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Since 1949, UNRWA has been the main organisation responsible for delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in occupied territories and providing services for Palestinian refugees in other countries. Copyright Khalil Hamra/AP The European Union has warned of “disastrous consequences” if Israel’s parliament passes a bill which would outlaw the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating […]

The port development deal will create a trade corridor between Somalia and Ethiopia and boost Turkiye’s strategic influence in the Horn of Africa. Hobyo seaport in Somalia. (Mohamad Sheikh Nor) Turkish company Metag Holding signed an agreement on 7 October to collaborate with the Somali Hobyo Investment Company (HICO) on the development of the Hobyo […]

Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people and injured more than 100 in central Beirut on Thursday, Lebanese authorities reported, as a senior Hezbollah official narrowly escaped an Israeli assassination attempt, according to three security sources. Wrecked cars sit at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Basta area amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Beirut, […]

A Turkish seismic research vessel plans to arrive off the coast of Somalia at the end of October and begin searching for oil and natural gas, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation, Turkey’s energy ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported.   The March agreement envisaged oil exploration and production and allowed Turkish Petroleum to […]

President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election. US President Joe Biden. (Reuters) President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday […]

Two ships were damaged in separate attacks off Yemen on Tuesday, a British maritime agency said, as regional tensions soared during Israel’s offensive on Lebanon. A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen’s Houthis on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, right, seized by Houthi fighters approaching the port in the […]

Safieddine bears a striking resemblance to his charismatic maternal cousin Nasrallah but is several years his junior, aged in his late 50s or early 60s. Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to his slain cousin Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, is one of Hezbollah’s most prominent figures and has deep religious and family ties to group’s patron […]

Israeli airstrikes continued to target Lebanon on Sunday regardless of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination earlier Friday. Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in the Chiyah area in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 28, 2024. (EPA Pho Nasrallah’s killing and the past week’s waves of strikes on Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon have plunged the […]

The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many additional forces […]