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US expresses concern over barring UNRWA

Date: 2024-10-29 06:58:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10930058

GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - The US Department of State expressed concern regarding a law adopted by the Israeli Knesset to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa). A spokesperson told The ....

UN chief warns of "devastating consequences" of banning UNRWA

Date: 2024-10-29 06:31:40 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10929984

NEW YORK, Oct 29 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres raised alarm over the devastating consequences of implementing a law adopted by the Israeli Knesset on Monday banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The UN chief pledged ....

WUF12 offers opportunity to highlight urban planning challenges in Palestine: Palestinian local gov't min.

Date: 2024-10-28 21:39:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10929862

CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Ramallah Ihab Suleiman discussed with Palestinian Minister of Local Government Sami Hijjawi the Palestinian delegation's arrangements for participating in the 12th session of the World Urban Forum ....

Israel obstructs polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-28 19:10:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10929846

GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army is obstructing the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, said the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. In a press release, the ministry said that such obstacles will lead to the failure of ....

It is high time to reduce escalation in ME -- US official

Date: 2024-10-28 15:58:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10929431

ABU DHABI, Oct 28 (MENA) - Regional Spokesman for the US State Department Samuel Werberg asserted it is high time to reduce escalation in the Middle East region. Werberg added his country is continuing its endeavors to that effect. He told Sky ....

Iranian foreign ministry welcomes every initiative for solutions to ceasefire

Date: 2024-10-28 10:55:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10929084

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (MENA) - Iran reserves the right to respond to Israeli aggression in accordance with international law, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh was quoted by Mehr News Agency as saying. All recent ....

Yellen and allies urge Netanyahu not to crater Palestinian economy

Date: 2024-10-28 10:34:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10929108

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and seven foreign counterparts sent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a letter, obtained by Axios, warning that his far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich might be about to ....

Four civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas across Gaza

Date: 2024-10-28 08:26:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10928873

GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) - Four citizens were killed and others were injured today in an occupation bombing of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, and the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that ....

4 Lebanese killed in Israeli raids on southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-28 08:25:37 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10928872

BEIRUT, Oct 28 (MENA) - Four Lebanese were killed and three others injured in Israeli raids on southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah targeted with rockets, for the fourth time, an Israeli gathering near Fatima Gate. Since Israel began ....

Death toll from Israeli attacks on military targets rises to 5

Date: 2024-10-27 21:58:16 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10928667

TEHRAN, Oct 27 (MENA) -The official death toll from the Israeli air raids on military targets in Iran has increased to five, after a civilian person succumbed to injuries sustained during the Israeli dawn raids on Sunday, IRNA reported. Earlier, ....