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Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, have released a statement condemning what it claims was a “deliberate attack” on one of its humanitarian convoys inside Gaza that resulted in one person being killed. “On 18 November 2023, an MSF staff member’s relative died and another one was injured in an attack…
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Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan now turns to the wider international crisis. “We are warning all parties, if they want to do something to our people… our great Palestinian people will not accept it,” he says. The US has “dirty plans”, he says, before adding the people of Gaza will not keep silent if Washington continues…
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Iran’s president will travel to Saudi Arabia next Sunday, according to reports. Ebrahim Raisi will take part in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit, Iranian website Etemad reported. The OIC is an organisation with 57 member states that refers to itself as the “collective voice of the Muslim world”. Over the past year, Iran and…
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As has been the case for several weeks, events have been unfolding quickly today in Gaza and Israel. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the military reached a “significant stage” in its war against Hamas, while the heads of several major UN bodies called for a humanitarian ceasefire. If you’re just joining us or need a…
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Leaders of various ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta have paid a solidarity visit to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to convey the region’s appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for including him in his cabinet. The Niger Delta leaders also congratulated Wike on his appointment as minister. A statement issued…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on Wednesday discussed the raging Israeli-Palestinian conflict, observing that situation in Gaza is deteriorating with every passing day amid increasing civilian casualties. Expressing concern over the deteriorating situation in Gaza and the rising number of civilian casualties, Wang said that “no responsible country…
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The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate on Saturday warned of Israeli “massacres” against reporters in the Gaza Strip amid internet and communication blackouts. “More than 24 journalists and dozens of their families were already killed and dozens of journalists’ homes and media institutions destroyed,” it said in a statement. These attacks “are part of a systematic policy…
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Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes near the Al-Shifa Hospital and Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip late Friday, according to Al-Aqsa TV. No information was available on casualties. The broadcaster, affiliated with the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, said the airstrikes also targeted the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Clashes were reported between Palestinian…
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General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Force Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday urged those who are able to carry arms to join the fight against the paramilitary forces. “We ask all the youth of my country and whoever can defend not to hesitate or delay in playing this patriotic role in the place of his…
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Yemen’s national airline Yemenia Airways restarted direct flights from Houthi-held Sanaa to Saudi Arabia after a suspension that lasted seven years. The first two commercial flights took off from Sanaa’s international airport on June 17 and 19, and one more has been scheduled for June 21. According to the Yemeni airport, these flights are among the five that…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross urged Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday to finalize arrangements for it to handle an exchange of detainees and bodies from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, after a humanitarian ceasefire agreed at the weekend. “To date we keep discussing intensely with the sides on this topic. But no meaningful agreement has…
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US intelligence services spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody Island in disputed Paracel Islands chain in the past few days, US media reports. “China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles.” Navy Captain Darryn James, a spokesman…
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