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Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Israel bombs Syria hours after controversial Israeli Druze leader appeals for 'action' Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 15:35 Mowafaq Tarif, a Druze leader based in Israel, had called on Israeli leaders 'to not stand by' after sectarian violence erupted near Damascus Israeli Druze leader Mowafaq Tarif attends a protest in Tel Aviv on 4 August 2018 (Jack Guez/AFP) Off Israelcarried out a drone strike near the...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:REE says the outage cannot be blamed on Spain's high share of renewable energy, cause not clear yet.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:India-Pakistan tensions grow after attack on tourists in disputed region of Kashmir.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Environmentalists carved a huge sand portrait of Donald Trump outside his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Noa Argamani walks the TIME 100 red carpet as social media asks her to demand end to war Submitted by Ghalia Mohamed on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 15:56 Social media users called on the former Hamas captive, who was named one of Timeโs most influential people of 2025, to demand a ceasefire Noa Argamani speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on 24 April in New York City (Jemal Countess/AFP) Off...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Israel has not responded to the Palestinian Authority's offer to assist with firefighting The Palestinian Authority (PA) has offered assistance in helping control fires that have broken out in the Jerusalem area, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. The Israeli government has yet to respond to the offer. The PA's firefighting teams have previously helped with putting out large fires in Israel.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:UK Middle East minister rejects calls from MPs to recognise Palestine Submitted by Dania Akkad on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 15:22 Hamish Falconer suggests UK will not join France in recognising Palestine at upcoming UN conference in New York The UK's Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer speaking in parliament on Tuesday (Parliament TV) Off The UK Middle East minister, facing over a dozen calls from a cross-section of MPs for...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:US judge orders release of detained Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 16:03 Columbia University student and green card holder was lured to his US citizenship test where he was handcuffed by ICE agents two weeks ago Demonstrators hold placards that read 'Free Mohsen' in reference to Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University, in New...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Students interrupted a University of Manchester leadership meeting to demand they cut ties with Tel Aviv University.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told national TV it was a 'good' deal.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:From aerial strikes to covert ground operations, India has used a range of means to hit Pakistan in the past. What now?
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine and Europe counter-proposed terms, seeing the US plan as too conciliatory towards Moscow.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Pope Francis offered respect. His successor must offer justice for slavery, colonisation, and enduring white supremacy.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:RAF jets hit a Houthi drone production facility with precision bombs in joint UK-US operation, the Ministry of Defence says.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during what the Israeli military said were counter-terrorism raids.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Amnesty International report documents human rights abuses committed by Israel Israel is perpetrating a โlive-streamed genocideโ in Gaza, committing illegal acts with the โspecific intentโ ofwiping out Palestinians, Amnesty International said in their annual report released on Monday. โโฆevents of the past 12 months โ not least Israelโs livestreamed but unheeded genocide of Palestinians in Gaza โ have laid bare just how...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Islamabad says will โdecisively respondโ to any military action as tensions with New Delhi soar after Kashmir attack.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Paris Saint-Germain striker Ousmane Dembele hands his side advantage over Arsenal in Champions League semifinal.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Motivated by grievances against allies and foes, US president is 'tearing down' the modern global order, analysts say.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Jordan and US in talks to extradite alleged Jerusalem Sbarro bomber Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 19:45 US officials briefed on Jordan's crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood say now is time to extradite Ahlam Tamimi, with an eye on economic aid People wave flags as they protest against US president Trump's proposal for the United States to 'take over' the Gaza Strip, in Amman, Jordan, on 14 February 2025...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Parts of Europe were brought to a halt on Monday after a power cut lasted for almost one day.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Public broadcaster says Liberals will fall short of majority after winning election race dominated by Trump's threats.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Palestinians cancel Nakba march in Israel after police crackdown Organisers of a march to commemorate the Nakba on 15 May cancelled the annual event due to restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities. Former Knesset member Mohammed Barakeh, who is head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens, said police reduced the number of participants to 700 from thousands in previous years. He also said it banned the...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Palestinian ambulance driver Assaad al-Nassasra, who survived an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, has been freed.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Documentary on Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank triggers online firestorm Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 18:47 Louis Theroux's โThe Settlersโ has garnered widespread praise and the condemnation of Israeli settlers Filmmaker Louis Theroux, right, with an Israeli settler, from the documentary 'The Settlers' (Screengrab/BBC2) Off A new BBC documentary examiningIsraeli settlers and their treatment of...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Liberal leader overcomes a 25-point polling deficit to keep the party in power for its fourth consecutive term.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Five civilians killed in air strike in Khan Younis Two children were among five civilians killed during an Israeli air strike on tents of displaced people on the al-Mawasi areawest of Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday. Several others were injured in the attack on Tuesday evening.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a two-state solution is โat risk of dwindling to the point of disappearance."
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Palestinian fishermen resort to eating turtles as food runs out in Gaza The blockade of humanitarian aid for two months into the Gaza Strip by Israel and the ensuing food shortage have resulted in Palestinian fishermen being forced to eat turtle meat, as reported by Al Jazeera on Tuesday. An elderly fisherman shared in a video that he had never eaten turtle meat as food shortages had never been so bad.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Hamas appeals to international community to pressure Israel into lifting humanitarian blockade Hamas said in a statement it is calling โon all countries of the world and the United Nations institutions to pressure the occupation to end the systematic starvation crime,โ Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. It also said Israelโs use of โstarvation as a weaponโ against Palestinians in Gaza represents a โcontempt for the...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Israel will not stop war until Palestinians displaced from Gaza and Syria partitioned, minister says Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 17:48 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates call for 'hundreds of thousands' of Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from Gaza Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Amir Cohen/Reuters) Off Israel will only stop fighting when โhundreds of thousandsโ of...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Police say a murder investigation has been launched after deadly shooting in Swedish city of Uppsala.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Three others were injured in blaze that engulfed a multi-storey building in Liaoyang, authorities say.
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