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Israel intercepts ballistic missile launched from Yemen

Date: 2025-05-27 06:16:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11195345

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - A ballistic missile launched at Israel from Yemen a short Tuesday was intercepted by air defenses, marking the second such incident in hours. No sirens were activated “according to protocol,” as no towns were under any ....

Colombia appoints first ambassador to Palestine

Date: 2025-05-27 05:25:00 GMT - Colombia - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11195305

BOGOTA, May 27 (MENA) - Colombia announced on Tuesday appointing its first ambassador to the Palestinian state. Colombia has appointed Jorge Ivan Ospina, the former mayor of Cali and a close associate of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as the ....

Over 80 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since dawn Monday

Date: 2025-05-26 22:00:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11195244

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed and others injured on Monday evening after Israeli occupation troops bombarded several areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. A Palestinian citizen was killed and some others injured by ....

Arab Parliament speaker strongly condemns continued Israeli escalation against Palestinians

Date: 2025-05-26 20:42:14 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11195219

CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yamahi has expressed his strong condemnation of the continued escalation by the Israeli occupying entity against unarmed Palestinian people, accompanied by horrific massacres, crimes of ....

Environment min.: Arab, African priorities right in heart of new mission at CEDARE

Date: 2025-05-26 17:02:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11194986

CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad participated in the 18th meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) at ....

9 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli bombardment in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-26 14:46:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11194804

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Monday, as Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple sites in the Khan Younis and Jabalia areas of the Gaza Strip, WAFA quoted medical sources as ....

Israeli settlers break into UNRWA's headquarters in Al-Quds

Date: 2025-05-26 12:59:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11194571

RAMALLAH, May 26 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Al-Quds (East Jerusalem) Monday afternoon, raising slogans calling ....

3 Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli shelling east Gaza City

Date: 2025-05-26 11:46:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11194526

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli shelling targeting east Gaza City, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported Monday. Israeli occupation troops targeted a group of Palestinians near ....

Children burned alive in Gaza school strike as death toll hits 36

Date: 2025-05-26 10:49:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11194389

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - The death toll from an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza’s Al-Daraj neighborhood rose to at least 36, WAFA news agency reported on Monday. Among the dead were several women and ....

Italian FM calls on Israel to end its offensive in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-26 10:46:28 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11194337

ROME, May 26 (MENA) - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Monday called on Israel to end its offensive in Gaza. "We are friends of Israel but we say 'enough war now', it is time for a truce," Tajani was quoted by Italian news ....