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Tuesday May 14, 2024

Blinken reiterates U.S. opposition to Rafah invasion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the weekend, in which the secretary reiterated Washington's opposition to a major ground operation in Rafah, reported Xinhua. According to State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, Blinken "reaffirmed the U.S. opposition to a major military

Published: 11:55 am,Tuesday 14 May 2024

Putin to visit China on May 16-17

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China from May 16 to 17, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. This is Putin's first state visit after he was sworn in as Russian president

Published: 11:37 am,Tuesday 14 May 2024

Death toll of Indonesia's lava floods reaches 52 with 17 missing

Up to 52 people were found dead and 17 went missing after cold lava floods destroyed houses, buildings and public facilities in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, a senior official of local disaster agency said on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. Search for the missing persons resumed on Tuesday as several heavy

Published: 12:26 pm,Tuesday 14 May 2024

14 dead as huge billboard falls amid storm in India

At least 14 people died and nearly 75 were injured when a huge advertisement billboard fell on them amid a heavy storm accompanied by rains in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra late Monday night, confirmed a civic agency official over phone, reported Xinhua. The incident happened in the

Published: 00:25 am,Tuesday 14 May 2024

UN staffer killed, another injured in Rafah

Israel army's gunfire killed a UN staffer and injured another UN employee on Monday in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, the Hamas-run media office said, reported Xinhua. In a statement, the media office said that the UN staffers were traveling in a vehicle belonging to the UN

Published: 00:32 am,Monday 13 May 2024

Israel renews massive strikes on Gaza, again thousands displaced

Israeli warplanes bombed several areas in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, while fierce clashes erupted between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israeli forces carrying out fresh operations in those areas, reported Xinhua. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israel carried out heavy air and artillery strikes

Published: 22:44 pm,Sunday 12 May 2024

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 35,034

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 35,000, health authorities in Gaza said in a press statement on Sunday, reported Xinhua. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 63 Palestinians and wounded 114 others, bringing the total death toll

Published: 21:47 pm,Sunday 12 May 2024

34 killed as lava floods hit Indonesia's West Sumatra

The death toll from lava floods that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday rose to 34, with at least five others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday, reported Xinhua. The rains poured down the area at the slope of the Marapi

Published: 21:22 pm,Saturday 11 May 2024

Israel's new evacuation order in Gaza affects 300,000 civilians: UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that the new evacuation order by the Israeli army on Saturday has affected some 300,000 people in the Gaza Strip, reported Xinhua. "We're extremely concerned these evacuation orders have come both towards

Published: 21:02 pm,Saturday 11 May 2024

Death toll from Afghanistan's floods exceeds 330

More than 330 were killed as rainstorms and flash floods hit major parts of the provinces of Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan and Ghor of Afghanistan, according to the Afghanistan office of the World Food Programme and local Afghan officials, reported Xinhua. The UN agency said Saturday on social media

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