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Egyptian tourism megaproject imperils Sinai town
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt - Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work.
US-backed aid group says 5 workers killed by Hamas
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» GAZA CITY - A US- and Israeli-backed charity operating in Gaza has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of attacking aid workers en route to a distribution centre on Wednesday, saying at least five people were killed.
Explainer - What to know about Trump's Gaza Strip proposal
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump's plan for the United States to "take over" Gaza, permanently displacing Palestinians who live there and creating the "Riviera of the Middle East," has upset Arab nations and Western allies and would overturn decades of American policy in the region.
CEO fatally shot outside New York hotel
News Agencies, Published on 04/12/2024
» The chief executive of one of America’s largest health insurers was fatally shot outside a hotel in New York City hotel on Wednesday morning, the New York Police Department said.
Sea urchin pandemic spreads, endangering coral reefs
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2024
» TEL AVIV - A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.
Destruction, lawlessness and red tape hobble aid as Gazans go hungry
Reuters Special Report, Published on 25/03/2024
» CAIRO - In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometres along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks about 1.5 kilometres long and sometimes two or three across was backed up near a crossing from Egypt into Gaza.
UN chief: Blocked aid for Gaza ‘a moral outrage’
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2024
» RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt - A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip where people face starvation is a “moral outrage”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Rafah crossing on Saturday.
'Financially solid': Hamas revenues set to withstand war with Israel
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» PARIS: Hamas has been the focus of a relentless Israeli onslaught in Gaza but with resilient and diverse finances, it is expected to have a significant war chest at its disposal as the conflict drags on.
Holocaust survivor escapes Hamas attack
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» MODIIN, Israel - Yaakov Weissmann survived the horrors of the Holocaust by hiding with a non-Jewish family in France when he was just four years old during World War II.
World leaders seek to contain Israel-Hamas war, protect civilians
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» PARIS: As Israel prepares for a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, the international community has mobilised to try to protect civilians and prevent the conflict spreading across the region.