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IAEA says strikes near Iran nuclear power plant 'must stop"
3+ week, 4+ day ago (222+ words) " A view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen from the Persian Gulf in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024. [AFP] The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday warned attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose…...
Diplomatic row: South Africa, Israel expel each other's envoys
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (320+ words) South Africa and Israel have expelled each other's senior diplomats in a new diplomatic clash. On Friday, January 30, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) announced that Ariel Seidman, Charg" d'Affaires of the Israeli Embassy in South Africa, has…...
Israel prevents Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from celebrating Palm Sunday mass
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (257+ words) Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. "As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads…...
Israel appoints first ambassador to Somaliland
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (298+ words) Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (right) during a press conference with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa. [AFP] Israel has appointed its first ambassador to Somaliland, months after formally recognising the breakaway region in the…...
Middle East crisis: How MSMEs can beat rising fuel prices
1+ week, 3+ day ago (90+ words) standardmedia. co. ke Middle East crisis: How MSMEs can beat rising fuel prices Small businesses in the transport and logistics-dependent sectors have been advised to renegotiate existing contracts to factor in changes in fuel costs in the wake of elevated…...
The UN vote on the crime of slave trade
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (157+ words) France, Paris, 2026-03-28. Protesters are holding placards bearing the slogans "No Kings, "Dump Trump and "Regime change for the USA. Vote! .[AFP] Ghanas President John Dramani Mahama made news. .. Ghanas President John Dramani Mahama made news calling for the United Nations…...
Gaza-Egypt border crossing reopens for small numbers of people
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (361+ words) Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Egyptian state media and a Red Crescent official said, for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian Red…...
Israel targeting Hezbollah in Beirut strikes, south Lebanon also struck
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Beirut claiming to target the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah early Saturday, while Lebanese state media reported strikes in the country's south. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war…...
Two more UN peacekeepers killed in south Lebanon
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (569+ words) The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said two of its personnel were killed Monday in the second deadly incident in 24 hours in the country's south, where Israel and Hezbollah are fighting. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said…...
Attacks across Middle East as Iran war enters second month
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (951+ words) Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 27, 2026. [AFP] Gulf countries and Israel came under missile fire and Israeli forces struck Iran on Saturday, as the war raged into…...