insert_link World Blinken pushing for peace, amid concern of increasing violence in Middle East U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel pushing for a peace deal with Hamas. He says this is the best, and possibly last opportunity ... but distance remains between the two sides. Corresponding for us is Caroline Malone. todayAugust 20, 2024 9
insert_link World UK and French Foreign Ministers Visit Middle East And Call For De-Escalation The UK and France's Foreign Ministers travel to the Middle East amid diplomatic efforts to de-escalate a wider regional conflict. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the present situation a "dangerous moment", as fears of an Iranian attack on Israel risk ongoing Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Simon Gaitán reports. todayAugust 19, 2024 17
insert_link Health / Medical Guterres appeals for a pause in fighting in Gaza so that children can be vaccinated against polio The United Nations Secretary General has added his voice calling for a pause in hostilities in Gaza so that polio vaccines can be distributed. Speaking in New York on Friday, Antonio Guterres called for warring parties to lay down their arms so that humanitarians can safely vaccinate more than half a million children against polio. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York. todayAugust 19, 2024 9
insert_link Health / Medical Unicef says more children will die in Gaza if polio vaccines are not delivered The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef says if polio vaccines don't get distributed immediately, children in Gaza will die. 1.2 million doses of the vaccine have been approved by the World Health Organisation following the discovery of poliovirus type 2 in July by the Global Polio Laboratory Network in sewage samples collected in Gaza. Here's Jody Jacobs with more. todayAugust 16, 2024 5
insert_link World UN Security Council amidst continuing tensions in the Middle East The United Nations Security Council convened yet another urgent meeting on the situation in Gaza. Algeria requested the meeting after another Israeli airstrike last weekend on a school housing hundreds of Palestinians. With an update for us, here's Jody Jacobs reporting from the United Nations in New York. todayAugust 14, 2024 4
insert_link World Gaza war: 75 years after signing of the Geneva Conventions, Israel’s deadly attack on a Palestinian school shows their limitations By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Bristol Gaza is reeling after a missile strike launched by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a building and mosque within a school complex in Gaza City on August 10. The Israeli military said the school was operating as a Hamas command and control post, but the buildings were reportedly also sheltering more than 6,000 displaced people. Palestinian authorities have stated that the attack […] todayAugust 13, 2024 11
insert_link Oshiwambo Namibia onkee tiindiile ombili pokati ka Israel na Plaestine ,sha landula oshiponokela shi nyanyaleka sha ningwa kaakwiita yepangelo lya Israel olyomakaya Namibia onkee tiindiile ombili pokati ka Israel na Plaestine ,sha landula oshiponokela shi nyanyaleka sha ningwa kaakwiita yepangelo lya Israel olyomakaya,tashi odheke aakwashigwana aa Palestine yeedhililwa moskola ya Al-Tabin mo Gaza,shoka a kondema pethimbo lya faathana.. Aantu ya konda 100 oya dhipagwa,noyendji oya thigwa yeehamekwa sho odhila ya Israel yoodheke aa Palestine mboka yali taya ningi omagalikano koskola ndjoka. Omunambelewa kuluntu guuministeli gwiipambele yopashigwana nomalongelokumwe gopashigwana Amb Penda Naanda okwati […] todayAugust 12, 2024 4
insert_link Oshiwambo Israel okuuvaneke ta dhipaga omuleli gopapolitika omupe gongundu yo Hamas Yahya Sinwar. Ongundu yuukulo ya Palestine yo Hamas oya tumbula Yahya Sinwar onga omulanduli gwa Ismail Haniyeh,ngoka a dhipagelwa mo Tehran oshiwike sha piti. Sinwar okwa talikako ku Israel kutya oye thimba yina ongodhi moshiponokela shomu 7 October,shoka sha faalele oomwenyo dhaa Israel omayovi,noku edhilila ya konda 200. Omunamimvo 61 okwa kala a holoma mo Gaza okuza poshiponeka,sho Israel kwali ta kambadhala okumu dhipaga. Omupopiliko gwetanga lyopakwiita lya Israel Rear Admiral Daniel […] todayAugust 8, 2024 9
insert_link World Hamas appoints mastermind of 7 October attacks as new leader Hamas has appointed the mastermind of the 7 October attacks on Israel, Yahya Sinwar, as its new leader. This follows the death of Ismail Haniyeh in an alleged Israeli strike in Iran last week. Sinwar’s appointment reportedly signals Hamas’s continued hardline stance amid ongoing conflict and escalations. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said late Tuesday that Sinwar's promotion was "yet another compelling reason to swiftly eliminate him and wipe this […] todayAugust 7, 2024 9
