Middle East
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Customs back to normal as victims' families set to receive compensation
Date: 2025-04-29 19:56:18 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:11158989
TEHRAN, April 29 (MENA) - Authorities at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port said that customs procedures were “back to normal” on Tuesday after a large explosion and fire on Saturday killed at least 70 people and wounded 1,000 others. Ninety per cent of ....
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UNRWA: Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade
Date: 2025-04-29 19:19:38 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:11158799
GENEVA, April 29 (MENA) - The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children and of older people, said Juliette Touma, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA). “Families - whole families, seven or eight people - are ....
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Rafah Crossing remains open for 43rd day in row
Date: 2025-04-29 10:12:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11157821
RAFAH, Egypt, April 29 (MENA) - Rafah Border Crossing is still open from the Egyptian side for the 43rd day in a row waiting for the arrival of injured Palestinians, patients and their companions to receive treatment while the Israeli authorities ....
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Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court
Date: 2025-04-28 21:14:07 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:11157356
THE HAGUE, April 28 (MENA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories ....
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Iranian FM warns of Tehran’s immediate response to any military action
Date: 2025-04-28 13:58:38 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11156866
TEHRAN, April 28 (MENA) - Asserting Iran’s resolve to foil the sinister external attempts at undermining its foreign policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that any military strike will trigger Iran’s immediate reciprocal action, Iran's ....
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12 Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli strikes on different areas across Gaza
Date: 2025-04-28 13:41:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11156890
GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - At least 12 Palestinian citizens were killed and others, including children and women, injured Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting the vicinity of Al-Barakah Mosque in Beit Lahia, north the Gaza Strip, and in ....
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Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 52,314
Date: 2025-04-28 13:33:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:11156810
GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Palestinian medical sources on Monday said that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 52,314, with nearly 117,792 reported wounded since October 7, 2023. The bodies of thousands of ....
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Israeli troops storm Zatara town, Shuafat Camp
Date: 2025-04-28 08:02:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11156055
RAMALLAH, April 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Ramallah on Monday and deployed military vehicles in several neighborhoods, Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported. Occupation forces were stationed in the Masyaf ....
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli army draft, block road outside Tel Hashomer induction center
Date: 2025-04-28 07:40:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11156107
GAZA, April 28 (MENA) - Ultra-Orthodox Jews known as Haredim protested outside Tel Hashomer on Monday morning to denounce the military's attempts to draft them. According to The Jerusalem Post, the protesters were seen sitting on the road and ....
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OIC regrets US decision to strip UNRWA of immunity
Date: 2025-04-28 07:29:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11154642
RIYADH, April 28 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) regretted that the US Administration decided to lift the immunity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). All members of the UN must ....