On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking the tenth instance of Nipah virus spillover (transmission of the pathogen from animals to humans) in the southern Indian…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Frustration, Gaza alarm drove Macron to go it alone on Palestine recognition
By John Irish and Michel Rose
PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France would become the first Western member of the United Nations Security Council to recognise a Palestinian state in September has caused diplomatic…
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Another Palestinian infant dies from malnutrition in Gaza due to Israeli blockade – Middle East Monitor
Another Palestinian infant died Friday at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, after her frail body succumbed to hunger, a medical source told Anadolu.
She was left to face famine without milk under…
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How the inventor of the bouncy castle saved lives | Features
On November 29, 1972, a fire broke out in the high-rise Rault Center, in downtown New Orleans. As firefighters struggled to reach the blaze and television cameras rolled, five women trapped in a beauty salon on the 15th floor had to make an…
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Sen. Sanders demands US action to stop ‘atrocities and starvation’ in Gaza – Middle East Monitor
US Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded the US end support for Israel’s “illegal war” in the Gaza Strip, with mass starvation and civilian casualties, Anadolu reports.
“After 21 months of brutal war, the Netanyahu…
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Malnutrition in Nigeria killed 652 children in past six months, MSF says | Hunger News
The charity says the deaths were caused due to funding cuts by international donors amid insecurity in northern Nigeria.
At least 652 children have died from malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the first six months of 2025, according…
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Qatari, Iranian foreign ministers discuss nuclear talks, Gaza developments – Middle East Monitor
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and top Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi on Friday discussed the latest developments in Iran’s nuclear negotiations, as well as the…
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Tunisia an ‘open-air prison’, say protesters at anti-President Saied march | Politics News
Protesters carry portraits of political prisoners and a cage that organisers said represented the state of political life in the country.
Hundreds of Tunisian activists have protested against President Kais Saied, calling his rule since 2021 an…
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Cambodians flee border with Thailand as clashes continue for third day | Border Disputes News
Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia – Explosions reverberated in the distance along the Thai-Cambodia border, as a Cambodian soldier waited his turn for surgery to remove shrapnel embedded in his body from a Thai artillery shell.
The soldier said he was…
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Italy’s Meloni: Recognising Palestinian state before it is established may be ‘counterproductive’
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that recognising the State of Palestine before it is established could be counterproductive.
“I am very much in favour of the State of Palestine but I am not in favour of…
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