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Famine imminent in Gaza if Israel doesnβt lift blockade, hunger monitor warns Submitted by Sally Aljoud on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 15:05 Over 93 percent of population is suffering from acute food insecurity, with communal kitchens shutting down A Palestinian boy gestures as he waits for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 5 May 2025 (AFP) Off Famine...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Pakistani military says UK engines powered Israeli drones used by India Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 13:10 MEE matched the photo of a drone engine circulated last week with an engine produced by British company UAV Engines Ltd, a subsidiary of Israel's Elbit Systems Residents gather over the roof of a damaged house at the site where an alleged drone was shot down in Karachi on 8 May (AFP) Off...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu says forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza 'inevitable' Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 15:09 Israeli prime minister boasts to parliamentary committee that the army is 'destroying more and more homes' to force people to leave Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the annual ceremony on the eve of Israelβs Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem on 29 April 2025...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Tidjane Thiam's campaign has been halted because presidential candidates are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Israeli troops 'killed civilian during Hamas attack and covered it up' Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 15:05 The killing of Tom Godo by the army is the latest example of Israelis killed intentionally or mistakenly during the 7 October Hamas-led attack An Israeli soldier walks in a damaged house in Kfar Aza, one of the kibbutzim attacked during the 2023 Hamas-led attack, on 27 October 2023 (Fadel...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:US president may have excluded Israel from his pursuit of megadeals in the Gulf, but he remains a committed supporter
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:The latest attacks come as the African Union rejects any 'interference' in the civil war, which has killed over 20,000.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Detainees were regularly executed and unarmed people killed in their sleep during night raids, according to ex-soldiers.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Pope Leo XIV urged the release of imprisoned journalists across the world.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:PM Starmer's shift to the right on immigration risks alienating Labour's large base of left-of-centre supporters.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Gaza market massacre: 'My son was stolen from me' Submitted by Ahmed Dremly on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 13:21 Noah al-Saqa had just celebrated his 10th birthday, but was a victim of an Israeli attack on a restaurant and market that killed 33 people. One family's story sums up the ongoing tragedy of Gaza Daoud al-Saqa holds up a photo showing his son Noah on his birthday, 6 May 2025 (Ahmed Dremly/MEE) Off At just 10 years old,...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Economic deals and security top the agenda on Trump trip to Middle East, the first state visit of his second term.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Why US liberals refuse to acknowledge that Trump is a homegrown dictator Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 17:15 From Tocqueville to today, the real danger lies not in Trump's vulgarity but in the tyranny masked as democracy - built on illusion, repression, and majority rule without dissent US President Donald Trump reacts during a meeting with the Canadian prime minister in the Oval Office at the White...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Police bodycam footage shows Newark Mayor Ras Baraka being arrested outside a detention centre in New Jersey
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:People in Pakistan and India have been celebrating a ceasefire after the most serious fighting between the two nations.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso poised to replace Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, according to media reports.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Democrats and good government advocates say it is unethical and likely unconstitutional for Trump to accept.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:The trial resumes on Monday in which the American music mogul faces charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Famine is not currently occurring in Gaza, the assessment says, but it calls for urgent action to increase humanitarian aid.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Veterans who served with the SAS and SBS give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged executions.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:As the president goes to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE he wants them to buy more from the States.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The release will come ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East on Tuesday.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:US envoy confirms indirect talks with Hamas over American-Israeli captive release Washington has denied negotiating directly with Hamas over the release of dual national Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza. Steve Witkoff, the US envoy to the Middle East, told Breitbart on Sunday that the talks have remained indirect. βWe're talking to [Hamas] indirectly through people, and indirectly is not...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Norway fund pulls out of Israeli firm over West Bank settlement links Norwayβs sovereign wealth fund has offloaded all its shares in Israelβs Paz Oil Company, citing its operations in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The worldβs largest wealth fund announced the divestment on Sunday, pointing to Pazβs role in supplying fuel infrastructure to the settlements as the reason. βThis is a clear...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:US envoy says Israel prolonging Gaza war Tensions appear to be rising between the US and Israel over the direction of the war in Gaza. According to Israelβs Channel 12, Steve Witkoff, the Trump administrationβs Middle East envoy, told families of Israeli captives that Israel is prolonging the conflict. βWe want to bring the hostages home, but Israel is not willing to end the war. Israel is prolonging it despite the...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit established a so-called 'outpost' in occupied West Bank
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The two countries have said they will issue a joint statement on the talks on Monday.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:US envoy says Israeli-American captive likely to be released within 24 hours Steve Witkoff, the United Statesβ special envoy to the Middle East, says Israeli-American solider, Edan Alexander, who is being held in Gaza is expected to be freed on Monday following what he called an extended and complex negotiation process. βWe are picking him up probably tomorrow,β Witkoff told NBC News, confirming the deal. βThere was a...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after direct talks with US Hamas has confirmed it will releaseIsraeli-American captive Edan Alexander as part of broader efforts to secure a ceasefire and allow urgently needed humanitarian aid into Gaza. In a statement issued on Sunday, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya announced the move following direct contact between the group and the United States in recent...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The statement did not indicate when the 21-year-old Alexander would be released.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Israel bombs Yemenβs Hodeidah as it expands regional war beyond Gaza Israel has launched fresh air strikes on Yemenβs Hodeidah governorate, targeting areas near three Houthi-controlled ports late on Sunday. The Houthi-run Interior Ministry confirmed the attacks, which followed Israeli military warnings for those present at the ports to evacuate. The Houthis have repeatedly targeted Israeli military and shipping...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after talks with US Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 05/11/2025 - 20:47 Hamas agrees to release Israeli-American captive as part of US-mediated ceasefire efforts Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander was serving as an Israeli soldiers when he was captured on 7 October 2023 (Social Media) Off Hamas has confirmed it will release Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Hamas says US-Israeli soldier Idan Alexander to be freed Hamas has announced that Israeli-American soldier Idan Alexander will be released, following recent contacts between the group and the US administration. In a statement shared on Sunday, the group said its dialogue with Washington is part of wider efforts βto achieve a ceasefire, open the crossings, and allow aid to reach our people in the Gaza Stripβ. Hamas also...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:A tense ceasefire holds days after the most intense hostilities in decades.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Israel has previously bombed Hodeidah and Sanaa Airport; Houthi missile targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
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