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UNRWA says US model for distributing aid in Gaza is deeply humiliating, and putting lives at risk

Date: 2025-06-12 13:09:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11215152

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, June 12 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said on Thursday that "the US aid mechanism in the Gaza Strip will not address the worsening ....

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of areas in Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-06-12 12:13:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11214977

GAZA CITY, June 12 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were killed on Thursday in Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza City, Jabalia refugee camp, and Khan Yunis. Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted medical sources as saying four citizens were killed and ....

Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 55,207

Date: 2025-06-12 12:10:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11215049

GAZA CITY, June 12 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 55,207, the majority of them women and children, since Israel launched its military offensive on October 7, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported quoting medical ....

Iran to launch new enrichment site after IAEA resolution

Date: 2025-06-12 11:36:35 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11214857

TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - Iran condemned the resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and announced plans to establish a new uranium enrichment facility in response. Iran said the resolution is politically motivated and ....

UN nuclear watchdog officially declares that Iran not complying with nuclear obligations

Date: 2025-06-12 11:09:04 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11214843

VIENNA, June 12 (MENA) - The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, reported the Associated Press. In the draft resolution, the ....

Omani FM: Sixth round of negotiations between Iran, US to take place in Muscat Sunday

Date: 2025-06-12 10:15:10 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11214783

MUSCAT, June 12 (MENA) - Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Mohammed al-Busaidi announced Thursday that the sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the US would be held next Sunday in Muscat. The Omani minister wrote in a post on X platform, "I ....

US orders personnel out of potentially 'dangerous' Middle East

Date: 2025-06-12 05:48:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11214442

WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said US personnel were being moved from the potentially "dangerous" Middle East. CNN quoted US officials and sources as saying that the US State and Defense departments on Wednesday made efforts ....

Three planeloads of injured Palestinians arrive in Italy

Date: 2025-06-12 05:22:02 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11214441

ROME, June 12 (MENA) - Three planeloads of injured Palestinians arrived in Italy from Gaza, including Adam al Najjar, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy whose father and nine siblings were killed in an Israeli bombardment of their home in Khan ....

Israeli army recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza

Date: 2025-06-11 22:06:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:11214409

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - The Israeli army recovered the body of a second hostage from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on X and was later confirmed by the Israeli military. The first deceased ....

Israeli PM asks Trump to broker Israel-Syria peace talks

Date: 2025-06-11 21:32:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11214386

WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy Tom Barrack that he is interested in negotiating with the new Syrian government, with the US serving as mediator, two Israeli officials said. Netanyahu is ....