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  • Death toll from war across Gaza Strip surges to 41,586, with over 96,210 injured

    Date: 2024-09-28 18:25:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10890900

    GAZA, Sept 28 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 52 Palestinians and the injury of 118 others, WAFA reported. Medical ....

  • Egypt, China satisfied with progress in strategic relations

    Date: 2024-09-28 07:33:00 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10890008

    CAIRO/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have expressed satisfaction at the progress achieved in the strategic relations between the two ....

  • Lebanon Health Ministry says at least 6 killed, 91 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut

    Date: 2024-09-27 22:49:30 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10889833

    BEIRUT, Sept 27 (MENA) - Lebanon's Health Ministry said in an updated and non-final tally that 6 people were killed and 91 were injured in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday. The casualty count is “not final,” and rescuers ....

  • Biden says US not involved in Israel’s airstrikes in Beirut

    Date: 2024-09-27 22:24:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10889823

    WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said he’s waiting for more information before commenting on Israel’s Friday airstrikes in Beirut, reiterating that the US was not involved in the Israeli army operation. “We’re still gathering ....

  • Blinken renews appeal for ceasefire in Lebanon

    Date: 2024-09-27 22:06:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10889815

    WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed again Friday for a ceasefire in Lebanon, saying the diplomatic path remained open, even as Israel ignored calls to stop its strikes targeting Hezbollah. “The choices that ....

  • AL, OIC discuss intensifying int'l moves to immediately stop aggression on Palestine, Lebanon

    Date: 2024-09-27 20:54:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10889735

    NEW YORK/RIYADH, Sept 27 (MENA) - The Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) discussed on Friday intensifying international moves to immediately stop the Israeli attacks on Palestine and Lebanon, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ....

  • US did not have advance warning of Israeli strike in Beirut, Pentagon says

    Date: 2024-09-27 19:07:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10889676

    WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (MENA) - Pentagon Spokesperson Sabrina Singh said Friday the US had no advance warning of an Israeli strike in Beirut. "US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart as it was ongoing, Alhurra quoted the ....

  • Lebanon facing deadliest period 'in a generation': UN

    Date: 2024-09-27 17:31:05 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10889446

    GENEVA, Sept 27 (MENA) - The United Nations said Friday that a "catastrophic" intensification of Israeli attacks targeting Hezbollah fighters had left Lebanon facing its deadliest period in years, with its hospitals overwhelmed by ....

  • Abbas urges Israel UN membership freeze

    Date: 2024-09-26 18:27:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10888391

    ⁠RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Thursday on the United Nations General Assembly to freeze Israel's membership until it fulfills its obligations, and implements all the resolutions of the United Nations ....

  • US defense secretary warns against 'all-out' ME war

    Date: 2024-09-26 17:16:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10888389

    WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (MENA) - US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Thursday there was a risk of all-out war in the Middle East. “A full scale war between Hezbollah and Israel could be devastating for both parties,” Austin said in London, after ....

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