Sat 25 April 2026: Thousands of amputees cannot access care and are struggling with basic mobility. The number of amputees in Gaza, already at a record high, could rise as Israel continues to restrict medical aid into the devastated strip, a humanitarian group has warned. Humanity & Inclusion UK, which works with people living with […]
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Fri 24 April 2026: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly underwent treatment for prostate cancer, he said Friday as he publicized the results of his annual medical examination. Netanyahu has said he is “in excellent physical condition” after the publication of his annual medical report revealed he had a malignant tumour removed. The revelation comes as Netanyahu […]
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Fri 24 April 2026: Iran’s navy has allegedly placed fresh underwater mines in the Strait of Hormuz this week while the United States dispatched a third aircraft carrier to the region, according to an Axios report on Thursday. The report, citing a US official and a separate source familiar with the matter, said American forces […]
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Thu 23 April 2026: Israel’s Defense Ministry said it issued multi-year orders for aerial munitions worth more than $200 million from Elbit Systems, as part of preparations for what it described as an “intense security decade.” The ministry said in a statement its Defense Procurement Directorate placed orders worth over 600 million shekels (about $200 […]
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Thu 23 April 2026: The German airline says 20,000 short-haul flights would be removed from its schedule through October. German aviation company Lufthansa Group says it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights up until October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel. Lufthansa […]
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Wed 22 April 2026: Washington has halted shipments of US dollars to Iraq and paused security cooperation programs with its military in an effort to dismantle “Iranian-backed militias,” the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing officials. Treasury Department officials recently stopped a cargo plane carrying close to $500 million in cash due to concerns about […]
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Wed 22 April 2026: The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is causing concern in Europe, which relies heavily on imported jet fuel. The European Union is mulling jet fuel imports from the United States and new minimum reserve quotas as it eyes options amid a supply crunch due to the Iran conflict. Despite mounting […]
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Two-week-old Ahmed lies in the neonatal unit at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Born with hydrocephalus – a buildup of excess fluid on the brain – doctors link his condition to the malnutrition and contaminated water his mother was exposed to during the war [Screen grab/Al Jazeera] Wed 22 April 2026: As the impacts of […]
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Tue 21 April 2026: Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom has completed the evacuation of its employees from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran, its head Alexey Likhachev said on Monday. More than 600 people have been evacuated, 20 volunteers remain directly at the nuclear plant site, and another four people remain in Tehran, Likhachev […]
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Tue 21 April 2026: The director of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron warned Tuesday that displaying the Star of David atop the site represents a “dangerous precedent” amid escalating Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to Anadolu, Mutaz Abu Sneineh said Israeli authorities illuminated the Jewish symbol on the roof of the mosque, calling it part of […]
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