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SAMY MAGDY

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MidEast|Political|World

Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water

Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza

Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water
Africa|MidEast|World

UN says 186 missing and at least 2 dead after migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti

The United Nations migration agency says four migrant boats have capsized in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, leaving two people dead and 186 missing

UN says 186 missing and at least 2 dead after migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti
MidEast|Political|US|World

Hamas brushes off Trump's threat and says it will only free hostages in return for a lasting truce

Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s latest threat and reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Hamas brushes off Trump's threat and says it will only free hostages in return for a lasting truce
MidEast|Political|US|World

Trump issues 'last warning' to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza

President Donald Trump has issued what he calls a “last warning” to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza

Trump issues 'last warning' to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
Economy|Health|MidEast|Political|World

Israel’s cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle

Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive as they try to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable

Israel’s cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle
MidEast|Political|World

Arab leaders endorse Egypt's plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to Trump's proposal

Arab leaders have endorsed Egypt's postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain in the territory

Arab leaders endorse Egypt's plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to Trump's proposal
MidEast|Political|World

Israel is criticized after it bars Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept a new ceasefire proposal

Israel faces sharp criticism after barring the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza

Israel is criticized after it bars Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept a new ceasefire proposal
MidEast|Political|World

Israel supports a US proposal to extend Gaza ceasefire's first phase. But Hamas wants Phase 2

Israel’s government says it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, though Hamas has insisted on negotiating the truce’s second phase instead

Israel supports a US proposal to extend Gaza ceasefire's first phase. But Hamas wants Phase 2
Africa|Political|World

Sudan's military is making advances to retake the capital. What's changing in the nearly 2-year war?

Sudanese army advances on the ground could potentially change the course of the war as it approaches its two-year mark

Africa|Food|Political|World

UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people

The United Nations’ food agency says it has paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country’s warring sides

UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people
MidEast|Political|World

Hamas hands over bodies of 4 hostages to Israel as dozens of Palestinians leave Israeli prison

An Israeli security official says Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of four Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza

Hamas hands over bodies of 4 hostages to Israel as dozens of Palestinians leave Israeli prison
Africa|Political|World

Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46

Sudanese officials say the death toll from a military plane crash in the city of Omdurman has increased to at least 46 people, including women and children

Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46
Health|MidEast|World

Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip

Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble
MidEast|Political|World

Getting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to the next phase will be difficult. Here's why

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday

Getting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to the next phase will be difficult. Here's why
Africa|Health|Political|World

Sudan’s military breaks paramilitary group's siege of crucial city

Sudan's miliary says it has broken a paramilitary group's yearlong siege of the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in their nearly two years of war

Sudan’s military breaks paramilitary group's siege of crucial city
Africa|Health|World

Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say

Health officials in Sudan say a cholera outbreak in a southern city has killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days

Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say
MidEast|Political|World

Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases

A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday

Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases
Africa|MidEast|Political|World

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory
MidEast|Political|World

Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel

Hamas says it will release the next group of three Israeli hostages as planned

Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel
MidEast|Political|World

Israel threatens 'all hell will break loose' on Hamas in latest Gaza ceasefire crisis

Israel’s defense minister says “all hell will break loose” if Hamas does not release three hostages as planned this weekend

Israel threatens 'all hell will break loose' on Hamas in latest Gaza ceasefire crisis
MidEast|Political|World

Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening

Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase

Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening
Crime|Health|MidEast|Political|World

UN food agency worker dies in a Yemeni prison after being detained by Houthi rebels

The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison

UN food agency worker dies in a Yemeni prison after being detained by Houthi rebels
Africa|Asia|Crime|Political|World

Pakistan says at least 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya

Pakistan says at least 16 citizens died when a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized near the Libyan coast over the weekend

Crime|MidEast|Political|World

UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff detentions

The United Nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers

UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff detentions
MidEast|Political|World

Hamas says it will delay the release of more hostages, putting Gaza ceasefire at risk

Hamas says it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago

Hamas says it will delay the release of more hostages, putting Gaza ceasefire at risk

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