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US levies new sanctions on Iran’s missile and drone programs

Date: 2023-10-18 22:00:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:10399288

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programs as the US and dozens of other partners vowed to continue to counter those programs as a set of United ....

Palestinian youth dies of critical wounds sustained by Israeli forces' fire in Nablus

Date: 2023-10-18 20:58:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:10399256

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth, who was shot and critically during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces earlier tonight in the town of Jamma’in to the south of Nablus, succumbed to his critical wounds, the Palestinian ....

Palestinian amb. to Mauritania says genocide taking place in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 20:21:43 GMT - Mauritania - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:10399252

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 18 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador in Nouakchott Mohamed Qassem Assad al Assad said Wednesday that what is happening in Gaza is collective massacres that are more like a genocide in which all types of internationally banned weapons ....

Israeli airstrikes kill large numbers of civilians in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 19:05:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:10399069

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - A large number of people were killed and injured this evening in brutal Israeli airstrikes launched against the al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza, WAFA reported Wednesday. Sources said that Israeli warplanes carried out at ....

Ottawa preparing for possible evacuations from Lebanon

Date: 2023-10-18 18:06:43 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:10399165

OTTAWA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Federal government officials said Canada is preparing for a possible evacuation of citizens from Lebanon should the Israel-Hamas war escalate and spread to that part of the region, CBC network reported. Alexandre Lévêque, ....

UN chief to take part in Cairo summit for peace

Date: 2023-10-18 17:07:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:10399068

CAIRO, Oct 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres will arrive in Cairo on Thursday to hold talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and other senior officials on Gaza escalation, according to UN chief's spokesman Stephane ....

China shocked by Israeli bombardment of Gaza hospital: Xinhua

Date: 2023-10-18 17:02:38 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:10399036

BEIJING, Oct 18 (MENA) - China said it is shocked by and strongly condemns the Israeli shelling of the Baptist hospital in Gaza, which has caused massive casualties, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. "We mourn for the ....

Dozens killed after Israel shells Gaza mosque

Date: 2023-10-18 15:11:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10398789

GAZA CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) – Dozens of people were killed and injured on Wednesday afternoon in new Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at a mosque in Nuseirat refugee camp killing and ....

OIC extra-ordinary meeting on Gaza kicks off in Jeddah

Date: 2023-10-18 13:43:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10398342

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct 18 (MENA) – An extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) kicked off at the ministerial level Wednesday to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the deteriorating humanitarian ....

Russia has always supported an independent Palestine — Putin

Date: 2023-10-18 12:45:33 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10398382

BEIJING, Oct 18 (MENA) - Russia has always supported establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, an idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin said was unrelated to the latest escalation between Palestine and ....