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  • Mindfulness and problem-solving therapy may be more effective

    Mindfulness and problem-solving therapy may be more effective

    The classification of mobile interventions for stress. The first number denotes whether the intervention had human support (1, yes; 0, none); the second number denotes whether the intervention had mobile technology based on the behaviour change technique (1, yes; 0, none). For example, 1–0 indicates that this type of intervention has human support but does not utilize mobile technology on the basis of the behaviour…

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    News Source: medicalxpress.com

  • Chile withdraws its military attachés from Israel – Middle East Monitor

    Chile withdraws its military attachés from Israel – Middle East Monitor

    Chile has withdrawn its two remaining military attachés from its embassy in Israel, marking a new escalation in diplomatic tensions between the two countries amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

    The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, in a statement, the decision was made in protest against the Israeli military operation in Gaza, which it described as “disproportionate and indiscriminate”, while also pointing to the “constant…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Syrians return to villages destroyed by war | Syria’s War News

    Syrians return to villages destroyed by war | Syria’s War News

    Aref Shamtan, 73, chose to erect a tent near his decimated home in northwest Syria instead of remaining in a displacement camp following the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

    “I feel good here, even among the rubble,” Shamtan said, sipping tea at the tent near his field.

    Upon returning with his son after al-Assad was toppled in December, Shamtan discovered his village of al-Hawash, situated amid farmland in central Hama province, severely damaged.

    His house had lost its roof…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Houthis threaten Israel with ‘hot summer’ after strikes on Sanaa airport – Middle East Monitor

    Houthis threaten Israel with ‘hot summer’ after strikes on Sanaa airport – Middle East Monitor

    Yemen’s Houthi group yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Gaza Strip, seemingly undeterred by Israeli air strikes that targeted Sanaa International Airport, Anadolu agency reported

    It warned Tel Aviv of a “hot summer” in retaliation for the attack.

    The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said four Israeli air strikes targeted the airport’s runway and a plane from flag carrier Yemenia Airways.

    “This criminal aggression will only push us…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales

    Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales

    Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter Thursday urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers.

    Actors, musicians, activists and other public figures wrote the letter calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “end the UK’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza”.

    British-Albanian pop sensation Dua Lipa has been vocal about the war in Gaza and last year criticised Israel’s offensive as a “genocide”.

    Israel has repeatedly…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • 1m children at risk as cholera spreads across Sudan – Middle East Monitor

    1m children at risk as cholera spreads across Sudan – Middle East Monitor

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned yesterday that more than one million children in Sudan are at risk of cholera as the disease spreads across Khartoum State.

    The UN agency said 7,700 cholera cases have been recorded in the Khartoum State since January, including more than 1,000 cases among children under the age of five; in addition to 185 associated deaths.

    “The number of daily cases increased from 90 to 815 cases in just ten days, between…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Israel announces expansion of illegal settlements in occupied West Bank | Occupied West Bank News

    Israel announces expansion of illegal settlements in occupied West Bank | Occupied West Bank News

    Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the decision, calling it a ‘dangerous escalation’.

    The Israeli government says it will establish 22 illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of some so-called “outposts” already built without government authorisation, in a move decried by Palestinian officials and rights groups.

    Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the decision…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Israel announces major expansion of illegal West Bank settlements | Occupied West Bank News

    Israel announces major expansion of illegal West Bank settlements | Occupied West Bank News

    Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the decision, calling it a ‘dangerous escalation’.

    The Israeli government says it will establish 22 illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of some so-called “outposts” already built without government authorisation, in a move decried by Palestinian officials and rights groups.

    Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the decision…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Glacier collapse buries Swiss village

    Glacier collapse buries Swiss village

    Video shows the moment part of a glacier collapsed on to the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which was evacuated.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Israeli army kills 10 Palestinians collecting aid in southern Gaza – Middle East Monitor

    Israeli army kills 10 Palestinians collecting aid in southern Gaza – Middle East Monitor

    Israeli occupation forces killed ten starving Palestinians and injured 62 more over two days while they gathered in Rafah to receive humanitarian aid, a senior Gaza government official said yesterday according to Anadolu.

    Israeli forces invited starving Palestinians to come and receive aid near so-called aid distribution centres in Rafah on Tuesday and Wednesday, only to then open fire on the crowds that had gathered, killing ten and injuring another 62,…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com