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Iran denies storing military cargoes at blast-hit Rajaee port

Date: 2025-04-27 16:50:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11155702

TEHRAN, April 27 (MENA) - Iran's Defense Ministry on Sunday said there were no military-related export or import cargoes at Shahid Rajaee Port, where a massive blast has left at least 28 people dead. Spokesperson for the Iranian Defense ....

Gaza war death toll climbs to 52,243

Date: 2025-04-27 14:47:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11155371

RAMALLAH, April 27 (MENA) - The death toll arising from the Israeli genocidal aggression on the Gaza Strip climbed to 52,243 people and the tally of wounded has now hit 117,639, medical sources said on Sunday as quoted by WAFA news agency. At ....

Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-04-27 12:20:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11155166

RAMALLAH, April 27 (MENA) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation police, WAFA reported. Local sources said approximately 250 settlers stormed the holy site in groups from ....

UNRWA: Flour supplies in Gaza run out

Date: 2025-04-27 10:36:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11154994

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Sunday that its flour supplies in the Gaza Strip have been depleted. The agency stated in a post on X, "Hunger is deepening in ....

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza City

Date: 2025-04-27 09:46:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11154956

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Three Palestinians, including two children, were killed and several others were injured Sunday morning in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, according to local sources. WAFA, ....

Iranian president urges probe into deadly blast in Iran’s southern port

Date: 2025-04-27 09:32:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11154906

TEHRAN, April 27 (MENA) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for a probe into the massive explosion that rocked the southern Shahid Rajaei Port on Saturday, resulting in deaths and injuries, Tasnim news agency reported. On Saturday, ....

Israel intercepts missile from Yemen

Date: 2025-04-27 08:56:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11154772

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Sirens sounded in a number of areas in the Negev and the Dead Sea on Sunday morning following the launch of a missile from the Houthis in Yemen, the army, quoted by The Jerusalem Post, confirmed. It added that the ....

Coming days in Gaza to be critical, UN official warns

Date: 2025-04-27 08:56:32 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11154812

NEW YORK, April 27 (MENA) - A UN official warned that the coming days in Gaza are set to be critical as humanitarian operations are severely curtailed amid an intensifying blockade, escalating violence, and soaring humanitarian needs. Speaking to ....

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Khan Younis

Date: 2025-04-27 08:21:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11154773

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed and several others injured on Sunday morning following Israeli attacks on Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. WAFA news agency reported quoting medical sources ....

Death toll from south Iran explosion rises

Date: 2025-04-27 08:20:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11154774

TEHRAN, April 27 (MENA) - The death toll from the dreadful explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran's Bandar Abbas has risen, according to Mehr news agency. The Director General of Hormozgan Province's Crisis Management said early on Sunday ....