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Iran’s presidential vote headed for runoff

Date: 2024-06-29 14:17:38 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10764265

TEHRAN, June 29 (MENA) - Iran’s presidential election is destined for a runoff, after the results on Saturday showed no candidate had garnered over 50% of the votes, according to Tasnim news agency. Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, the two ....

EU condemns Israel's announcement of building new settlements in West Bank

Date: 2024-06-29 14:05:12 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10764256

BRUSSELS, June 29 (MENA) - The European Union condemned in the strongest terms the announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that five outposts are to be legalised in the occupied Palestinian territory. This is another deliberate ....

Israeli attacks leave 10,000 disabled in Gaza: Palestinian NGOs

Date: 2024-06-29 13:32:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10764170

GAZA, June 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian NGO's Network Rehabilitation Sector revealed that hundreds of persons with disabilities have been killed, and thousands more injured as a result of the Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip. The crisis has ....

Deadly Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City leave dozens killed and wounded

Date: 2024-06-29 12:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10763964

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - Dozens of innocent civilians were killed and several others injured this morning in widespread airstrikes and artillery shelling carried out by Israeli occupation forces across Gaza City. WAFA correspondent reported ....

Arab Parliament condemns Israeli decision to legalize settlements in WB, impose taxes on churches in Jerusalem

Date: 2024-06-29 12:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10763963

CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) has strongly condemned an Israeli decision to legalize five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. It also condemned imposing taxes on churches in Jerusalem, describing such Israeli actions ....

40 Palestinians killed in 3 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-29 12:17:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10763969

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 40 Palestinians and the injury of 224 others, WAFA quoted ....

UNICEF: Those paying price of Gaza war are civilians especially children, women

Date: 2024-06-28 21:26:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10763209

CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) – UNICEF spokesman Kazem Abu Khalaf said that those who pay the highest price of wars in the world are always the civilians, especially children and women. In an exclusive interview with Nile News TV channel on Friday, he ....

Hezbollah says it attacked building used by Israeli soldiers

Date: 2024-06-28 21:11:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10763243

BEIRUT, June 28 (MENA) - Hezbollah said on Friday that in response to the Israeli aggression on Lebanese villages, particularly the Lebanese southern town of Chihine, its fighters targeted a building used by enemy soldiers in the Shlomi settlement ....

Pentagon removing Gaza pier, no clear date on reinstallation - The Hill

Date: 2024-06-28 19:43:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10763229

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - The US military is once again removing the Gaza pier due to poor weather, and there is no clear timeline on when it would be reanchored, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh ....

Blinken, UN humanitarian coordinator stress need to increase aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-28 19:15:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10763164

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag stressed the need to increase and sustain humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as ongoing work to address ....