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Austin calls for ceasefire in Gaza, diplomatic solution with Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-07 06:50:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10901396

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant Sunday to discuss Iran's destabilizing actions in the Middle East and the current situation in Lebanon and Gaza, said the ....

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters take to Toronto streets

Date: 2024-10-07 06:20:02 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10901411

TORONTO, Oct 7 (MENA) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Toronto on Sunday to protest the ongoing war in the Middle East. According to the Toronto Police Service, demonstrators began marching eastbound on College Street from University ....

Israeli forces storm Tulkarm

Date: 2024-10-07 05:50:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10901379

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Sunday night attacked the West Bank city of Tulkarm and surrounded its public hospital. Additional reinforcements were pushed into the town, demolishing the infrastructure in several areas, WAFA ....

Explosions reported in areas inside Syrian territory

Date: 2024-10-06 19:59:45 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10901252

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (MENA) – Strong explosions were heard from inside Syrian territory in Hermel and nearby villages, after Israeli warplanes targeted these areas from the airspace of northern Lebanon, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) ....

155,000 women in Gaza were forced to give birth under fire over past year: UN

Date: 2024-10-06 19:59:23 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10901180

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (MENA) - The UN said around 155,000 pregnant women and new mothers in the Gaza Strip have over the past year been forced to give birth under fire, in tents, while fleeing bombs and often without assistance, medication or even clean ....

Israeli warplanes break sound barrier over Beirut, target house in Marjayoun town

Date: 2024-10-06 19:32:14 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10901179

BIERUT, Oct 6 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Sunday broke the sound barrier twice over Beirut, Mount Lebanon Governorate, and Baalbek region, flying at a low and altitude, Lebanon News Agency reported. In addition, Israeli fighter jets targeted a ....

Fear and uncertainty loom over Israelis' preparations to commemorate October 7 attacks: paper

Date: 2024-10-06 19:32:03 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10901182

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (MENA) - Israelis' are preparing to commemorate the first anniversary of the attacks launched by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Israeli settlements on October 7, 2023, saying that fear and uncertainty loom over those preparations, and ....

Canadian PM urges citizens to leave Lebanon as evacuations top 1,000

Date: 2024-10-06 19:31:25 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10901185

OTTAWA, Oct 6 (MENA) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged Canadian citizens still in Lebanon to sign up to be evacuated on special flights which have already helped more than 1,000 leave as security there deteriorates, US News ....

3 Palestinians injured by live bullets during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Nablus

Date: 2024-10-06 17:45:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10901125

RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured by live bullets during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces on Sunday evening, in the old town of Nablus in the West Bank, WAFA reported. Also this evening, Israeli occupation forces ....

Felipe of Spain leaves Jordan after two-day visit

Date: 2024-10-06 17:45:01 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10901129

AMMAN, Oct 6 (MENA) - King Felipe VI of Spain left Jordanian on Sunday after a two-day official visit. Felipe was seen off at Queen Alia International Airport by Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein, head of the honorary mission accompanying the guest, a ....