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Israel-based organization present at DC event says it was focused on Gaza humanitarian aid

IsraAID, an Israel-based non-governmental organization, said the event in Washington, DC, where two Israeli staff members were shot dead was focused on humanitarian aid for Gaza. The event, where IsraAID members were keynote speakers, “focused on bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza through Israeli-Palestinian and regional collaboration,” the NGO said in a statement Thursday. “We, and …

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Egypt Independent May 22, 2025

White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event

President Trump and the Easter Bunny wave during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on

NPR NEWS April 20, 2025

London School of Economics resists Israel ambassador’s call to cancel event on Hamas book

London School of Economics resists Israel ambassador’s call to cancel event on Hamas book The university has defended the event

Middle East Eye March 12, 2025

Poland told Netanyahu should be arrested if he attends Auschwitz event

Poland told Netanyahu should be arrested if he attends Auschwitz event Pro-Palestine campaign group threatens legal action over Polish government

Middle East Eye January 18, 2025

A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina

CNN — Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina on Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain in a matter of hours. “It’s probably the worst flooding that any of us have seen in Carolina Beach,” Town Manager Bruce Oakley told CNN of the …

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Egypt Independent September 17, 2024

Live music ‘extinction event’ as Bluesfest tunes out

The founder of one of Australia’s longest-running music events is desperately pleading for festivals to stay afloat as he bows

Australian Associated Press August 15, 2024

Crush at India religious event kills more than 120, mostly women

New Delhi CNN — A crowd crush at a religious gathering in northern India killed more than a hundred people Tuesday, mostly women, in one of the deadliest such incidents the country has seen in recent years. Many of the scores killed had fallen into an open sewer next to the venue. Police are investigating …

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Egypt Independent July 3, 2024