Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
President Abbas says Hamas’ actions do not represent Palestinians
(Reuters) -Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the actions and policies of Islamist group Hamas do not represent Palestinian people, according to official news agency WAFA. In a phone c...
Oct 15, 2023
UN chief warns hostages, Gaza aid access should not be ‘bargaining chips’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Sunday for Hamas to release hostages without conditions and for Israel to allow rapid and unimpeded humanitaria...
Oct 15, 2023
Venezuela’s Maduro speaks to Abbas, condemns Israel’s actions
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he spoke by phone to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday about the situation in Gaza, and pressed for the establishment...
Oct 15, 2023
Ukraine working to evacuate citizens from Gaza and Israel, Zelenskiy says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is working to evacuate nearly 260 of its citizens from Gaza and to fly other Ukrainians out of Israel, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly address on Sunday. Ukr...
Oct 15, 2023
Factbox-US aircraft carriers – What they bring to the Middle East
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers -- and their supporting ships -- to the eastern Mediterranean since the attacks on Israel. The ships are meant as a deterrent to ...
Oct 15, 2023
Netanyahu partner says Israel’s leaders failed to protect citizens
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday the government was taking responsibility for the devastating attack that allowed Hamas militants to enter Israel and kill...
Oct 15, 2023
South Africa recalls U.N. peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in Congo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African National Defence Force has recalled eight U.N. peacekeepers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo following allegations of sexual misconduct against t...
Oct 15, 2023
Canada’s dead in Hamas attack on Israel rises to five
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The number of Canadians killed in last week's attack by Hamas on Israel is now five, an official from the foreign ministry said on Sunday, while three are still missing. The officia...
Oct 15, 2023
Iran tells Israel: ‘hands of all regional parties on trigger if aggression do not stop’
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians, with its foreign minister saying other parties in the region were ready to act, the semi-offici...
Oct 15, 2023
US senators to travel to Israel, Saudi Arabia to push deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators will travel to the Middle East to encourage Israel and Saudi Arabia to continue talks on normalizing relations, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham sa...
Oct 15, 2023
