Egypt unveils $53B Gaza rebuilding plan
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The United States has urged Tunisian President Kais Saied to make a “quick” return to democratic rule in the country. The call was made by US Ambassador Donald Blome during his meeting with the Tunisian president at the Carthage Palace on Tuesday evening at the end of his tenure in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Wednesday lost its parliamentary majority after the withdrawal of lawmaker Idit Silman from the fragile coalition. With Silman’s withdrawal, the ruling coalition is left in a position of neck-and-neck with the opposition headed by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 60 parliamentary seats for ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Reports and images of civilian deaths in Ukraine’s Bucha city are “very disturbing,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday. “The truth must be ascertained,” Zhao Lijian, a ministry spokesperson, said at a news briefing in Beijing. “Humanitarian issues should not be politicized and any accusations should be based ...
BAGHDAD – According to the UNICEF, more than 519 Iraqi children have been killed or maimed over the past five years from explosive remnants. “For the last 5 years, 519 children have been killed or maimed in Iraq due to explosive ordnance,” UNICEF said in a statement marking International Mine Awareness Day, jointly released with […]...
JERUSALEM – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned a Ukrainian prisoner to take part in his country’s war against Russia. Herzog responded to the prisoner’s wish to fight for Ukraine “after the Ministry of Justice supported his release in the light of the extraordinary humanitarian justification.” The broadcaster said the Ukra...
VIENNA / ANKARA – The European Commission head will visit Kyiv this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During her visit to the war-torn country, Ursula von der Leyen will be accompanied by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The EU chief will meet with Zelenskyy “prior to the pledging event #StandUpForUkraine o...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The 1992 Bosnian War, which started with Serbian troops’ siege of Sarajevo and left over 100,000 people killed, has still its traces alive though decades have passed. Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia following the referendum on March 1, 1992. Shortly after the Balkan country beca...
ANKARA – According to the UN, more than 7.1 million people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since Russia began its war on Ukraine. “The main needs include cash, medicines & health services,” the International Organization for Migration said, adding that half of the displaced are women. The agency added they will ...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that his government will continue settlement construction in the occupied West Bank. “We will continue to build in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] and there will be no freeze of constructing the settlement. […] Things will happen in order,” Bennett said. Meanwhile, Bennett sai...
ANKARA – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has declared a number of Russian diplomats working in Brussels persona non grata. “Today, I decided to designate persona non grata a number of officials of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU for engaging in activities contrary to their diplomatic status,” Josep Bor...
