Tue 15 April 2025: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has ratified the Third Amendment to the Maldives Immigration Act prohibiting Israeli passport holders from entering the territory of the Republic of Maldives, the President’s Office said on Tuesday. The amendment was passed by the People’s Majlis during the 20th sitting of the first session of the […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: The Israeli army chief warned that troop shortages limit Israel’s ability to achieve its war goals in the Gaza Strip. “Military-only strategies cannot fulfill all national objectives in Gaza, particularly in the absence of a complementary diplomatic track,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the cabinet as […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: More than 70% of schools in the Gaza Strip have been directly hit by Israeli attacks since October 2023, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday. “About 88% of schools in Gaza require reconstruction or major rehabilitation,” the UN agency said in a statement. “This includes 162 UNRWA […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debts to the World Bank, three people familiar with the matter said, paving the way for the approval of millions of dollars in grants for reconstruction and to support the country’s paralysed public sector, Reuters reports. The plans, which have not been previously reported, would be […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Bangladesh’s transitional government has reinstated a clause in passports effectively barring travel to Israel following large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations nationwide. The Home Ministry issued an order on April 7 instructing the Department of Immigration and Passports to restore the clause, which makes Bangladesh’s passports read “THIS PASSPORT IS VALID FOR ALL COUNTRIES […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Two hundred Israeli military doctors have signed a petition demanding the return of hostages from Gaza, even if it means ending the ongoing war in the Palestinian enclave, according to a report Sunday by Israel’s Channel 13. “We, reserve doctors in the various units in the Israeli army, demand the immediate […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: The AFP news agency is reporting that most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have been placed under the Lebanese army’s control. The agency cited a source close to the Lebanese armed group. “Out of 265 Hezbollah military positions identified south of the Litani, the movement has ceded about […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that talks with Iran are “going OK.” “I think they’re going OK. Nothing matters until you get it done. So, I don’t like talking about it,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. His remarks came after US presidential envoy Steven Witkoff, accompanied by US […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States’ “reciprocal tariffs”, the Chinese ministry has said. The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: A vast lake once covered part of Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ Al-Khali desert researchers have found, in a discovery that challenges conventional views of the Arabian Peninsula as eternally arid. The findings have been published in Communications Earth & Environment. They reveal that around 9,000 years ago, a 1,100km² lake — comparable in […]
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