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Brazilian oil trade unions urge Lula to impose energy embargo on Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 20:45 The letter to Brazil's president says 2.7 million barrels of crude oil were exported from Brazil to Israel in 2024 Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a military parade welcoming Angola's President Joao Lourenco at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on 23 May 2025 (Evaristo...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Scenes of chaos and looting in parts of Gaza persist as food shortages continue.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accused of using charity logo without consent Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 17:54 US charity Rahma Worldwide says it 'had noticed images of our food boxes with logo being distributed without Rahmaβs direct involvement' People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private US and Israeli-backed group that has bypassed the UN-led system in...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Chaos continues at Gaza's controversial aid centres as Palestinians struggle to survive Israel's deliberate starvation.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Protesters held a silent vigil outside Harvard's graduation, demanding an end to US support for Israel's war on Gaza.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Israeli troops came under RPG fire in southern Gaza, military says Israeli soldiers came under rocket-propelled grenade fire in southern Gaza on Thursday, the Israeli military said. Three soldiers were lightly wounded in the attack, the military said.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:US administration said it will revoke the visas of Chinese students.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Unrwa chief slams Israeli 'starvation' of Palestinians Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said on Thursday that Israel is using βstarvation" and "threatening the future of the childrenβ in Gaza. βWhatβs urgently needed is a political will to allow the UN and partners to provide assistance at scale without hindrance or interruption,β Lazzarini said.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Israel 'signed off' on Witkoff Gaza proposal, White House says The White House said on Thursday that Israel "signed off" on a proposal for a phased ceasefire introduced by US envoy Steve Witkoff. βIsrael signed off on this proposal before it was sent to Hamas,β White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters. βI can also confirm that those discussions are continuing, and we hope that a ceasefire in Gaza will...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:At least 70 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza The death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza has risen to 70 on Thursday, according to Gaza's health ministry. Israel is continuing to pummel the enclave, which is on the brink of starvation.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:'Hypocrisy': Zadie Smith faces backlash after signing letter calling for Gaza ceasefire Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 18:32 Smith's previous comments to The New Yorker, seen as disparaging of pro-Palestine student protesters, resurfaced online after signing the letter Zadie Smith speaks on stage with David Remnick (not seen) at The New Yorker festival, on 6 October 2018 in New York City (Brad Barket/Getty...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A rare visit to the Afghan village hit by the βmother of all bombsβ reveals lasting damage and unanswered questions.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The 2020 death of the iconic football great shook Argentina and fans around the world.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Hamas is studying another US ceasefire proposal for Gaza. What has changed? Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 17:46 Ceasefire talks are clouded by a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and Israel's insistence on controlling 75 percent of the enclave Palestinians mourn members of the Azzam family who were killed in Israeli strikes on their home in central Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on 29 May 2025...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Has Israel manufactured a famine in Gaza? Submitted by Azad Essa on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 17:31 Middle East Eye looks at the medical and legal dimensions of famine and starvation A Palestinian woman waits in line to receive a warm meal at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip, on 24 May 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off The markets are empty. The make-shift hospitals are bare. The...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:At least three Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing At least three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike near Shaaban al-Rayyes School in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes on Thursday.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Joseph Kabila is visiting the eastern city of Goma, which has been seized by rebels, after he was stripped of immunity.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A South African mother is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old child, Joshlin Smith.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:By contrast, about six out of 10 LGBTQ adults said gay and lesbian people are generally accepted in the US.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, met for a high stakes summit.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Kazakhstan president talks to Al Jazeera about reform, inequality, oil dependency, navigating ties with Russia and China
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk steps down from his government efficiency role after clashing with Trump over US federal spending policies.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A Lebanese local official says an Israeli drone targeted employee working at water well in violation of ceasefire deal.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:UK says Israel's settlement expansion is 'deliberate obstacle' to Palestinian state The Israeli governmentβs approval of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank is a "deliberate obstacle" to Palestinian statehood, UK minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Hamish Falconer, said on Thursday. "The UK condemns these actions. Settlements are illegal under international law, further imperil the two state...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The American flag was raised at the US ambassadorβs residence in Damascus for the first time since 2012.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:More than a thousand Israeli academics call for end to war in Gaza over 'moral collapse' Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/29/2025 - 16:06 Academics warn higher education has been 'silent for too long' over bloodshed in Gaza Palestinian students and left-wing Israeli activists wave placards during the 'Nakba Remembrance Day' ceremony at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv on 14 May (AFP/Jack Guez) Off Hundreds...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu backs Witkoff's proposal for Gaza truce: Report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told captives' families on Thursday that he accepts US special envoy Steve Witkoffβs temporary ceasefire proposal, Axios reported on Thursday. Hamas has confirmed it is studying the proposal, but has regularly called for a full ceasefire in Gaza. The Witkoff proposal introduces another temporary truce.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:US envoy Thomas Barrack praises interim government in Damascus, calls for 'dialogue' between Israel and Syria.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Hamas says it is studying Witkoff's ceasefire proposal Hamas said on Thursday that it has received US envoy Steve Witkoff's new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza from mediators, and that it was currently studying it.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The biggest such move in years is condemned by the Palestinian presidency as a "dangerous escalation".
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Chris Gunness on Israelβs Gaza aid plan via its backed foundation β and why critics say itβs a form of weaponised relief
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A US federal court has blocked some of Donald Trump's tariffs after lawsuit argued president exceeded his authority.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:One in four foreign students in the US is from China. They add billions of dollars to the US economy.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Cholera outbreak is centred around the capital city, Khartoum, which has been devastated by more than two years of war.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The families of the men, who are from Punjab state, allege they have been kidnapped in Iran.
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