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Latest news from Gaza

09 Nov 2023
Israel will begin to implement four-hour ’humanitarian pauses’ in northern Gaza each day to allow people to flee, the White House has said. A spokesman called the move a step in the right…

Iran: tensions over jail sentence for French national

09 Nov 2023
France said on 8 November that one of its citizens being held in Iran has been sentenced to five years in prison on a baseless conviction, and called for his immediate release and…

Armenia / Moldova: initiative for youth with disabilities

02 Nov 2023
Eurasia Foundation (EF) has announced the launch of a two-year Justice for Underserved Youth with Disabilities (JUDY) initiative, which promotes the full social, economic, and political integration of youth with disabilities in Armenia…

Israel / Gaza: fierce fighting as some civilians allowed to leave

02 Nov 2023
On 2 November Israeli soldiers advanced on war-torn Gaza City, meeting fierce resistance from Hamas militants, as hundreds of foreign nationals waited to cross the border into Egypt. Battles were reported to be…

Saudi Arabia: football, human rights, nuclear programme

02 Nov 2023
News that Saudi Arabia is on course to host the 2034 football World Cup is grim. The country might not win the cup, but its capacity for state murder is world class: 112…

Israel / Gaza: Al Ahli hospital’s Christian ethic

19 Oct 2023
Founded by CMS, Al Ahli hospital was run by the Baptist Church until 1982 when it became part of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, offering care to all, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or…

Egypt: hopes of reopening border crossing to Gaza

19 Oct 2023
Machinery to repair roads has been sent through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip in preparation for the delivery of some of the aid stockpiled in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula,…

Pakistan: jail sentence for murdering a Christian woman

19 Oct 2023
A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim man to 25 years in prison for killing a Christian woman who rejected his marriage proposal. Muhammad Shahzad, also known as Shani, was sentenced in…

Israel / Hamas conflict: ongoing war

12 Oct 2023
On 12 October, Israel said there would be no humanitarian break to its ‘total siege’ of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, even though the Red Cross pleaded for fuel…

Israel / Hamas conflict: what to pray for

12 Oct 2023
On 12 October, Israel said there would be no humanitarian break to its ‘total siege’ of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to…
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