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Blinken claims progress in effort to boost Gaza truce

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day Mideast mission on Wednesday, winning valuable diplomatic support and hundreds of millions of dollars of pledges from Arab allies as he moved to shore up the cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blinken claims progress in effort to boost Gaza truce

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day Mideast mission on Wednesday, winning valuable diplomatic support and hundreds of millions of dollars of pledges from Arab allies as he moved to shore up the cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blinken claims progress in effort to boost Gaza truce

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day Mideast mission on Wednesday, winning valuable diplomatic support and hundreds of millions of dollars of pledges from Arab allies as he moved to shore up the cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Qatar pledges $500 million for postwar construction in Gaza

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken jetted to Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blinken turns to 'effective partner' Egypt to calm Mideast

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken jetted to Egypt on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blinken arrives in Egypt to shore up Gaza cease-fire efforts

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blinken heads to Egypt to shore up Gaza cease-fire efforts

JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday as he presses ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

CAIRO (AP) — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

CAIRO (AP) — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt

MANIAL SULTAN, Egypt (AP) — Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green fields year-round.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Sudanese military helicopter crashes near Ethiopian border

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese military helicopter loaded with weapons and ammunition crashed Wednesday, shortly after taking off from an airport in an eastern province bordering Ethiopia, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Libya’s rival governments discuss unifying 2021 budget

CAIRO (AP) — Officials from Libya’s rival governments met Tuesday for talks aimed at unifying the national budget, officials said, another step forward in efforts to end the yearslong conflict in the oil-rich country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US terror designation for Yemen rebels raises famine fears

CAIRO (AP) — The Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization sparked confusion in aid agencies and warnings from the United Nations and senior Republicans on Monday that it could have a devastating humanitarian impact on a conflict-wracked nation facing the risk of famine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US terror designation for Yemen rebels raises famine fears

CAIRO (AP) — The Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization sparked confusion in aid agencies and warnings from the United Nations and senior Republicans on Monday that it could have a devastating humanitarian impact on a conflict-wracked nation facing the risk of famine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision

CAIRO (AP) — The Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization sparked confusion in aid agencies and warnings from the United Nations and senior Republicans on Monday that it could have a devastating humanitarian impact on a conflict-wracked nation facing the risk of famine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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