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Boy pulled alive from rubble following Israeli strike on Gaza City, but children among dead

Boy pulled alive from rubble following Israeli strike on Gaza City, but children among dead

At least six people including children were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Saturday, according to Shifa and Al Ahli hospital officials. One child was rescued alive and carried to paramedics by his father. The dead bodies of a boy and...

Turkmenistan Contains ‘Gate to Hell’ Fire After Decades of Inferno

Turkmenistan Contains ‘Gate to Hell’ Fire After Decades of Inferno

The fiery spectacle of the Darvaza Gas Crater, feared and revered as the ‘Gate to Hell,’ has dimmed significantly after over fifty years of continuous burning. Turkmenistan’s government announced that the massive blaze, located in the heart of the...

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage in Gaza

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel said Saturday it had retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into Gaza during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, as it continued its military offensive, killing at least 95 people in the past 24 hours,...

UAE Floating Hospital brings Eid joy to Gaza patients

UAE Floating Hospital brings Eid joy to Gaza patients

The UAE floating hospital in the Egyptian city of Al Arish held an event for children and patients from Gaza to mark Eid Al Adha, offering a moment of relief and celebration amid the trauma of war. Organised by medical staff, volunteers and...

Israel ready for peace if Hamas lays down arms, returns hostages, deputy FM tells Kathimerini

Israel ready for peace if Hamas lays down arms, returns hostages, deputy FM tells Kathimerini

A displaced Palestinian woman, Zeinab Abed, walks alongside a group of children while returning to her tent without receiving food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, June 3, 2025. [Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters] With the Israeli Armed Forces expanding...

WHO warns 2 more Gaza hospitals ‘at risk of becoming non-functional’

WHO warns 2 more Gaza hospitals ‘at risk of becoming non-functional’

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general on Friday expressed concern over the collapsing health system in Gaza, saying two other hospitals are “at risk of becoming non-functional,” Anadolu reports. “Gaza’s health system is...

Israel retrieves body of Thai hostage from Gaza, airstrikes kill 45

Israel retrieves body of Thai hostage from Gaza, airstrikes kill 45

The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, as Israeli airstrikes killed 45 people, according to local medics....

Minority-focused blood drive held in Fort Wayne Saturday supporting sickle cell disease patients

Minority-focused blood drive held in Fort Wayne Saturday supporting sickle cell disease patients

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A minority-focused blood drive was held in Fort Wayne Saturday, ahead of World Sickle Cell Day on June 19. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members were invited to the Anthis Career Center on donote blood. According to...

Tunisian Ultras Join Convoy to Break Israeli Siege on Gaza

Tunisian Ultras Join Convoy to Break Israeli Siege on Gaza

Rabat– Tunisian football ultras are taking part in a grassroots effort to confront and break the genocidal siege Israel continues to impose on Gaza. Several major supporter groups have declared their participation in the “Resilience Convoy,” which...

At least 65 Palestinians killed, 100 more injured as Israel continues attacks on Gaza on 2nd day of Eid

At least 65 Palestinians killed, 100 more injured as Israel continues attacks on Gaza on 2nd day of Eid

Beginning early Saturday, Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 65 Palestinians and injured around 100 more in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources, Anadolu reports. Medical sources told Anadolu that on day two of the Muslim...

Weight Loss Guide: Top weight loss-friendly foods you should include in your diet

Weight Loss Guide: Top weight loss-friendly foods you should include in your diet

When it comes to sustainable weight loss, we can't only think about cutting calories. We also need to be thoughtful about the best foods that will aid in helping our metabolism, satiety, and health in general. Consuming weight loss friendly foods...

IDF believes it found body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar in tunnel under Gaza hospital

IDF believes it found body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar in tunnel under Gaza hospital

The Israel Defense Forces believes it may have located the body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tunnel system last month, military officials said Saturday. IDF troops operating in southern Gaza’s Khan...

Two killed in Israeli strike on house near Nuseirat refugee camp

Two killed in Israeli strike on house near Nuseirat refugee camp

An Israeli air strike targeting a home just south of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed two people and left several others wounded, according to medical staff at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The bombing struck a residential area...

Five killed, dozens wounded in Israeli strike on northern Gaza

Five killed, dozens wounded in Israeli strike on northern Gaza

At least five people have been killed and 30 others wounded after an Israeli air raid targeted a residential home in Jabalia al-Balad, in northern Gaza, according to medical staff at the Baptist Hospital. Doctors say the casualties arrived...

Sudan Nashra: Military moves warplanes to Eritrea, strikes Nyala, opens new front in North Kordofan | UAE engages Sudan via Cairo, Addis Ababa | Hemedti renews accusations against Egypt, threatens to strike north

Sudan Nashra: Military moves warplanes to Eritrea, strikes Nyala, opens new front in North Kordofan | UAE engages Sudan via Cairo, Addis Ababa | Hemedti renews accusations against Egypt, threatens to strike north

On Sudan’s eastern coast, the military-led government in Port Sudan is swiftly moving to reshape the political landscape following the appointment of a new prime minister and the containment of a wave of drone strikes on the city as the war shifts...

New Study Shows Link Between Coffee and Healthier Aging in Women

New Study Shows Link Between Coffee and Healthier Aging in Women

With 400 billion cups drunk annually, coffee’s importance economically, culturally, and socially cannot be denied. Indeed, if oil greases the wheels of industrialized civilization, then coffee surely lubricates its living, breathing, moving parts....

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asthma Among Iraq Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asthma Among Iraq Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction Asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases, characterized by chronic inflammation of the airways. It presents with variable and recurring symptoms, as the inflammation of the airways that causes partial obstruction of the...

IDF drone video reveals Hamas command center under Khan Yunis hospital

IDF drone video reveals Hamas command center under Khan Yunis hospital

The IDF released footage on Saturday showing a Hamas tunnel network discovered beneath the European Hospital compound in Khan Yunis, Gaza. According to the IDF, the tunnel served as a command-and-control center for senior Hamas operatives. The...

Israel issues evacuation warning for residents in N. Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday issued an evacuation warning for residents in two areas of the northern Gaza Strip ahead of strikes. The warning applies to the Abd al-Rahman neighborhood in the northwest...

Israel kills at least 28 people on the second day of Eid al Adha

At least 23 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes early on Saturday morning in the southern parts of Gaza. This happens as the World Health Organisation warns that two more hospitals STILL operating in Gaza are on the brink of collapsing....

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