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UN chief invokes Article 99 in bid to avert humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-06 20:47:14 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10477991

CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) - Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ....

Germany condemns settlers' attacks against Palestinians

Date: 2023-12-06 17:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10477759

CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned with the strongest terms the continued Israeli settlers' attacks against the Palestinians, saying the two-state solution means no more settlements. Building settlements ....

Jordan condemns Israel's decision to allow extremist Jewish march in Jerusalem

Date: 2023-12-06 17:06:08 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10477743

AMMAN, Dec 6 (MENA) - Jordan Wednesday condemned Israeli police's decision to allow a march for extremist Israeli Jews in Jerusalem's Old City and the Islamic Quarter. It condemned extremist calls against the Administration Department of Awqaf ....

Nearly 900 evacuees from Gaza arrive in Russia — MFA

Date: 2023-12-06 16:52:07 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10477723

MOSCOW, Dec 6 (MENA) - As many as 883 Russians out of about 1,100 who applied for help in evacuating from the Gaza Strip have already arrived in Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing. "After the ....

Putin to meet Iranian president in Moscow tomorrow

Date: 2023-12-06 16:29:19 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10477687

MOSCOW, Dec 6 (MENA) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin confirmed. Iran's official news agency Irna had earlier reported on the planned visit, saying that ....

Palestinian journalists Syndicate: 75 journalists, media workers killed since start of Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-06 16:25:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10477511

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced that 75 journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7. A press release, issued by the Syndicate, ....

Abbas receives White House envoy

Date: 2023-12-06 15:17:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10477352

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday received at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah White House envoy and the National Security Advisor to the US Vice President, Philip Gordon, WAFA ....

Palestinian youth, two injured by Israeli forces in northern WB

Date: 2023-12-06 15:13:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10476867

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth has succumbed to his injuries sustained from Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to the Palestinian WAFA news agency. The Ministry of Health said in a ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-12-06 10:44:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10476785

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers Wednesday morning broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police, WAFA reported. The extremist settlers, divided into groups, raided the holy ....

Israel booting top UN humanitarian official

Date: 2023-12-06 09:57:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10476662

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he has canceled a visa for Lynn Hastings, United Nations (UN) Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the ....