Category: 3. Middle East
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Norway to review sovereign wealth fund’s Israel investments – Middle East Monitor
Norway’s government said on Tuesday it had ordered a review of its sovereign wealth fund portfolio to ensure that Israeli companies contributing to the occupation of the West Bank or the war in Gaza were excluded… -
RSF cuts off all water sources in West Kordofan – Middle East Monitor
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have reportedly cut off all water sources east of the cities of Nahud and El Khawi in the West Kordofan State , exacerbating the humanitarian situation there, a local group said Tuesday.The Dar Hamar…
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At least 20 Palestinians killed after aid truck overturns in central Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Vehicle overturned after Israeli forces directed it down an ‘unsafe road’, local officials tell WAFA news agency.
At least 20 Palestinians have been killed and many injured after a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned onto a crowd of…
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Sudan’s Al-Burhan vows to keep fighting RSF in Darfur until their defeat – Middle East Monitor
Sudan’s transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has pledged to defeat the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Darfur region, west of the country.
Speaking during a visit to Wad al-Noura…
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Trump’s transshipment crackdown spells danger for Southeast Asian economies | Donald Trump News
Taipei, Taiwan – Southeast Asia’s export-driven economies are facing new uncertainty from United States President Donald Trump’s trade war, as his administration cracks down on exports directed through third countries to avoid his tariffs…
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Egypt prepares Palestinian forces to assume control of Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Egypt has initiated training for hundreds of Palestinians to take on security responsibilities in the Gaza Strip as soon as a ceasefire deal is brokered with Israel, according to a report from Israeli media.An article in the Israeli magazine…
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Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water – a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy.
Even…
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Israeli officers allegedly take bribes to allow goods into Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Sources in Gaza told Arabi21 that Israeli army officers have been accepting bribes in exchange for allowing goods into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
According to the sources, some traders in Gaza are paying large sums of…
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20 killed as aid truck overturns in central Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Twenty Palestinians were killed, and dozens were injured early on Wednesday when a truck carrying food aid overturned onto a crowd of hungry civilians in central Gaza, according to the Government Media Office.
In an…
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US envoy Witkoff in Russia as Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire deadline looms | News
President Donald Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire.
United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a…
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