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UNICEF warns of rise of threat amidst conflict in Middle East for children’s lives

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) affirmed that the lives of children in the Middle East are being destroyed due to ongoing conflicts, Azernews reports, citing ‘peninsularqatar’ referring to UNICEF. “All the parties are obligated to protect civilians, including children, humanitarian workers, and civilian infrastructure, including schools and health facilities,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell […]

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Sheikha Jawaher launches research programme for heart diseases in cancer patients in London

Marking a significant milestone in global health collaboration, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah nd Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), has laid the foundation stone for the Virtual Cardio-Oncology Centre of Excellence at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, United Kingdom. This pioneering initiative,

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SpaceX successfully launches and catches Starship booster in fifth test flight

SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the

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German journalist arrested in Beirut had feared he would be handed to Hezbollah

Paul Ronzheimer, briefly detained after speaking to an Israeli outlet from Lebanon, says he found out after his release that the Iran-backed terror group was indeed looking for him. A German correspondent who was arrested in Beirut last month by Lebanese authorities after giving an interview to an Israeli broadcaster told a different Israeli outlet

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Flooding and war creates dire human rights situation in Myanmar

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported Thursday that over 570,000 people are likely displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State due to ongoing conflict between the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the Arakan Army, with over 3 million people displaced by conflict and flooding across the country. Adding to the humanitarian situation, Myanmar has

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Israeli PM Netanyahu tells UN to evacuate peacekeepers from combat areas in Lebanon as Irish commander says they are needed now more than eve

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN chief Antonio Guterres to remove peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon “immediately”. “Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” Netanyahu said in a video statement issued by his office. It comes as 40 nations, including the UK, “strongly” condemn the attacks on

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Train crash in Egypt kills one and injures at least 21 people

ALOCOMOTIVE crashed into the back of a Cairo-bound passenger train in southern Egypt today, killing at least one person and injuring many more. The collision, the second serious train crash in a month in the North African country, occurred in the province of Minya, about 168 miles south of the capital, the railway authority said

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Officials to decide urgent defense needs as IDF shopping list grows

Senior Israeli officials are expected on Sunday to discuss Israel’s defense budget including whether to approve or reject a series of urgent requests from the IDF, given the constraints and strategic considerations of expanding combat across all fronts. The meeting comes ahead of the government approving the next national budget, expected by the end of

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