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December 13, 2023 10:10 AM

Poland’s Donald Tusk wins confidence vote, sets pro-EU path

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday, as he set out a pro-European Union vision for Poland that marks radical change after eight years of nationalist rule and disputes with Brussels. Presen...

December 11, 2023 11:28 AM

Gaza’s ‘catastrophic’ health situation almost impossible to improve, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Sunday that improving the "catastrophic" health situation in Gaza is nearly impossible. The WHO board passed an emergency motion proposed by Afghanistan, Qatar, Yemen, and Morocco, seeking increased m...

December 5, 2023 12:17 PM

Israeli forces escalate operations in southern Gaza

Israeli forces continue their aerial and ground assault in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in numerous casualties among Palestinians, despite repeated calls from the United States and the United Nations urging them to prioritize civilian protectio...

November 28, 2023 4:07 PM

Ukraine strains to bolster its army as war fatigue weighs

When Antonina Danylevych's husband enlisted in the Ukrainian army in March 2022, he had to line up at the draft office alongside crowds of patriotic countrymen. There are no crowds now, she says. Danylevych, a 43-year-old HR manager, gave her bless...

November 28, 2023 10:14 AM

More Israeli hostages expected to be freed after Gaza Truce extended

An Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip stretched into a fifth day on Tuesday as the two sides completed the release of Israeli hostages and detained Palestinians and looked poised to free more as the pause in fighting was extended by two days. Hama...

November 27, 2023 2:54 PM

China’s foreign minister to host UN Security Council session on Israel-Hamas

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will go to New York on November 29 to host the United Nations Security Council session on the Israel-Hamas issue, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday (November 27). Officials from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt,...

November 27, 2023 10:42 AM

Hamas seeks truce extension with conditions, Israel open to longer pause

Hamas expressed willingness to extend the four-day truce, but only when Israel agrees to release more Palestinians, according to a statement from Hamas on Sunday. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is open to tru...

November 26, 2023 10:29 AM

First batch of humanitarian aid supplies since temporary truce reaches Gaza

The first batch of humanitarian aid supplies arrived in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the second day of the four-day temporary ceasefire in the war-torn Palestinian enclave. The supplies carried by the convoy of three trucks th...

November 24, 2023 3:46 PM

Ceasefire takes hold in Gaza ahead of hostage release, aid enters enclave

A temporary ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces took hold in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first respite in 48 days of conflict that has devastated the Palestinian enclave, but both sides warned that the war was far from over. No big bombings...

November 24, 2023 3:47 PM

Palestinians say 24 women, 15 teenaged males to be freed from Israeli jails

Israel will on Friday release 39 Palestinians prisoners, among them 24 women and 15 teenaged males, in the occupied West Bank in exchange for 13 hostages due to be freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas, a Palestinian official said. The inmates, all of ...

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