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August 8, 2024

Israel rejection of Norwegian diplomats in Palestinian areas is extreme, Norway says

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has criticised the Israeli government for revoking the diplomatic status of eight diplomats dealing with the Palestinian Authority (PA), labelled it an “extreme...

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August 8, 2024

Palestine demands ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s Smotrich over call to starve Gazans

Palestine today demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich after he said starving Palestinians in Gaza was “justified and moral”....

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August 8, 2024

Gaza death toll nears 39,700 as Israel kills 22 more Palestinians

The Israeli army killed 22 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll to 39,699 since 7 October 2023, the Ministry of Health said...

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August 8, 2024

Saudi schools welcome first batch of Chinese language teachers

For the first time, 175 Chinese language teachers will begin teaching at primary and middle schools in Saudi Arabia later this month. This initiative stems from an agreement between...

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August 8, 2024

Sudan’s warring parties must be willing to talk peace in Geneva

The urgent call for action to avert the starving to death of 2.5 million Sudanese in North Darfur is, ironically, being issued by the warring parties who are ostensibly...

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August 8, 2024

Hamas leader Haniyeh’s assassination violates UN Charter, China FM says

The assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh “violates” the basic norms of international relations and the UN Charter, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. The killing “leads...

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August 8, 2024

10 dead as booby-trapped truck explodes at checkpoint in Syria

Ten people were killed and 14 injured in a truck bomb attack in Syria’s northern city of Azaz yesterday, according to sources. The vehicle exploded at a road checkpoint...

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August 8, 2024

Libya oil minister detained in $500m corruption case

The Libyan Prosecutor-General’s office has ordered the detention of the Minister of Oil and Gas in the Government of National Unity, Khalifa Abdul Sadiq, over allegations of financial corruption,...

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August 8, 2024

UN says flash floods killed 15 people in Yemen’s Taiz

Flash floods killed 15 people and affected 10,000 others on Friday in the Maqbanah district of Taiz, southwest Yemen, according to a report released by the United Nations Office...

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August 8, 2024

Israel stops transfer of PA tax revenues to Norway over Palestine recognition

Israel has stopped transferring the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority to Norway as a “punishment” for Oslo’s unilateral recognition of the Palestinian state as...

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