By Flowerbud News Oct. 17, 2023 Israel has asked the United States for $10 billion in emergency aid amid the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the New York Times newspaper reported. The White House is reportedly preparing an assistance package for Israel, which also contains aid to Ukraine, funding toContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News Oct. 15, 2023 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met for the first time with representatives of the relatives of the hostages taken last wekend by the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, Israeli media reported on Sunday. There were no details about the meeting at first. On Oct.Continue Reading
By – Lawal Sale Abuja (Flowerbudnews): China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, marks its 10th year of existence this October. As part of the activities to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the BRI, over 100 world leaders signatories to the initiative andContinue Reading
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, vowed on Thursday that the United States will always back Israel but said the Palestinians also had “legitimate aspirations” not represented by militant group Hamas. “You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as America exists,Continue Reading
By Flowerbud News Oct. 11, 2023 Around 60 per cent of people injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip are women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Wednesday. “About 60 per cent of those wounded in the Gaza Strip are women and children,” the health ministry saidContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News Oct. 9, 2023 Another 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted western Afghanistan on Monday as the government’s death toll from Saturday’s quake reached more than 2,000. The new tremors were confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey and residents in the area. “It was quite intense,” a doctor in theContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News Oct. 9, 2023 Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 558 people on the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian enclave says. More than 65 extra people have been counted as dead, upping the total, while more than 2,800 have been injured. Israel launched theContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia has informed the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, that it is “ending all negotiations” on normalising relations with Israel, reports the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. This was echoed by the Saudi media outlet The Saudi Post, published in the United States.Continue Reading
By Flowerbud News Oct. 9, 2023 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Monday reported that over 123,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been internally displaced in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on the coastal enclave. The agency said that the people had fled outContinue Reading
