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 Tel Aviv:  Israel has called securing the freedom of the hostages abducted to the Gaza Strip a key goal in its war against Hamas, so many in the country were shocked when it emerged that at least one-fifth of the captives were already dead. The news is likely to worsen a furore in Israel, where a debate over the government’s course of action in Gaza regarding the hostages has become divisive. Images of those taken hostage by Hamas militants are projected on the outer wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. CREDIT: SERGEY PONOMAREV/THE NEW YORK TIMES Israeli intelligence officers have concluded that at least 30 of the remaining 136 hostages captured by Hamas and its allies on October 7 have died since the start of the war, according to a confidential assessment reviewed by  The New York Times . The bodies of two other dead Israelis, killed in 2014 during a previous war between Israel and Hamas, have been held in the territory ever since, bringing the total number of slain hostages inside Ga

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A charity rescue vessel carrying mainly African migrants plucked off Libya docked in Spain, ending a traumatic journey which saw them spending Christmas at sea and several European nations denied the ship entry. Migrants look out from the deck of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel, after being rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea on December 21, before disembarking in the port of Crinavis in Algeciras, Spain, Friday, December  A Spanish aid boat carrying over 300 migrants rescued at sea arrived in Spain on Friday, ending a weeklong journey across the western Mediterranean. The boat, operated by the nonprofit group Proactiva Open Arms, docked at the Spanish port of Algeciras. The boat rescued 313 migrants in waters near Libya last week, but had to travel to Spain after Malta denied it permission to dock and Italy and other countries refused to help. Three of the migrants were later evacuated for health reasons. Oscar Camps, head of Proactiva Ope

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has arrived Nigeria. May who arrived the Presidential Villa in company of some British officials at 1pm, was received by President Muhammadu Buhari and some top government officials. After the reception and exchange of pleasantries, both leaders walked into the president’s office for a meeting expected to last for one hour. There will be no usual press briefing after the meeting that is meant to boost trade relations between Britain and Nigeria May has been on tour of three African nations including Nigeria to boost alternative business relations that will cushion the effect of Brexit next year.

One person was killed, and two seriously injured in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes, a police source told Reuters. The attack, who has not yet been identified, has been "neutralised" by security forces.

Italian artist Jorit Agoch paints a mural depicting jailed Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on July 25,2018 Israeli forces have arrested two Italians for drawing a giant mural of a Palestinian teenager seen as a symbol of resistance on the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, police said. The roughly four-metre (13 foot) image near Bethlehem in the West Bank depicts Ahed Tamimi, 17, who was released from prison Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video. On Saturday, Israeli border police arrested two Italians and a Palestinian "on suspicion of damaging and vandalising the security fence in the Bethlehem area," a statement said. The three, whose faces were masked, "illegally drew on the wall, and when border policemen took action to arrest them, they tried to escape in their car, which was stopped by the forces," the st

        Around 800 migrants stormed border fences separating Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco to get into Europe, police said Thursday. The Guardia Civil said 602 migrants made it onto Spanish soil in a massive assault on high, barbed-wire fences shortly after dawn. Migrants cut holes in the fences and threw feces and quicklime, a skin irritant, at police officers trying to hold them back, the Guardia Civil said in a statement. They also threw stones at police vehicles, breaking windows, and hurled makeshift flamethrowers at police officers.                       The police statement said 16 migrants were taken to the hospital, while five of 15 police hurt were also hospitalized. The Spanish Red Cross said in a tweet that 132 migrants were hurt in the mass charge. Sub-Saharan Africans living illegally in Morocco try to get to Europe each year by climbing rows of 6-meter (20-feet) high fences surrounding Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s other North Afr

        The vote for Pakistan's lower house of parliament, National Assembly, marks only the second time in the country's history since 1947 that a civilian government is handing over power to another government.

         Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were rescued Spanish rescue services have rescued nearly 500 people from the Mediterranean Sea in a single day as they attempted to reach the country's coast. The Spanish Maritime Safety Agency said that it had picked up a total of 484 people in 30 makeshift vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea, which separate Spain from Morocco. According to a count by the International Organisation for Migration, some 18,653 migrants reached Spanish shores between the beginning of the year and 18 July. They are mainly from sub-Saharan Africa - notably Guinea, Mali, and Mauritania - as well as Morocco. At least 294 migrants have died in their attempts to reach Spain this year, out of a total of 1,489 who died in the Mediterranean, according to IOM. In June, Spain agreed to take in 630 migrants who arrived aboard three vessels, including the French NGO rescue ship Aquarius. The Aquarius rescued the migrants off Libya's coa

© AFP | Late on Thursday, an Italian coastguard vessel carrying 67 migrants was allowed to dock in Sicily Another 450 migrants on board two military vessels were stranded at sea on Saturday as Italy and Malta locked horns over whose responsibility it was to offer them safe harbour. The boats, which are currently in Italian waters, had initially set sail from Libya in a single wooden vessel which was identified early Friday while passing through waters under Malta's jurisdiction. But Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has authority over the country's ports, on Friday refused to let them dock in his latest show of intransigence over migrants stranded at sea. And on Saturday, as those on board were transferred to two other vessels, he insisted the boats be instructed to "head south, to Libya or Malta". "We need an act of justice, of respect and of courage to fight against these human traffickers and generate a European intervention," he

      TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stressed that militants of the ISIL terrorist organization are moving to Central and Southeast Asia after having been defeated in Syria and Iraq. "After the defeat of the ISIL, militants are moving to other regions from Syria and Iraq, including to Central and Southeast Asia. New terrorist cells are being created there," Shoigu said Tuesday during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Beijing, RIA Novosti reported. "The situation is complicated by the fact that terrorists use modern means of destruction, including unmanned aerial vehicles… capable of operating over a distance of 100 kilometers [62 miles]," he stated. Their creation is impossible without the technical assistance of developed countries," the Russian Defense Minister added.

  By Sani Tukur Saudi Arabian authorities are threatening to block Nigerian pilgrims from attending this year's Hajj exercise. Nigeria has one of the largest contingents in the annual religious exercise with about 95,000 pilgrims. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Monday said Saudi Arabia is taking the decision because of reports of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria. Outbreak of Lassa fever has been reported in a number of states. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 1081 suspected cases and 90 deaths have been reported from 18 states (Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekite, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba) between January 1 through February 25 this year. During the period, 317 cases have been classified as confirmed and eight as probable, including 72 deaths. WHO however, said in a report Sunday that there is a steady decline in Lassa fever cases