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Ex-deputy PM stresses Jordan’s support for Palestine resistance

Jordan’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Mamdouh Al-Abadi, has stressed the kingdom’s support for Palestine and the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation, Quds Press reported. In an...

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South Africa calls for urgent probe into mass graves discovered in Gaza...

South Africa yesterday called on the international community to urgently lead a thorough and impartial investigation into the recent discovery of mass graves in different areas across the Gaza Strip,...

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Israel cutting off Palestinian banks from global system 'would be violation...

UN experts in a statement, on Thursday, warned that unilaterally cutting off Palestinian banks from the global banking system would be “a violation of the fundamental principles of international law”,...

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Iran and Saudi Arabia resume pilgrimage flights since detente

Since last year’s detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran, diplomatic progress has paved the way for the resumption of pilgrimage flights from Iran to the kingdom. This restoration of ties will enable...

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'Brutal manifestation of Western imperialism': Backlash in Rwanda over UK...

As the UK pushes forward with its much-criticised move to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, experts in the East African nation say the plan is “ethically questionable” and yet “another brutal...

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Belgian agency aid worker killed in Gaza - minister

An aid worker who was part of Belgium’s development aid efforts and his seven-year-old son were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, the country’s Development Minister, Caroline Gennez, said today...

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US, 17 other countries urge Hamas to release hostages, end Gaza crisis

The United States and 17 other countries, on Thursday, issued an appeal for Hamas to release sick, elderly and wounded hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza, Reuters reports. “We call for the...

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Qatar, Bangladesh forge new pact to improve migrant worker rights

A new agreement has been reached between Qatar and Bangladesh aimed at bolstering protections for Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Gulf state, according to Arab News, citing a senior official...

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Iraqis believe Turkiye President's visit to Iraq will bolster development

Iraqis believe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit this week to Iraq will further strengthen economic relations between the two countries, Anadolu Agency reports. Highlighting that the...

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Israel 'spoofs' GPS signals amid Gaza onslaught

With the outbreak of Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, users of digital navigation systems have been receiving false location signals through the US-operated Global Positioning System (GPS),...

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Tunisia retrieves bodies of 14 migrants off Djerba coast

Tunisian coast guard recovered 14 bodies of migrants off the coast of Djerba, a judicial official told Reuters yesterday, raising the number of migrants who have died off the country’s coast in the...

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Israel intensifies airstrikes on Gaza's Rafah before ground operation

Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight after saying it would evacuate civilians from the southern Gazan city and launch an all-out assault, despite allies’ warnings this could cause mass...

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UK asks Israel to allow foreign observers to visit Palestinian detainees: Report

The UK has asked Israel to allow foreign observers to visit Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, according to Israeli media on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The British request was about to be...

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Khan Yunis a ghost town with children living amid rubble, Save the Children says

Children are living amid rubble in streets of total devastation in Khan Yunis, the second largest city in Gaza, according to Save the Children staff returning to the city for the first time since the...

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University students in US capital form joint pro-Palestinian encampment

Antiwar students from across the US capital are banding together, Thursday, to form a pro-Palestinian encampment less than 1 mile (kilometre) from the White House to demand their schools condemn...

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Chef Jose Andres mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza at...

Celebrity Chef, Jose Andres, called seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza “the best of humanity” on Thursday during a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral that was...

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Turkiye launches project to develop new domestic aircraft carrier

Turkiye is making preparations for its upcoming and largest-ever domestic aircraft carrier, in the latest expansion of the country’s defence capabilities. According to Turkish media outlets, the...

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Hamas urges pressure on Israel to end siege of Gaza hospitals

Palestinian group, Hamas, on Thursday urged the international community to pressure Israel to lift its siege imposed on the health sector in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. Gaza’s health...

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Hamas's military wing targets Israel surveillance site in central Gaza

The military wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said, Thursday, it targeted an Israeli surveillance site with mortar shells in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. It said it targeted a...

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Senator slams Israel Premier over remarks on US college campuses

Senator Bernie Sanders, on Thursday, slammed the Israeli Premier’s remarks that denounced pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled US college campuses, Anadolu Agency reports. “No, Mr. Netanyahu. It...

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4 elected Moroccan officials travel to Spain as irregular migrants

4 Moroccan officials arrived in Granada, southern Spain, at the weekend after setting out from Nador, with a group of irregular migrants aboard a makeshift boat, the news site, El Faro de Ceuta,...

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Israel withdraws Nahal Brigade to rest before Rafah invasion

Israel’s Nahal Brigade has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and has been replaced by the 679th Armored Brigade and the 2nd Infantry Brigade. Hebrew sources reported that over the last three months, the...

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France police clear migrant camps ahead of Olympic games

French authorities have been conducting evictions of migrants and refugees from areas in the capital Paris, apparently in preparation for the country’s hosting of the Olympic Games in three months. In...

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Israel must end war for hostages to be released, Hamas says

Hamas’s spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said that the movement demanded that Israel end the war as part of any deal to release the prisoners of war held in Gaza. Abu Zuhri’s remarks came after the leaders...

