BRUSSELS | Xinhua | More than two months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, violence in the Middle East has no end in sight and Europe as a neighbor is still struggling to unify around a call for ceasefire in Gaza. The European Union (EU) summit ended December 15 without a much-expected …
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | Xinhua | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), reiterated his call on Friday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Tedros made the appeal at an annual press conference organized by the Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations in Geneva. …
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RAMALLAH,PALESTINE | Xinhua | Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rula Maayah said Wednesday that Palestine’s tourism industry is expected to lose 200 million U.S. dollars by the end of the year under the impact of Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. In a statement published by the official Palestinian news …
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GAZA, PALASTINE | Xinhua | Israeli forces stormed the only operational Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after besieging and bombarding it for several days, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said in the statement that Israeli soldiers had ordered all …
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GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board adopted a resolution on Sunday, urging for prompt and unobstructed humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip. At the request of 17 member states, the Executive Board convened a special session at the WHO headquarters in Geneva to discuss …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and backed by more than 100 countries, gained support from 13 of the 15 Security Council members, with Britain abstaining. …
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Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Monday that he rejects Israel’s plans to “separate, occupy, cut off or isolate any part of the Gaza Strip,” which is “an integral part of the Palestinian state,” according to a statement by the official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). …
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Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released on Sunday the third batch of hostages from the Gaza Strip under a temporary ceasefire agreement with Israel. “Within the framework of the humanitarian truce, we handed over to the Red Cross 13 Israeli detainees, three …
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Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said in a statement late Saturday that it had handed over the second group of Israeli and foreign hostages to the Red Cross. A total of 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis and four Thais, have crossed into Egypt and …
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Beyond Gaza and Ukraine a fundamental global geopolitical rebalancing now appears all but inevitable COMMENT | BRAHMA CHELLANEY | The crises, conflicts, and wars that are currently raging highlight just how profoundly the geopolitical landscape has changed in recent years, as great-power rivalries have again become central to international relations. With …
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