Middle East
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WFP warns of imminent famine in northern Gaza
Date: 2024-04-24 16:40:22 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10676580
ABU DHABI, April 24 (MENA) - World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe Corinne Fleischer has warned of an imminent famine in the northern areas of Gaza. Speaking in an interview with Sky ....
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Signs Aid Bill for Ukraine and Israel
Date: 2024-04-24 16:11:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10676578
WASHINGTON, April 24 (MENA) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law an aid package to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. “The path to my desk was a difficult path. It should have been easier and it should’ve gotten there ....
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UN demands investigation after mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
Date: 2024-04-24 14:30:13 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10676202
NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) – The United Nations has called for an “independent, effective and transparent investigation” into the discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals that were besieged and raided by Israeli troops this year. The UN High ....
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UNRWA seeks $ 1.2 bn to address unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Date: 2024-04-24 14:29:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10676318
RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - UNRWA is seeking $ 1.21 billion to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and respond to needs in the West Bank as violence increases. The Agency’s emergency appeal covers the Agency’s ....
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79 Palestinians killed by Israel over past 24 hours
Date: 2024-04-24 12:55:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10676136
GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) - The health ministry in Gaza said Wednesday that at least 34,262 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of the Israeli war in Gaza, according to Al Arabiya news. The tally includes at ....
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UN chief lauds efforts by Azhar Imam to promote peace
Date: 2024-04-24 11:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10675959
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) – Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres has commended efforts exerted by Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al Ahzar, to promote peace, understanding and interfaith dialogue. Guterres, in a message to Tayyeb ....
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Palestinians killed, others injured as Israel's aggression enters its 201st day
Date: 2024-04-24 08:54:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10675492
GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) - A number of Palestinian civilians were Wednesday killed and others sustained various injuries in the ongoing occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has entered its 201st day. WAFA correspondent reported ....
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2 killed, 6 injured in Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanese town of Hanin
Date: 2024-04-23 22:23:13 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10675061
BEIRUT, April 23 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Hanin left a two-storey house completely destroyed, two persons killed, and six others injured, NNA reported. Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes carried out an aerial ....
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EU foreign policy chief encourages int’l community to stand by UNRWA
Date: 2024-04-23 20:17:48 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10675208
BRUSSELS, April 23 (MENA) - The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Joseph Borrell, welcomed Catherine Colonna's report on UNRWA which recognizes the UN relief Agency (UNRWA) as an irreplaceable and ....
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200 days into war, destruction everywhere in Gaza: UNRWA
Date: 2024-04-23 18:59:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10675002
RAMALLAH, April 23 (MENA) - The debris left after Israel's airstrikes in Gaza for more than six months now would take years to remove, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) deplored in a statement. "Two ....