - In his first public remarks on this week’s campus protests, President Joe Biden criticized much of the unrest over the Israeli war on Gaza erupting at colleges across the country, saying “none of this is a peaceful ....

  • Dozens of civilians killed as Israel continues to pound Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 15:07:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10688633

    GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian citizens were Thursday killed and injured in the Israeli bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent said that six citizens were killed in an Israeli bombing of the city of ....

  • Death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 34,596

    Date: 2024-05-02 15:00:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10688634

    GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now surged to 34,596, medical sources confirmed on Thursday. They added that at least 77,816 others have also ....

  • Over 10,000 people missing, suspected buried under rubble in Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 14:42:06 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10688626

    GENEVA, May 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Civil Defense Service (PCD) has said more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli onslaught against enclave on October 7. "We estimate that ....

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