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The fiery blast at the Shahid Rajaee port in southern Iran has killed at least 40 people and wounded some 1,000 others.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza rises At least 21 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported. Air strikes were reported in several areas, including Khan Younis, Deiral-Balah and Gaza City. Smoke plumes can be seen rising after Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on 27 April 2025 (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Marches 'against Islamophobia' have been organised throughout France in the victim's memory.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli military says drone strike killed one person in Lebanon Israel claimedresponsibility for theair strike in southern Lebanon that killed one person earlier on Saturday. The military saidon its Telegram channel that it โeliminatedโ a Hezbollah member who โadvancedโ the groupโs attempts to โre-establish itself in the Halta areaโ.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Qatar says 'a bit of progress' made in Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks as food crisis in Palestinian territory worsens.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump has now cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Chief adviser of interim government discusses whether it represents true change or replaces one elite with another.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Munther Isaac of Bethlehemโs Christmas Lutheran Church reflects on Pope Francis's legacy, global impact on the oppressed
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Suspect arrested after vehicle rams into crowd at the Philippine street festival in Canada, killing nine people.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Fatah veteran who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in 1970s and 1980s is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:TV matches, institutional investment and shifting perceptions fuel unprecedented interest in the womenโs game in Egypt.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Protests between Indians and Pakistanis erupted in London as tensions soar between both countries over Pahalgam's attack
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described his encounter with Donald Trump at the Vatican as 'productive'.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers loot and vandalise school in occupied West Bank Israeli settlers have looted a school in the village ofZanouta,east of the city of ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Settlers reportedly stole classroom dividers, iron doors and wooden panels, and vandalised the school. Fayez al-Tal, head of the Zanouta Village Council, told Wafa that settlers have...
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli attack on tent in Khan Younis kills seven In southern Gaza's Khan Younis, civil defence crews have recovered the bodies of at least seven Palestinians after an Israeli attack on a makeshift tent, according to Al Jazeera. Israeli attacks have killed at least 16 people in Gaza since dawn.
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Palestine: Abbas appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president and likely successor Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 04/27/2025 - 13:00 Hamas slams the move as an โentrenchment of monopoly and exclusionโ Hussein al-Sheikh is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on 16 December 2023 (Reuters/Ammar Awad) Off PalestinianAuthority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas named a deputy and...
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers abduct and assault Palestinians The mayor of Kober, a town near Ramallah, has shared details with Middle East Eye about a violent settler attack on Saturday. Two Palestinian men,Adnan Amiriya and Muhammad Amiriya, were seized during a settler raid on Kober. They were taken to an unknownlocation and remained missing for hours. They were eventually released late at night, far from the town, after being...
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:France: Premier denounces 'Islamophobic' killing of Muslim man in mosque Submitted by Imran Mulla on Sun, 04/27/2025 - 11:16 The attacker remains at large after stabbing a worshipper and filming him with a phone while shouting anti-Islamic insults French gendarmes walk outside the local mosque of La Grand-Combe, southern France, on 25 April 2025, during an investigation after a Muslim worshipper was stabbed to death...
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:West Bank: Israeli settlers abduct and assault two Palestinians Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Sun, 04/27/2025 - 12:12 This is the third time settlers have abducted Palestinians from the West Bank in recent weeks, the local mayor says A man inspects a charred car following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sinjil, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on 23 April 2025 (AFP/Zain Jaafar) Off...
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Fierce rivals go the distance in middleweight bout as their famous fathers watch on at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of reform - so how will his successor wield power?
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Houthis say eight wounded in US strikes on Yemen capital Yemen's Houthi rebels said Saturday that a series of US strikes on territory under their control, including the Yemeni capital Sanaa, had wounded at least eight people. "Eight citizens, including two children, were wounded when the American enemy targeted a residential district" west of Al-Rawda in Sanaa, said the Houthi-run Sabanews agency. It cited the Houthi...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:A private security firm said it believed the affected containers had contained solid fuel destined for ballistic missiles.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across their de facto border for a second straight day.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Report: Mossad head travelled to Qatar to 'shake up' ceasefire negotiations Mossad chief David Barnea visited Qatar last week to "shake up the talks" for a ceasefire and captive release deal, Haaretz reported, citing a senior Israeli official. The official said Barneaโs involvement, despite being removed from the team, showed all sides were "turning over every stone" to advance the deal. Another source said there had...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:The group mainly campaigned for UK to end the extraction of oil and gas by 2030.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Israeli military says soldier and border police officer killed in Gaza City The Israeli military said a 19-year-old border police officer and a 21-year-old army captain were killed on Friday in the Shujaiyeh neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, in northern Gaza, according to The Times of Israel. According to the report, the border police officer was killed after his position was exposed during an ambush, while the army...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Hussein al-Sheikh is a veteran leader of Abbas's Fatah movement.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Israeli strikes kill at least 10 Palestinians in central Gaza At least 10 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Saturday evening in Israeli air strikes targeting central Gaza, Wafa reported, citinglocal sources and medical officials. Five people were killed and others injured when Israeli forces bombed a group of civilians near the Shomer factory, north of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, the report said. In a...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Palestinian president Abbas appoints aide as first-ever PLO vice president Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed a close aide as the first ever vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday, according to a member of the organisation's executive committee. "Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed Hussein al-Sheikh as a deputy (vice president) of the PLO leadership," Wasel Abu...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Report: Israeli settlers kidnap two Palestinian residents in West Bank Israeli settlers opened fire in the occupied West Bank village of Kaubar in northern Hebron, attacked homes and "kidnapped" two young residents, Adnan Amriya and Muhammad Amriya, according to media reports. A security official confirmed that the settlers opened fire in the village, according to Ynet news. Afootage circulated on social media showed...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of thousands filled the Vaticanโs St. Peterโs Square and lined the streets of Rome to honour Pope Francis.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Israel says missile intercepted from Yemen Israel's military said on Saturday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, whereHouthirebels have launched attacks throughout the war on Gaza, as well as a drone approaching "from the east". "Following the sirens that sounded recently in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted" before "crossing into Israeli territory", a military...
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Opinion: All those who have stood by as Israel exterminates Gaza are guilty Israelโsgenocide in Gaza, now into its 19th month, aims to destroy all life and dismantle the very foundations of survival in the besieged territory. People in Gaza may die by missile strikes, disease, starvation or the collapsed healthcare system, as anguish weakens the body until illness overtakes it. Every path leads to death in Gaza. Death...
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