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A boy holds an AK-47 rifle as he stands next to a Hamas militant ahead of the handover of four bodies of hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, 20 February 2025
Abu Shabab forces emerge as new militia in Gaza to challenge Hamas' control
JERUSALEM — A 300-member-strong Palestinian militia has emerged in Gaza, aiming to liberate the Strip from Hamas — and now it says it has the backing of Israel.The group, calling itself the Popular Forces, operates in eastern Rafah under the leadership of Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin man in his thirties who spent years in Hamas detention for criminal activities before the 7 October attacks freed him from prison.According to comments made exclusively to Euronews, Abu Shabab’s group — not to be confused with Somalia’s Islamist extremists, Al-Shabaab — first banded together in June 2024.The Popular Forces, who also go by the moniker Anti-Terror Service, describe themselves as mere "volunteers from among the people" who protect humanitarian aid from "looting,...
July 11, 2025

Abu Shabab forces emerge as new militia in Gaza to challenge Hamas' control

Tehran has declared its intention to remove the millions of undocumented Afghans who carry out lower-paid labor across Iran
Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says
GENEVA — More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.For months, Tehran has declared its intention to remove the millions of undocumented Afghans who carry out lower-paid labor across Iran, often in tough conditions.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said 508,426 Afghans have left Iran via the Iranian-Afghanistan border between June 24 and July 9.A startling 33,956 crossed Wednesday and 30,635 on Tuesday, after a peak of 51,000 on Friday, ahead of a Sunday deadline from Iran for undocumented Afghans to leave.The deportations – part of a program Iran announced in March – have radically...
July 11, 2025

Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says

Migrants rescued south of Crete walk after their arrival at the the port of Lavrio, 10 July, 2025
EU leaders agree to send delegation to Libya after previous group expelled from country
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders have agreed to send a new diplomatic delegation to Libya after the military leader Khalifa Haftar asked the previous representatives to leave the country.Speaking on the sidelines of On the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abella said it was important to re-engage with Libya.The four leaders agreed on the need to reactivate the Team Europe initiative, with a delegation from the European Commission, as well as ministers from Greece, Italy and Malta, to be re-deployed to Libya.Team Europe consists of the European Union, EU Member States, as well as the...
July 11, 2025

EU leaders agree to send delegation to Libya after previous group expelled from country

A woman comforts a child at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, after medics said at least 15 people were killed in an Israeli strike at a roundabout, in central Gaza.
Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
JERUSALEM — At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike near a medical point in central Gaza, a hospital there says.Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital said the strike hit people queueing for nutritional supplements in the town of Deir al-Balah. Graphic video from the hospital showed the bodies of several children and others lying on the floor as medics treated their wounds.The Israeli military said it targeted a "Hamas terrorist" in the area. It said it "regret[ted] any harm to uninvolved individuals" and that the incident was "under review".Another 26 people were reportedly killed in strikes elsewhere in Gaza on Thursday, as Israeli and Hamas delegations continued negotiations for a new ceasefire and hostage...
July 10, 2025

Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

The Houthis released footage showing the Eternity C sinking after it was hit by rocket-propelled grenades
Search for survivors after Houthis sink second Red Sea cargo ship in a week
CAIRO — Six crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Houthis and sank in the Red Sea, a European naval mission says.The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it sustained significant damage and lost all propulsion after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats on Monday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency.The attack continued on Tuesday and search rescue operations commenced overnight.The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the Eternity C because it was heading to Israel, and that they took an unspecified number of crew to a "safe location".The US embassy in Yemen said the Houthis had "kidnapped many surviving crew...
July 10, 2025

Search for survivors after Houthis sink second Red Sea cargo ship in a week

Francesca Albanese
US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), some of whose judges have already been sanctioned by the US.Rubio said the US was sanctioning Albanese for directly engaging with the ICC in its efforts to prosecute American or Israeli nationals, accusing her of being unfit for service as a UN Special Rapporteur.The sanctions are likely to prevent Albanese from travelling to the US and would block any assets she has in the country.In a post on X, Albanese did not directly address the sanctions, but wrote: "[O]n this day more than ever: I...
July 10, 2025

US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive

Benjamin Netanyahu said his second meeting with Donald Trump focused on the remaining hostages in Gaza
Gaza truce talks stall despite second Netanyahu-Trump meeting
JERUSALEM — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal have stalled after three days of indirect talks, a Palestinian official has told the BBC.The official said key sticking points included how aid would be distributed during the ceasefire and Israeli troop withdrawals.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the US and hopes of a deal had been raised as he had an unscheduled second meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.US special envoy Steve Witkoff also said they were now "down to one" unresolved issue at the Doha talks and that he was hopeful of an agreement on a 60-day ceasefire by the end of this week.The choreography of meetings between Trump and Netanyahu has given the impression that the...
July 09, 2025

Gaza truce talks stall despite second Netanyahu-Trump meeting

This image was shared on social media by Dr. Fadel Naim, the director of a hospital in northern Gaza.
Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point
JERUSALEM — Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk.The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical point, with the little supplies that are available running short and “virtually no additional accessible stocks left.”“Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink. And the deaths this is likely causing could soon rise sharply unless the Israeli authorities allow new fuel in – urgently, regularly and in sufficient quantities,” the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.An 11-week Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid earlier in the year pushed the...
July 09, 2025

Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point

People carry relief supplies from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centre in the central Gaza Strip on June 8
USAID review raised ‘critical concerns’ over Gaza aid group days before $30 million US grant
WASHINGTON — An internal government assessment shows USAID officials raised “critical concerns” last month about a key aid group’s ability to protect Palestinians and to deliver them food – just days before the State Department announced $30 million in funding for the organization.A scathing 14-page document obtained by CNN outlines a litany of problems with a funding application submitted by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed group established to provide aid following an 11-week Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The United Nations human rights office says that hundreds of Palestinians have since been killed around private aid sites, including those operated by GHF.The assessment flags a range of concerns, from an overall plan missing “even basic details” to a...
July 09, 2025

USAID review raised ‘critical concerns’ over Gaza aid group days before $30 million US grant

Smoke rises into the sky during a wildfire near the town of Rabia, 6 July, 2025
Syria issues appeal to EU for help battling massive wildfires along northwestern coast
DAMASCUS — Authorities in Syria appealed to the European Union on Tuesday for help in battling massive wildfires that have been spreading across the north-western coastal region for the sixth consecutive day."Communication has also been established with the European Union, and there is a possibility of air support from Cyprus today to bolster the extinguishing efforts," Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed Saleh wrote in a post on X."We are facing significant field challenges, most notably the rugged terrain, the absence of firebreaks, active winds, and the presence of mine remnants and unexploded ordnance."Since the beginning of July, the Syrian civil defence have responded to 334 wildfires across the country, most of them concentrated in Latakia...
July 09, 2025

Syria issues appeal to EU for help battling massive wildfires along northwestern coast

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