Fri 17 October 2025: Trump said he expects an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states. “I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: There is between 65 and 70 million tonnes of rubble and debris in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. “This rubble includes thousands of homes, facilities, and vital infrastructures deliberately destroyed by the [Israeli] occupation forces, turning the [Gaza] Strip into an environmentally and structurally devastated area and obstructing the […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza. Days after the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza, the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory remains heavily restricted, denying many residents, particularly ailing children, the life-saving help […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Pro-Palestine and anti-Israel messages were blasted through speakers at airports in the U.S. and Canada following apparent hacks, officials said. One public address system was hacked on Tuesday evening at the Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) in Pennsylvania, for about 10 minutes. The hacker can be heard saying “Free Palestine” and “F— […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Iran’s judiciary spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that hijab laws are still enforced, despite growing public debate and increased instances of people openly disregarding the Islamic Republic’s mandatory veiling policy. Ali-Asghar Jahangir’s remarks come after conservative politician Mohammad Reza Bahonar suggested there was no binding hijab law, a comment that sparked controversy […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday that over 650,000 children are deprived of education in the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive year. “In Gaza, children are out of school for a third year in a row,” UNRWA said on the US social media company X. “For […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled a new development near Mecca’s Grand Mosque, which will provide approximately 900,000 additional indoor and outdoor prayer spaces, according to the project’s implementing company. Spanning up to 12 million square meter gross floor area adjacent to the Grand Mosque, the project […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Planning is under way for an international stabilisation force to go into Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports. “Right now what we’re looking to accomplish is just a basic stabilization of the situation. The international stabilization force is starting to be constructed,” it quoted an unnamed “senior US adviser” as saying. […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ramaphosa made the statement on Tuesday in Cape Town in parliament, […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Handicap International says an estimated 70,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza since the start of the war, warning that returning civilians face severe danger amid a fragile ceasefire. Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses “enormous” risks for displaced people returning home during the US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International […]
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