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  • UAE lifts travel ban from Lebanon amid warming ties – Middle East Monitor

    UAE lifts travel ban from Lebanon amid warming ties – Middle East Monitor

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a years-long travel ban on Lebanon, amid a warming of relations between Abu Dhabi and Beirut.

    In a statement released on Sunday, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry announced that Emirati citizens will be allowed to travel to Lebanon from 7 May, following a four-year travel ban that was imposed in 2021 due to regional instability and security concerns.

    The ministry stated that the decision is a step toward strengthening…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • ‘We are suffering’: Displaced families bear burden of South Sudan conflict | Humanitarian Crises News

    ‘We are suffering’: Displaced families bear burden of South Sudan conflict | Humanitarian Crises News

    Malakal, South Sudan – One morning in mid-April, Nyandeng Meeth was fetching water from a borehole in Mat town, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, before heading home to cook for her nine children and open her small street stall.

    Suddenly, the sound of gunfire and shelling tore through the familiarity and routine of the 50-year-old mother’s everyday life. She remembers the town being plunged into chaos as people scrambled to save what they could – their families or a few…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Gordon, Jokic lead Nuggets past Thunder in Game 1 of NBA playoffs | Basketball News

    Gordon, Jokic lead Nuggets past Thunder in Game 1 of NBA playoffs | Basketball News

    Aaron Gordon’s late 3-pointer handed Denver Nuggets a huge Game 1 road win over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder.

    Aaron Gordon scored a last-gasp 3-pointer and Nikola Jokic produced a 42-point masterpiece as the Denver Nuggets stunned the No.1 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in a dramatic NBA Western Conference second round series opener.

    Nuggets forward Gordon drained a 25-foot effort from outside the arc with four seconds remaining to snatch victory on Monday against a Thunder…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Spain to Contribute Over $560,000 to Support UN Investigations into Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

    Spain to Contribute Over $560,000 to Support UN Investigations into Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

    Madrid (Quds News Network)- Spain will provide more than $560,000 to support UN investigations into human rights abuses and possible war crimes committed in Gaza, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Monday.

    “With the aim of ending these violations of international law and with the desire to ensure accountability, I announce that we will support the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in increasing its investigative efforts into human rights violations and…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • “Despicable and Unconscionable”: Irish Foreign Minister Condemns Israel’s Gaza Expansion Plans

    “Despicable and Unconscionable”: Irish Foreign Minister Condemns Israel’s Gaza Expansion Plans

    Dublin (Quds News Network)- Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris described Israel’s plans to expand its assault on Gaza as “alarming” and “would result in further deaths, casualties and untold suffering for the Palestinian population who already face a dire humanitarian situation”.

    “What is happening to the people of Gaza is despicable and unconscionable,” the Irish minister for foreign affairs and trade, as well as for defence wrote on X on Monday, calling it a…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Brunson, Anunoby, Knicks stun Celtics in Game 1, steal playoffs home court | Basketball News

    Brunson, Anunoby, Knicks stun Celtics in Game 1, steal playoffs home court | Basketball News

    New York Knicks upset the reigning champions Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series.

    Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points as the visiting New York Knicks earned a 108-105 overtime victory against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series.

    The Knicks overcame a 20-point deficit in the third quarter on Monday night and sealed the win when Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Jaylen Brown after Boston inbounded…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Anti-BDS Bill Pulled From US Congress Following Backlash

    Washington (Quds News Network)- An anti-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) bill scheduled for a vote on Monday has been pulled from the U.S. Congress following strong backlash from several allies of President Donald Trump. The bill, if passed, would have made it a federal crime for Americans to participate in boycotts targeting the Israeli occupation.

    Two members of Congress confirmed the bill’s withdrawal on Monday.

    “I’m told we are no longer voting on this. It’s been…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Hamas says Gaza truce talks pointless as Israel wages ‘hunger war’

    Hamas says Gaza truce talks pointless as Israel wages ‘hunger war’

    Hamas on Tuesday dismissed as pointless ceasefire talks with Israel, accusing it of waging a “hunger war” on Gaza as famine looms and Israel prepares for a broader assault on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

    The comments from a senior Hamas official followed Israel’s approval of a military plan involving the “conquest” of Gaza, where nearly all 2.3 million people have been displaced and a two-month Israeli blockade has worsened the humanitarian crisis.

    “There is no sense in engaging in…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks

    Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks

    A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza.

    “There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Basem Naim told AFP.

    He said the world must pressure the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the “crimes of hunger, thirst, and…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Three Palestinians injured, others arrested in IOF West Bank raids

    Three Palestinians injured, others arrested in IOF West Bank raids

    WEST BANK, (PIC)

    Three Palestinian civilians sustained bruises and fractures, and several others were arrested during Israeli military raids at dawn Tuesday across various areas of the West Bank.

    The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assaulted three citizens in the town of Abwein, north of Ramallah, resulting in injuries, including bruises and fractures.

    Meanwhile, the IOF arrested the young man Mahdi Fawaz Khalaf after raiding his…

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