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“100-Day Health” initiative offered 23.903 million services nationwide within 15 days - Ministry

Date: 2024-08-16 16:26:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:10831807

Cairo, Aug 16 (MENA) - As many as 23,903,773 services were provided for free throughout Egypt's governorates under the presidential healthcare campaign dubbed "100-Day Health, as part of the 100-Million Health initiative", within 15 days since ....

EU allocating EUR 2M for new humanitarian mine action initiative in Ukraine

Date: 2024-08-16 16:21:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:10831800

BRUSSELS/KYIV, Aug 16 (MENA) - The European Union is allocating EUR 2 million to finance a new humanitarian mine action initiative in Ukraine, which will be carried out by Ukrainian handlers with their highly trained dogs. The relevant statement ....

UNRWA urges humanitarian 7-day truce in Gaza for polio vaccination campaign

Date: 2024-08-16 16:19:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10831796

GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2), according to an ....

OIC strongly condemns escalation of Israeli crimes in West Bank

Date: 2024-08-16 15:41:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10831732

RIYADH, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the terror and daily crimes committed by Israeli extremist settlers against the Palestinians including a recent random shooting on civilians in a village in ....

A woman, 3 children killed in Israeli airstrike on tent of displaced persons west Khan Yunis

Date: 2024-08-16 15:38:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10831761

RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - A woman and three children were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a tent for internally displaced persons in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis, in the southern war-torn Gaza Strip, according to WAFA News ....

UNRWA: Israel issued new evacuation orders to Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-16 15:35:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10831764

GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Israeli authorities issued new evacuation orders for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, even inside the so-called “humanitarian zone”. “Fear has ....

FM: Egypt steps up contacts to reduce regional tension, reach ceasefire in Gaza 2 Beirut

Date: 2024-08-16 15:26:25 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:10831724

Egypt’s top diplomat lauded the depth of historical relations with Lebanon which go back to thousands of years. Abdelatty said that he is delivering a message of support and solidarity from the Egyptian government to the Lebanese people and ....

No need to panic over Mpox emergency declaration: WHO

Date: 2024-08-16 15:06:55 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:39 - ID:10831733

GENEVA, Aug 16 (MENA) - World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that the current health situation regarding monkeypox does not constitute a significant health concern and does not require taking any precautionary measures. ....

FM: Egypt steps up contacts to reduce regional tension, reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-16 15:02:44 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:38 - ID:10831702

BEIRUT, Aug 16 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said that Egypt stepped up contacts with parties concerned to support stability in the region and reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to pave the way for achieving peace in the ....

Egypt, Qatar, US: It is high time to release hostages, begin ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-16 14:44:33 GMT - Qatar - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:37 - ID:10831713

DOHA, Aug 16 (MENA) - Egypt, Qatar, and the US said that it is time to release hostages and detainees and begin a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The road has become paved to achieve this goal, save lives, provide relief to Gazans, and ....