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Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-05-18 09:11:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11183198

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by the Israeli police. The settlers conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals in the mosque. Meanwhile, Jewish settlers burnt ....

UN chief urges permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-18 09:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11183240

NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in ....

Dozens killed in Gaza in one of bloodiest nights since start of Israeli genocide

Date: 2025-05-18 08:02:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11183107

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - In one of the bloodiest nights since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, dozens of innocent civilians, including children and women, were killed and many others injured after midnight in a series of ....

Over 80 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday dawn

Date: 2025-05-17 22:08:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:11182999

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - At least 80 Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded on Saturday as Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources, WAFA reported. Among the dead were 34 people in ....

European Council chief says “shocked” at humanitarian situation in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-17 22:05:57 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:11182979

BRUSSELS, May 17 (MENA) - European Council President António Costa said he is “shocked” at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the Israeli occupation army has launched an expanded offensive. “Shocked by the news from Gaza: ....

Guterres: New York two-state conference of ‘important opportunity we cannot lose’

Date: 2025-05-17 21:46:36 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:11182971

BAGHDAD, May 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the importance of the high-level conference on the two-state solution, to take place on June 2-4, in New York. “The high-level conference in June, co-chaired by France and ....

Several civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-17 07:03:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11181774

GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) - Several Palestinian citizens were killed, and others injured or missing as a result of continued Israeli bombardment of several neighborhoods and areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Two citizens were killed and four ....

Trump concludes Gulf tour

Date: 2025-05-16 12:19:53 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11181168

ABU DHABI, May 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump departed the United Arab Emirates Friday, concluding his Gulf tour that included visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Trump arrived Thursday in the UAE, the third stop on his Gulf tour, after ....

Scores of Palestinians killed, wounded missing in new Israeli massacre

Date: 2025-05-16 09:29:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11180949

GAZA CITY, May 16 (MENA - Israeli occupation forces have continued their relentless bombardment of residential homes across various areas of the Gaza Strip in the past hours, leaving nearly 100 civilians dead, wounded, or missing, said WAFA news ....

Trump hopes for end to Gaza war, delivery of aid to Palestinians

Date: 2025-05-16 09:17:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11180948

ABU DHABI, May 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump expressed hope for ending the war in the Gaza Strip, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid, alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people, and addressing the ongoing famine in the ....