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62nd meeting of Arab Charter on Human Rights Committee to kick off on Monday

Date: 2024-10-18 07:31:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:10916272

CAIRO, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Committee of the Arab Charter on Human Rights will hold on Monday its 62nd session at the headquarters of the Arab League's General Secretariat. The two-day meeting of the committee will discuss the third periodic ....

Ukraine: Death toll of Russian army increases to 675,800

Date: 2024-10-18 07:20:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:10916261

KIEV, Oct 18 (MENA) - The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 18, 2024, amounted to about 675,800 people, including 1,530 people over the previous day. This is stated on the Facebook page of the ....

Aswan Int'l Festival of Art & Culture kicks off

Date: 2024-10-18 07:16:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:15 - ID:10916255

ASWAN, Egypt, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Aswan International Festival of Art and Culture kicked off on Thursday. It will last till October 22. The festival is organized by the General Authority for Culture Palaces at the Culture Ministry, in ....

Three Americans among latest to be detained in Venezuela over alleged anti-government plot

Date: 2024-10-18 07:04:52 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:14 - ID:10916245

CARACUS, Oct 18 (MENA) - Venezuela detained five more foreigners, including three US citizens, for their alleged connection to a plot to destabilize the country, the interior minister announced Thursday, marking the latest round of arrests for what ....

Australia takes another step in West’s confrontation with Moscow — Russian envoy

Date: 2024-10-18 06:58:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:10916241

MOSCOW, Oct 18 (MENA) - Canberra is taking another step in the West’s confrontation with Moscow by sending M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, TASS news agency quoted Russian Ambassador to Australia Alexey Pavlovsky as saying. "Supplying battle tanks, ....

Palestinian Health Ministry condemns attack on ambulance by Israeli settlers

Date: 2024-10-18 06:56:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10916240

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health has condemned the assault on an ambulance belonging to the Salfit Government Hospital while its crew was transporting a patient near Qalqilya, north of the occupied West Bank, on Thursday ....

Lebanese Health Ministry: 2,412 killed, 11,267 injured since Israel's aggression on Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-18 06:53:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:10916237

BEIRUT, Oct 18 (MENA) - The death toll from Israel's ongoing onslaught on Lebanon has surged to 2,412, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Thursday. The National News Agency (NNA) quoted the ministry as saying in a statement that 11,267 persons ....

Macron urges Israel to halt Lebanon operations

Date: 2024-10-18 06:47:16 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10916236

PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to halt military operations in Lebanon, respect its sovereignty, and avoid expanding the conflict. Speaking to reporters after meeting with other EU leaders at a summit in ....

Biden, Netanyahu agree 'to advance the release of the hostages'

Date: 2024-10-18 06:40:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10916231

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday night called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One following the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya al Sinwar. Both leaders "agreed that there is an ....

Biden: Blinken to travel to Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-10-18 06:35:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10916230

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday he was sending US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire deal after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Alhurra news channel reported. "It's ....