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Minister calls for ousting PA if it seeks arrest warrants for Israel war...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the Palestinian Authority must be toppled if it continues to seek recognition at the UN and the arrest of Israelis by international bodies, local...

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UN special rapporteur calls for sanctions on Israel 

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has called for sanctions to be imposed on Israel and for it to be...

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Yemen's Houthis targeted 102 Israel, US, UK ships since October

Yemen’s Houthi group yesterday said that it had targeted 102 Israeli, US and British vessels since Israel launched its devastating war on the besieged Gaza Strip in October, Anadolu reported. “Some 102...

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UN official: Land route vital for Gaza aid deliveries

UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag said yesterday that the maritime corridor can never be a substitute for land transportation of vital humanitarian aid to the besieged...

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Amnesty: US universities must stop suppressing pro-Palestine protests

Amnesty International yesterday condemned American university administrations’ crackdown and suppression of war protests against Israel’s war in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a press statement, the...

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Bassem Youssef slams Elon Musk for ‘reposting the lies of mass murderer’...

Egyptian comedian, Bassem Youssef, yesterday slammed American billionaire, Elon Musk, over his hostile position towards the pro-Palestine student protests in several American universities by reiterated...

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It could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza: UN

The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said today, Reuters reported....

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Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing

A Turkish court today sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street, a copy of the verdict obtained by...

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Students block Paris university over Gaza war

Students today blocked access to Paris’ prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza, demanding the institution condemn Israel’s actions, in a protest that echoed similar demonstrations on...

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US State Department Arabic spokesperson resigns in protest over Gaza policy

The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has stepped down due to disagreements with Washington’s policy towards Gaza, marking the third resignation from the department since October...

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UK observers to visit Israeli detention facilities holding Palestinian prisoners

Israel has agreed to allow UK-appointed observers to visit detention facilities holding alleged Hamas prisoners who have been under arrest since 7 October, Haaretz has reported. This decision comes...

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Blinken says Gaza protests a hallmark of democracy, decries 'silence' on Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, on Friday, protests at US universities over US-ally Israel’s war in Gaza are a hallmark of American democracy, but criticised what he called the “silence”...

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Saudi to host Gaza conference with US

Saudi Arabia plans to host a meeting next Monday to discuss Gaza’s future with foreign officials, including US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, the talks...

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Turkiye Erdogan to meet Biden on defence and trade

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will meet with US President, Joe Biden, at the White House on 9 May, to boost defence and trade ties, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, Erdogan’s...

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Israel assault on Rafah would bring 'disaster' to the Middle East, aid group...

An Israeli assault on southern Gaza’s Rafah area would spell disaster for civilians, not only in Gaza but across the Middle East, the head of an aid group warned on Friday, saying the region faced a...

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Daughter of Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Israel airstrike in Gaza

A daughter of Palestinian poet and academic, Refaat Alareer, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on Friday, about four months after her father was killed in a similar attack, Anadolu Agency...

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US decides against sanctioning Israeli battalion despite ‘gross human rights...

The US has reversed its decision to impose sanctions on the extremist Israel Defence Forces’ Netzah Yehuda battalion, despite determining that soldiers in the brigade had committed “gross human rights...

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Fears of organ theft by Israel army at Gaza's Nasser Hospital

Paramedics and rescue teams involved in the recovery of civilian bodies from mass graves at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, have raised concerns about...

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Far-right Israel minister Ben-Gvir injured in car crash

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's car overturned on his return from a visit to Ramle, his office said he was feeling 'good' and 'is conscious'

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World Court to rule Tuesday on case accusing Germany of facilitating Gaza...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Friday that it will rule Tuesday on a case accusing Germany of facilitating genocide in Israel’s months-long offensive on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu...

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UN gives update on 19 staff accused by Israel of 7 October involvement

UN investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 staff from the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, took part in the 7 October Hamas attacks have closed one case due to a lack of evidence from...

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New pro-Palestine encampments erected at University of North Carolina,...

New anti-war encampments were established at the University of North Carolina and Arizona State University on Friday, as protests calling for their institutions of higher education to condemn Israel’s...

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Missiles attack inflicts damage to vessel SW of Yemen's Mokha

Three missiles were sighted approximately 15 nautical miles south-west of Yemen’s Mokha, British security firm Ambrey said on Friday, and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said that...

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Erdogan: ‘We will not be silent about annihilation of Palestinians’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that no one could expect his country to remain silent regarding the genocide that the Palestinians have been subjected to for 203 days. Erdogan’s...

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Gaza government media: Only 49 trucks arrived in northern Gaza Strip this week

The government media office in Gaza announced on Friday that only 49 aid trucks had arrived in the northern Gaza Strip out of a total of 1,063 trucks that had entered the Gaza Strip this week, thus...

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Hamas calls on 18 countries signing hostage release initiative to expose...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas expressed its regret over the statement issued by the White House, signed by 18 countries, calling for the release of the hostages in the Gaza Strip. The movement...

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