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Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:In a surprise move, Yaccarino says she is stepping from the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Ancelotti, one of the most successful managers in football history, given a one-year suspended sentence and large fine.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Half a billion people depend on coral reefs β what happens when they vanish?
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Medicide is a central part of Israel's goal of making Palestinian life in Gaza impossible.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Senior Saudi journalist urges 'coexistence' in landmark visit to Israeli parliament Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 16:15 Syrian activist also present at Knesset meeting, where he recounted Syria's president speaking about Israel and a 'unique opportunity' Abdalaziz Alkhamis, a Saudi journalist and researcher, speaks during a meeting at Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on 9 July 2025 (Screengrab/X) Off A...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Yemenβs Houthis have released a video showing their attack on the Magic Seas, a ship they said had sunk in the Red Sea.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Yemen's Houthis claim recent Red Sea attack on merchant ship Yemen's Ansar Allah group claimed responsibility for an attack earlier this week that sank a merchant vessel - the second ship to be hit in less than 24 hours. "The naval force of the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the ship (Eternity C)," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said, claiming solidarity with Palestinians in Gazaand saying the vessel was headed...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Gaza fuel shortages could deprive 44,000 children of clean water: Save the Children Fuel shortages in Gaza could cut 44,000 children off from clean water supplies within days, Save the Children has warned. The charity said that it relies on fuel to transport clean water daily to over 50 communities across Gaza, including some 44,072 children. Dwindling fuel supplies mean the operation is at risk of grinding to a halt....
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Israel expands ground assault in Beit Hanoun, heavy artillery shelling reported The Israeli army says it has expanded its ground offensive on northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun after five Israeli soldeirs were killed in an ambush in the area. In a statement on Telegram, the military said that troops are working toβdismantle terrorist infrastructure and Hamas military capabilities in the areaβ. Al Jazeera reported that heavy...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu backs Gaza 'concentration camp' plan, says 'feed them Ben & Jerryβsβ Haaretz has reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports a plan to confinePalestiniansfrom the Gaza Strip to a so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah, a plan critics have compared to a concentration camp. Under the proposal, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be admitted into the camp after undergoing...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Three people, including baby, killed in Israeli strike on home in Gaza City An Israeli strike targeting a residential apartment in western Gaza City has killed three people, including an infant, Wafa news agency reported on Wednesday. According to Gaza's civil defence agency, eastern Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighbourhood has been pummelled by over 20 air strikes.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu 'backs Gaza concentration camp' plan, reportedly says 'feed them Ben & Jerryβsβ Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 11:54 Source tells Haaretz that Netanyahu does not rule out Israel running the camps in the short term A Palestinian girl holds an infant as she stands amid the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, south Gaza, 9 July 2025...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Wednesday death toll in Gaza nears 40 The death toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since dawn has risen to 39 people, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting, citing medical sources. Of that figure, 19 people were killed in attacks in northern Gaza, while eight were aid seekers shot by Israeli forces near an aid distribution point north of Rafah.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:High-profile Tory defector to Nigel Farage's party backed Israel arms ban Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 13:54 Former minister David Jones last year denounced 'appalling destruction' in Gaza David Jones is a former Conservative cabinet minister (Wikimedia Commons) Off A former British Conservative cabinet minister, who last year endorsed an arms embargo on Israel and denounced the "appalling destruction"...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Israel launches major bombardment of eastern Gaza City Israeli fighter jets have launched a major attack on the eastern part of Gaza City. Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud reported that planes are "carpet bombing" the city, in what he said seems to be a "targeted killing by Israel". "We heard multiple explosions, massive ones, we had to duck and take cover. We could feel the building weβre in shaking," he said,...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Mortality for Gaza babies under five rises tenfold amid war: MSF The mortality rate among Palestinian children under five in Gaza has risen tenfold since the onset of Israel's war on Gaza in October 2023, a survey by the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has revealed. The retrospective survey of2,523 MSF staff and their family members in Gaza also showed that the mortality rate for babies under a month old was six...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Campaigners say Nimisha Priya can still be saved if the victim's family accept blood money and pardon her.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Israel's Netanyahu discusses Gaza ceasefire in third meeting with Trump at the White House this year.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:'Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,' UN humanitarian agency says.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Second Trump-Netanyahu meeting concludes The second meeting between the US president and Israeli prime minister in less than 24 hours has now concluded at the White House, the press pool was told shortly after 6pm local time in Washington. The meeting lasted one hour and was entirely closed to the media. Earlier in the day, Donald Trump said the Tuesday meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu would focus exclusively on Gaza.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Qatari delegation visited White House for several hours: Report A Qatari delegation met with senior White House officials for several hours on Tuesday, ahead of US President Donald Trump's second meeting in 24 hours with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The news was reported by Axios. Qatar, alongside Egypt, is a mediator for a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:The US imports roughly half of copper needs each year, used in construction, transportation and electronics.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Opposition leader Ghannouchi, ex-PM and former presidential aide sentenced amid President Saiedβs crackdown on dissent.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Israel kills 100 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn on Tuesday Medical personnel in Gaza have told local media that 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes since dawn on Tuesday. Late Tuesday evening, local time, Israel targeted a camp housing forcibly displaced families west of Khan Younis, and also carried out heavy shelling on the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City. Videos shared by local media show...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump aide says Washington 'hopeful' a 60-day truce between Israel and Hamas can be reached by the end of the week.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet with President Trump again on Tuesday to discuss Gaza.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Here's a timeline of Trump's comments on Gaza After US President Donald Trump announced early in July that a 60-day ceasefire for Israel's war on Gaza was on the cards, people have been waiting with anticipation for the outcome of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week. Monday's discussions produced no reported breakthroughs, with talks expected to continue through...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:US building air bases and ammunition warehouses in Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 20:16 The current projects total more than $250m, with future ones expected to exceed $1bn An Israeli soldier walks next to an army helicopter after it landed at Reim military base in southern Israel, on 12 May 2025 (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP) Off The US is building new infrastructure for Israeli aircraft and helicopters,...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Wildfires near Marseille, France have forced the airport to close and injured nine firefighters.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Timeline: Trump's remarks on the forcible transfer of Palestinians in Gaza Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 17:56 The US president's comments have ranged from turning Gaza into a 'Riviera of the Middle East' to the US 'taking over' the enclave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, hands a document to US President Donald Trump as they meet in the White House, on 7 July 2025 (Andrew...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Questions mounting about what, if any, actions local US officials took to warn campers and residents.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump said he is tired of the βb*******β from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:'Alarming' rise in meningitis cases in Gaza, health officials warn Health officials in Gaza said on Tuesday that there has been "an alarming increase" in cases of meningitis in the strip. "The Ministry of Health has recorded a significant increase in the number of suspected and confirmed cases of meningitis, especially among children under five years of age, the group most vulnerable to the disease and its serious...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:At least eight people died and dozens are missing after monsoon rains caused flooding at the Nepal-China border.
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