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Record High Displacement in DRC at Nearly 7 Million
Date: 2023-10-30 14:36:20 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:62 - ID:10417220
GENEVA, Oct 30 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced that the number of internally displaced people climbs to 6.9 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the highest number recorded yet, ....
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Report: 3,195 children killed in three weeks surpasses annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019
Date: 2023-10-30 12:25:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:10417019
LONDON, Oct 30 (MENA) - The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Save the Children said. Since October 7, more than 3,257 ....
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Chinese envoy meets chief of UNRWA on Gaza war
Date: 2023-10-30 12:23:41 GMT - China - World - SN:46 - ID:10417028
BEIJING/AMMAN, Oct 30 (MENA) - Envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue Zhai Jun met with Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini in the Jordanian ....
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Malaysia, Singapore both want ceasefire and humanitarian aid amid renewed Palestine-Israel conflict
Date: 2023-10-30 11:56:32 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:44 - ID:10417024
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said today that despite the diplomatic differences, both Malaysia and Singapore shared a common position on an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian assistance on the current Israel-Palestine ....
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South Korea FM holds back-to-back phone talks with Israel, other Middle East counterparts
Date: 2023-10-30 11:21:58 GMT - south korea - World - SN:34 - ID:10416576
SEOUL, Oct 30 (MENA) - South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin has spoken by phone with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Jordan and discussed the escalating military conflict in the Gaza Strip, his office said ....
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Indian Congress "Strongly Opposes" India's abstention on Gaza vote at UN : Sonia Gandhi
Date: 2023-10-30 11:18:50 GMT - India - World - SN:33 - ID:10416810
NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Congress is "strongly opposed" to India's abstention on the recent UN resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict, former party chief Sonia Gandhi said on Monday, asserting that while her party had unequivocally condemned ....
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British, Dutch PMs discuss crisis in ME
Date: 2023-10-30 10:10:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:10416569
LONDON, Oct 30 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed in a phone call Sunday night with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte the crisis in the Middle East. The leaders shared their serious concern at the worsening ....
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33 aid trucks entered Gaza: UN
Date: 2023-10-30 09:48:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:22 - ID:10416570
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (MENA) - Thirty-three aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, the largest convoy to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory since Israel began restricting the delivery of aid, the UN said. Prior to Israel’s siege, some 500 trucks ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 299,940
Date: 2023-10-30 08:35:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10416437
KYIV, Oct 30 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 299,940 troops in Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook, Ukrinform reported. Between February 24, 2022 and October 30, 2023, the enemy’s total combat losses ....
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Chances for release of 8 Russians held by Hamas exist: Russian diplomat
Date: 2023-10-29 20:49:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:10416109
MOSCOW, Oct 29 (MENA) - It is quite possible to have eight Russian nationals released from Hamas’ captivity, efforts are being made in this track, TASS quoted a diplomatic source as saying on Sunday. "Chances do exist. Efforts toward this are ....