A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was stolen and melted down, Egypt’s interior ministry says.
A restoration specialist took the artefact – which dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, a pharaoh…
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‘Cataclysmic’ situation in Gaza City, UN official says, as Israeli tanks advance
ReutersIsraeli aircraft carried out strikes along Gaza City’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday The situation in Gaza City is “nothing short of cataclysmic”, a UN official has told the BBC, as Israeli tanks and troops continue to advance on the…
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Israeli minister touts Gaza ‘real estate bonanza’, defying international backlash
Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said the Gaza Strip could be a “real estate bonanza” and that he is in talks with the US about dividing up the territory after the war – an idea previously condemned internationally.
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The EC has suspended bilateral support for Israel due to the escalation of the conflict in Gaza
The European Commission has decided to suspend financial support for Israel due to the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by EC President Ursula von der Leyen.
The European Union…
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Israel threatens national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize
Israel’s culture minister has threatened to axe funding for the country’s national film awards after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won its top award.
The film, which follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to…
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Israel threatens national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize
Israel’s culture minister has threatened to axe funding for the country’s national film awards after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won its top award.
The film, which follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to…
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Israeli tanks push into major Gaza City residential area
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, Istanbul
Watch: ”Fear is making us flee” say displaced Gazans Local residents and eyewitnesses say dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles have pushed into a major residential district of Gaza City, on the…
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Syria’s worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink
EPASheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, northern Syria The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain.
Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are…
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UN genocide report a blunt indictment of Israel’s actions in Gaza
Jeremy BowenInternational editor
Daniel Meron, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, says Israel “categorically rejects the libellous rant” The report is intended to be detailed and damning, presenting evidence it says shows that Israel is committing…
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Does Israel face a ‘South Africa moment’ over Gaza?
Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent, Jerusalem
ReutersAs the war in Gaza grinds on, Israel’s international isolation appears to be deepening.
Is it approaching a “South Africa moment”, when a combination of political pressure, economic, sporting and…
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