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  • Migrants’ dreams buried under rubble after deadly strike on Yemen centre

    Migrants’ dreams buried under rubble after deadly strike on Yemen centre

    Africans in search of a better future became the latest casualties of Yemen’s decade-long conflict after a deadly strike blamed on the United States hit a migrant detention centre, killing dozens of people.

    The pre-dawn attack on Monday killed more than 60 people in their sleep, the country’s Huthi rebels said, attributing the raid to the US military.

    Rubble, blood and body parts dotted the grounds of the compound in rebel-held Saada, with several buildings left in ruins, twisted metal…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Amnesty accuses Iran of ‘sinister crackdown’ after deadly port blast

    Amnesty accuses Iran of ‘sinister crackdown’ after deadly port blast

    Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities Wednesday of carrying out a “sinister crackdown” on media outlets to conceal the truth about a deadly blast at the country’s main commercial port.

    At least 70 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in Saturday’s explosion and ensuing fire in the southern port of Shahid Rajaee, state media reported.

    Iranian officials have attributed the explosion to negligence without giving a fuller explanation.

    The Tehran prosecutor’s office has filed…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • A Patent Fight Over The World’s Top-Selling Drug

    A Patent Fight Over The World’s Top-Selling Drug

    In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a patent fight over the world’s top-selling drug, breakthroughs from the American Association for Cancer Research, Verily’s Parkinson’s dataset, the relationship between microplastics and heart disease, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.

    Merck’s Keytruda is the world’s top-selling drug, bringing in nearly $30 billion in sales last year. The drug, which is used to treat…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Ukraine says it is poised to sign minerals deal with the US | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Ukraine says it is poised to sign minerals deal with the US | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Ukraine’s PM says agreement is ‘good, equal and beneficial’, hopes it will be signed ‘within the next 24 hours’.

    Ukraine is poised to sign a much-anticipated minerals deal with the United State, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal has said, as both sides finalised details.

    The agreement would see Washington and Kyiv jointly develop Ukraine’s mineral resources, an arrangement US President Donald Trump has called “money back” for the wartime aid it has received from the United…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Food prices soar in Gaza as total aid blockade enters eighth week, warns ActionAid – Middle East Monitor

    Food prices soar in Gaza as total aid blockade enters eighth week, warns ActionAid – Middle East Monitor

    Food prices in Gaza have surged to catastrophic levels amid a continued total blockade on humanitarian aid, reported ActionAid.

    For more than eight weeks, Israeli Occupation authorities have prevented food, medicine and other essentials from entering the Territory, triggering severe shortages and forcing families into deepening hunger and deprivation.

    According to ActionAid staff and local partners, staple items such as meat, eggs, dairy and fruit have vanished…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Kashmir attack: How India might strike Pakistan – what history tells us | Border Disputes News

    Kashmir attack: How India might strike Pakistan – what history tells us | Border Disputes News

    Pakistan said on Wednesday that it had “credible intelligence” that India might launch a military strike against it within the next few days.

    Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a series of security meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, adding to speculation of an impending Indian military operation against its archrival, after the April 22 attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir in which 26 people were killed.

    Since the attack, barely existent relations…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Clashes erupt with the occupation forces in the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

    Clashes erupt with the occupation forces in the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

    Clashes erupted Wednesday evening between citizens and Israeli occupation forces …

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    News Source: www.alquds.com

  • Drivers abandon vehicles after wildfire engulfs Israeli highway | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Drivers abandon vehicles after wildfire engulfs Israeli highway | Israel-Palestine conflict

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    A major highway in Israel was closed after wildfires engulfed it with flames and smoke forcing drivers and passengers to abandon their vehicles. Extreme heat and winds have helped spread the fire, forcing the evacuation of several villages.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Palestinian kid suffers bullet injuries in Jenin

    Palestinian kid suffers bullet injuries in Jenin

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    A Palestinian child was injured on Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him in Jenin, north of the West Bank.

    According to the Red Crescent, a 13-year-old child suffered bullet injuries in his arm and leg during skirmishes between local youths and Israeli forces in al-Yamun town, west of Jenin.

    Local sources said that a large number of Israeli troops stormed Yamun town and detained several young men in the southern area.

    In a…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Meet Omer Siddig, Sudan's new foreign minister, former ambassador to China

    Meet Omer Siddig, Sudan's new foreign minister, former ambassador to China

    General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has appointed veteran diplomat Omer Siddig as Sudan’s new minister of foreign affairs, filling the role following the dismissal of his predecessor, Ali Youssif, in mid-April.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com