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Ankara, Oct 18 (EFE).- Dozens of people were injured when anti-Israel protesters and police clashed overnight in Turkey following the bombing of a Gaza hospital, authorities said Wednesday. Police block protesters trying to get inside the Israeli Consulate during a rally against an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza,...
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (EFE).- Israel on Wednesday claimed that the death toll from an explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab hospital was much lower than the hundreds reported overnight as only a parking lot had been destroyed – attributing it to a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
United Nations, Oct 18 (EFE).- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas in the ongoing conflict between them. “Too many lives – and the fate of the entire region – hang in the balance,” Guterres said on the social...
Moscow, Oct 18 (EFE).- The Russian parliament unanimously voted Wednesday to revoke ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty before the bill to abandon the landmark agreement on atomic weapons testing goes to the Senate for final approval. The State Duma noted that the bill was passed without any...
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (EFE).- United States President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday to meet with officials amid a global outrage after the massacre of hundreds in a bombing of a hospital in Gaza, as the enclave faces an intense Israeli shelling and a life-crippling blockade. While Israel and...
Nairobi, Oct 18 (EFE).- A Ugandan driver and two foreign tourists have been killed in an attack on their vehicle in a Ugandan national park, authorities confirmed to EFE. An Elephant calf and its mother pictured in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, 03 October 2012. EPA FILE/GERNOT...
Beirut, Oct 18 (EFE).- Lebanon and Syria on Wednesday began three days of official mourning for the hundreds of victims of the Gaza hospital bombing that has sparked uproar in the region. Protesters chant slogans outside the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 October 2023. EFE/EPA/ABBAS SALMAN The Syrian government...
Kyiv, Oct 18 (EFE).- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday condemned a Russian “terrorist” attack “against a residential building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia that has killed at least two people, wounded three and left another three missing, according to local authorities. Rescue services attend to the scene of...
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (EFE).- The Israeli army declared a humanitarian zone in southern Gaza on Wednesday for international aid and called on Palestinians in the north to evacuate in preparation for a potential ground assault, hours before the arrival of United States President Joe Biden. Biden is expected to arrive...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (EFE).- Nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Maldives, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, to respect its own environmental protection laws following the impact of land reclamation projects in the country on local inhabitants. «While the international community needs to do...
Beijing, Oct 18 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Wednesday in Beijing the Chinese initiative of the New Silk Roads, and highlighted the importance of «coordinating with China» on issues such as logistics and connectivity. «We have repeated that Russia and China share an aspiration, which is a beneficial cooperation...
Washington, Oct 17 (EFE).- The United States on Tuesday urged its citizens not to travel to Lebanon while authorizing the departure of some family members of US government staff and non-emergency personnel from the country due to the «unpredictable security situation.» Protesters chant slogans outside the US embassy in Beirut,...
