Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday received Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Istanbul as part of a cooperation summit of Turkiye, Italy and Libya,…
Category: 3. Middle East
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France halts intake of Gazans over student’s antisemitic posts
France said Friday it would suspend a programme receiving Palestinians from conflict-torn Gaza until an investigation into how a student accused of sharing antisemitic posts was allowed into the country was concluded.
The move comes after…
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French president calls for full humanitarian access to Gaza, says airdrops ‘not enough’ – Middle East Monitor
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called for full humanitarian access to Gaza and said that the airdrops are “not enough,” Anadolu reports.
“Airdrops are not enough. Israel must allow full humanitarian…
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UN agency for Palestinian refugees slams Israeli blockade on Gaza, demands opening of crossings – Middle East Monitor
The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Friday strongly criticized the continued reliance on aid airdrops into Gaza, calling them “inefficient, insufficient, and at least 100 times more costly than trucks,” Anadolu…
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Top EU court strikes a blow against Italy’s Albania migrant camps scheme | Migration News
Italy has signed a deal with Albania, where it planned to process up to 36,000 asylum seekers per year.
The European Union’s top court has backed Italian judges who questioned a list of “safe countries” drawn up by Rome, as it prepares to…
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Gaza mother worries time running out for evacuation of malnourished daughter
GAZA CITY (Reuters) -Stroking the hair of her emaciated daughter on a hospital bed in Gaza City, Nasma Ayad fears time is running out for a medical evacuation of the malnourished eight-year-old to avoid the fate of her sister, who died last…
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What are US ‘red flag’ gun laws; why didn’t they stop New York shooter? | Gun Violence News
Law enforcement officials said Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas man suspected of killing four people on July 28 in a Manhattan office building, had a documented mental health history, raising questions about why he had access to guns.
Police said…
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Bosnia appeals court upholds Bosnian Serb leader’s sentence | Courts News
Milorad Dodik rejects appeals court’s decision, saying he will seek help of Russia and the Trump administration.
An appeals court in Bosnia has upheld an earlier ruling sentencing Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to one year in prison and…
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‘A death journey’: Palestinians describe GHF aid site turmoil in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Starvation is spreading across the Gaza Strip, and the only organisation on the ground mandated to provide food aid stands accused of grave rights violations and the targeting of civilians.
The controversial United States and Israel-backed GHF…
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US envoy Witkoff visits aid operation in Gaza rejected by UN
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy became the first high profile U.S. official to visit Gaza since the war began, touring a U.S.-backed aid operation on Friday that…
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