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Saudi Arabia has announced an aid of 600 million dollars to make the world polio-free.
According to Al-Arabiya, the King Salman Relief and Humanitarian Center announced that with the support of the Saudi Arabia Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 600 million dollars will be allocated to protect 370 million children from polio annually in…
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A humanitarian aid flotilla destined for Gaza was halted after Guinea Bissau decided to remove its flag from two vessels, activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Saturday.
“The Guinea-Bissau…
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WASHINGTON:
President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress.
"It gives vital support to America's…
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WASHINGTON:
President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, a bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election and a boost to allies who have looked to Washington to support Kiev.
Biden, a Democrat who is…
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Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said.
The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, were travelling in two…
” Israel says airstrike unintentionally killed aid workers in Gaza ” | Current Pulse | Breaking News
" Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he expressed “anger and concern” to Netanyahu in a separate call. The United States, Israel’s closest ally, said that there was no evidence Israel deliberately targeted the aid workers but that it was outraged by their deaths and Israel had an obligation to ensure aid workers in Gaza…
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GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - The United States, France and Britain led international criticism Tuesday of a deadly strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven charity staff as they unloaded desperately needed aid brought by sea to the war-torn territory.
World Central Kitchen -- one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to deliver aid by…
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KARACHI:
Hyderabad industrialists are calling on the government to establish a policy and introduce a motorbike financing scheme, stressing the importance of safeguarding the assembling plants of Chinese petrolversion motorbikes to prevent the collapse of this struggling industry, which could lead to increased unemployment.
Speaking to The Express Tribune they mentioned that there are a…
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GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - Heavy clashes and explosions shook Gaza, witnesses said on Saturday, as the Red Crescent reported several people martyred during the latest chaotic aid distribution in the territory's north, where famine looms.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said that at least 32,705 people have been martyred in the territory during more…
" UNITED NATIONS: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the Palestinian population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Tel Aviv’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.
The Hague-based court issued the new order in response…
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GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - Hamas on Tuesday urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north.
Instead, the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip demanded that its enemy Israel allow more aid trucks to…
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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Hamas called for an end to aid airdrops into Gaza Tuesday after it said 12 people drowned and six were killed in stampedes trying to reach the food packages.
“We call for an immediate end to airdrop operations… and we demand the immediate and rapid opening of land crossings to allow humanitarian…
" UNITED NATIONS: Israel informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
“This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man-made famine. These restrictions must be lifted,” UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini…
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GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - Efforts grew on Thursday to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the UN warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments.
After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas militants for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, which started on Monday,…
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LARNACA:
A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea route to deliver supplies to a population which aid agencies say is on the brink of famine.
The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a…
" A Spanish charity ship taking food to Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to carry sorely needed aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
In a sign of worsening humanitarian conditions more than five months into the war, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said “the death…
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) - A Spanish charity ship taking 200 tonnes of humanitarian food aid to war-ravaged Gaza set sail from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday, aiming to pioneer a "maritime corridor".
A second vessel was being readied to soon make the same journey to help besieged Palestinians, Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos…
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GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - A boat carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged Saturday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramazan.
The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have…