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Egypt urges urgent support for Gaza health system at Arab ministers meeting

Egypt calls for immediate and sustained aid to Gaza’s health system following extensive damage to medical facilities across the Palestinian enclave, Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Friday 19/12/2025. Speaking at the 63rd session of the Arab Health Ministers Council in Libya, Abdel Ghaffar, who also heads the council’s executive office, urged …

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Egypt Independent December 20, 2025

Huthis storm UN buildings in Yemeni capital after Israel killed PM and other ministers

Iran-backed Huthi rebels stormed the offices of two United Nations agencies in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, a day after Israel said it killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government. The offices the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) were “entered by local security forces” on Sunday morning, …

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Egypt Independent September 1, 2025

Nearly 90 congressional Democrats call on Biden to sanction far-right Israeli ministers

Washington CNN — Nearly 90 congressional Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli government officials for their roles in inciting settler violence in the West Bank. “Violent settlers, fueled by the inflammatory rhetoric and incitement to violence by members of the Israeli cabinet, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich …

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Egypt Independent November 16, 2024

Women are terrorised but ministers avoid the T word

Federal ministers spent the day avoiding the T word after the domestic violence commissioner said family violence offenders should be

Australian Associated Press August 23, 2024

Two far-right Israeli ministers threaten to topple the government if it accepts Biden peace plan

CNN — Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to resign and bring down the governing coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he accepts a peace proposal laid out by US President Joe Biden. Biden unveiled on Friday what he said was a three-phase Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza that would pair …

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Egypt Independent June 2, 2024