Wed 26 March 2025: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported yesterday that Gaza has the “UN: Gaza has largest number of child amputees in modern history The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported yesterday that Gaza has the “largest cohort of child amputees in […]
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Tue 25 March 2025: Save the Children says more than 270 children have been killed in the week since Israel resumed its war on Gaza, marking some of “the deadliest days for children since the war began”. “Bombs falling, hospitals destroyed, children killed [and] the world is silent,” Rachael Cummings, Save the Children’s humanitarian director […]
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Tue 25 March 2025: Iran said on Monday it was open to indirect talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump had demanded negotiations for a new nuclear deal. “The way is open for indirect negotiations,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, dismissing the prospect of direct talks “until there is a change in the other side’s approach towards […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that more countries will be added to the Abraham Accords, the series of normalization that his administration negotiated between Israel and some Gulf countries during his first term. Trump, speaking to reporters at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, said more countries want to join the accords. The White […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: The Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee on Sunday expressed “deep concern” over the breakdown of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement released after a meeting in Cairo with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. The announcement followed discussions between foreign ministers from Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Türkiye, Indonesia, Bahrain, and the UAE’s minister […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: The US is seeking the “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday. “Full dismantlement. Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see,” Waltz told the CBS News program Face the Nation. His remarks came after […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: Expelled South African Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool said Sunday he returned home with “no regrets,” following his 32-hour flight from the US via Qatar to Cape Town, Anadolu Agency reports. Stating that he would have preferred to come to South Africa with secured deals with the US, Rasool told South […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: The Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 41 people have been confirmed killed and 61 wounded in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. These casualties bring the total number of Palestinians killed since the war began 17 months ago to 50,021, with 113,274 wounded, said the ministry. Numerous victims […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: The comments by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Gaza and the now-shattered ceasefire in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson. Witkoff’s “bridge” plan, presented last week, aims to extend the Gaza ceasefire into April, beyond Ramadan and Passover, to allow time for negotiations on a permanent cessation of […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has suggested Hamas could remain in Gaza for a short period if it agreed to disarm. But ultimately, he added, Gaza cannot be run by a “terrorist organisation.” The comments came in a wide-ranging interview that was broadcast late Friday on the […]
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