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Qatari FM: We support efforts to reach immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-19 15:39:04 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10587939

DOHA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani stressed his country's support for the efforts of the UN and international partners to reach an immediate ceasefire in ....

European Commission chief welcomes launch of "Aspides" mission in Red Sea

Date: 2024-02-19 14:44:21 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10588007

BRUSSEL, Feb 19 (MENA) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday welcomed launching a naval mission to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebel. "I welcome today’s decision to launch the ....

Gaza's Health ministry says Israeli occupation committed 9 massacres in 24 hours

Date: 2024-02-19 13:58:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10587658

GAZA CITY, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip on Monday announced that the Israeli occupation forces committed nine massacres in the enclave in the past 24 hours, killing 107 Palestinians and injuring 145 others. Spokesman for ....

Financial Times: The extremists driving Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas

Date: 2024-02-19 13:30:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10587799

LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Financial Times said on Monday that the key far-right figures in Israel once seen as fringe extremists — Bezalel Smotrich, finance minister, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, national security minister — appear to wield more ....

UK PM welcomes launch of EU operations in Red Sea

Date: 2024-02-19 12:51:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10587675

LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen discussed ways of supporting the Ukrainian people, the Gaza crisis and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. The leaders agreed during a ....

EU foreign ministers ok launch of Aspides operation - Tajani

Date: 2024-02-19 12:33:50 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10587679

ROME, Feb 19 (MENA) - The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels has approved the launch of the new EU Aspides operation to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen, Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani ....

Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defense’ in Gaza, says UK Labor’s Streeting

Date: 2024-02-19 11:47:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10587633

LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - Wes Streeting, the Labor MP for Ilford North and Shadow Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, said on Monday that Israel has gone “beyond reasonable self-defense” in its attack on Gaza, according to the Guardian of ....

Palestinian FM calls for ending double standards in dealing with the Palestinian issue

Date: 2024-02-19 11:42:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10587618

RAMALLAH/THE HAGUE, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki Monday called to end the double standards in dealing with the Palestinian issue, calling on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to support the ....

UN’s top humanitarian official: Assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter

Date: 2024-02-19 09:50:44 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10587304

GENEVA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths renewed deep concern that an assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter”, according to a statement by the UN Media ....

Day 136 of Genocide: Dozens of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-02-19 08:32:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10587087

GAZA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured on Monday during the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for the 136th day in a row, WAFA News Agency reported. The occupation warplanes bombed at least three ....