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Ramzi Khouri, member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, issued on Tuesday an urgent appeal to patriarchs and heads of churches around the world, calling for immediate and decisive action to protect the Christian presence in the Holy Land in light of a dramatic escalation in Israeli violations.

In his message, Khouri warned that current Israeli policies aim to erase the Palestinian…

The Indian military launched multiple missile attacks targeting sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on Wednesday in an attack it called Operation Sindoor. The Pakistani military claims to have retaliated, shooting down multiple Indian military planes.

At least 26 Pakistanis have been killed in the six targeted cities, according to Lieutenant Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) media wing of Pakistan’s military….

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Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa declared the Gaza Strip a famine zone on Wednesday.

During a press conference on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, attended by the government’s emergency operations room, Mustafa called on the entire UN system to immediately activate its mechanisms and treat Gaza as a famine zone.

He called on the international community to implement UN resolutions prohibiting the use of starvation as a weapon of war….

India has carried out strikes on what it has described as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in response to last month’s deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, further raising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistan said on Wednesday that at least 26 people were killed and 46 others injured in the Indian attacks. In retaliatory attacks by Pakistani forces, at least 10 people have been killed in Indian-administered…

Eldest son of the football legend follows in his father’s footsteps by making a Portuguese junior national team.

Cristiano dos Santos, the eldest son of famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, has been called up to play for the Portugal Under-15 squad for the first time.

The 14-year-old plays for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia – the same club as his father.

Ronaldo, 40, the all-time leading men’s scorer in international football with 136 goals, shared the squad list on social media with the…