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Almost 1mn flee Gaza’s Rafah in past 3 weeks amid Israeli offensive

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported that in the past three weeks, nearly 1 million Palestinians have fled Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing Israeli incursion into the city.

Russia says NATO raises degree of escalation, goes too far in military rhetoric

NATO is raising the degree of escalation and going too far in military rhetoric, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated in an interview with REN-TV broadcaster.

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Israel Rafah carnage

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss a deadly Israeli airstrike on a displaced person tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to a UN diplomat.

Yemen’s Houthis target cargo vessels, warships in Red Sea and Indian Ocean

Yemen's Houthi fighters have launched fresh attacks on Israeli and US-linked ships sailing in regional waters as part of a campaign to support Palestinians in their struggle against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.

Hamas warns Israel: Captives in Gaza may return to you as corpses

Palestinian group Hamas has warned Israel the longer it sustains its war against the Gaza Strip, the more likely it is for the Israeli captives to die as a result of the attacks.

Netanyahu calls civilian deaths in Gaza’s Rafah ‘tragic mistake’, over 36k Palestinians killed in strip

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called an Israeli strike that killed at least 45 Palestinians over the weekend in the Gaza city of Rafah a “tragic mistake” and urged an investigation into the civilian casualties. More than 36,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war on Gaza.

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks surges past 36,000

Gaza’s death toll from relentless Israeli attacks since last October has reached 36,050, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave reported on Monday.

UN warns half of Gaza population at imminent risk of famine

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that half of the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine, including around 15,000 pregnant women.

Germany says Ukraine might not become NATO member within next 3 decades

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stated that Ukraine might not become a NATO member for the next 30 years.

Ukraine says no country can single-handedly survive war with Russia

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the global community to work together against Russia, stressing that no nation can survive a conflict with Moscow alone.

Saudi Arabia appoints first envoy to Syria in over a decade

Saudi Arabia has appointed its ambassador to Damascus for the first time since the kingdom closed its embassy in Syria in 2012, after violence gripped the country.

France warns EU is in serious danger

The European Union is facing a record number of “external and internal enemies”, who pose an existential threat to the bloc, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned, doubling down on a warning he’d given earlier, that “our Europe” could end up dying.

At least 40 killed in Gaza’s Rafah after Israel hit refugees camp

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and many more injured after Israeli missiles struck a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip which was designated as a safe zone.

Palestinian minister says economy facing unprecedented shock amid Gaza war

Minister of National Economy Mohammed Alamour has warned that the Palestinian economy is facing an "unprecedented" shock, due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip.

World Bank says 30% of people in Lebanon live in poverty

One in every three Lebanese people is living in poverty, the World Bank has announced in a report. The organisation noted that poverty rates have tripled in the country over the past decade amid an economic crisis.

Italy says G7 failed to finalize plans for tapping Russian assets

The G7 has not reached a consensus on how to use the revenue generated by Russian central bank assets frozen abroad to help Ukraine, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti has stated.

New report discloses cleric aboard Iranian president’s helicopter survived crash

A report released by Iran's state TV on Sunday has revealed that Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, a cleric on board the Iranian president’s doomed helicopter, had outlived the other passengers after the fatal crash.

Russia says doesn’t need to draft more soldiers

Russia does not need another mobilization and has been signing up volunteers for contract service, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated, refuting a Financial Times report claiming that such a new draft was being planned.

Iran’s acting president says Tehran’s support for Palestine unshakable

Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber stressed that Tehran’s backing for Palestinian resistance groups would by no means falter after the loss of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

Several killed in attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Russia’s Belgorod

Several people have been killed and wounded in separate attacks in Ukraine and Russia, according to officials, as Moscow steps up its offensive in northeast Ukraine.

Bahraini official says relations with Iran will be restored soon

The first deputy speaker of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives has stated the Persian Gulf kingdom intends to take measures soon to revive diplomatic ties with neighboring Iran after more than eight years of severed ties.

Hamas says killed, captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza

A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had killed, wounded or captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Hamas rejects talk of new negotiations with Israel over Gaza war

Hamas official Osama Hamdan has stated that there is no need for new negotiations with Tel Aviv, amid Israeli media reports that there is an intention to renew Gaza truce talks.

WHO says Covid-19 killed nearly 13mn in two years

An estimated 13 million people died during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ayatollah Khamenei says mass participation in funeral of late president proved Iranians loyalty to Islamic Revolution

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated the massive turnout of Iranian people in funeral processions for the late President Ebrahim Raisi is a testament to the nation’s loyalty to the

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