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The death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 72,267, in addition to 171,976 injured.The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Thursday that the Strip’s hospitals received two bodies and 17 injured over the past 24 hours, raising the number of martyrs to 72,267 and the number of injured to 171,976, noting that the number of martyrs who have died since the ceasefire agreement was concluded last October has risen to 69, and the number of wounded to 1,876 wounded. The ministry pointed out that during the past period, 756 bodies were recovered from under the rubble, while the search continues for other victims under the rubble of buildings that were targeted and destroyed by the occupation in various areas of the Strip over the years of aggression. Source link
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At least 18 people were killed after a passenger bus carrying about 40 people plunged into the Padma River in central Bangladesh while attempting to board a ferry.Local authorities reported that the accident occurred after the driver lost control of the bus as it approached the ferry. The bus was traveling from Kushtia to Dhaka.Rescue teams managed to recover the bus and continued the search despite difficult weather conditions. Bodies, including those of women and children, were recovered Thursday morning, while the fate of some passengers remains unknown.Officials fear that others may still be missing. Hundreds of people die every year in road and ferry accidents in Bangladesh. Source link
Iran is reviewing a US proposal to end the Gulf war but has ruled out direct talks with Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday — signalling cautious openness to a diplomatic resolution whilst stopping well short of a ceasefire commitment. Araghchi confirmed that US President Donald Trump’s 15-point proposal, delivered via Pakistan, had been passed to senior Iranian authorities. However, he stressed that the exchange of messages through mediators “does not mean negotiations with the US”. The American proposal reportedly demands the removal of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stocks, a halt to enrichment, curbs on its ballistic missile programme, and an end to funding for regional allies. The White House struck a sharply different tone, threatening further military escalation. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that if Iran failed to recognise it had been “defeated militarily”, President Trump would ensure it was “hit harder than ever before”. The Pentagon is meanwhile reported to be deploying thousands of airborne troops to the Gulf, adding to two Marine contingents already en route. Global equity markets rose and oil prices fell on news of the proposal, with investors hoping for an end to a conflict that has disrupted energy supplies and stoked inflation fears. On the ground, fighting continued unabated. Israel described fresh strikes on Iranian naval shipyards, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed new attacks against Israel and US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. A residential area in Tehran was also reported struck. Source link
South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) are cutting international flights to mitigate the impact of surging fuel costs amid prolonged tensions in the Middle East.Aviation industry sources reported Thursday that some companies plan to suspend 50 flights between April 20 and May 31, citing limited local refueling conditions in Vietnam.The country’s three largest LCCs are also considering cutting services on select Southeast Asian routes, according to industry watchers.Jet fuel prices in Asia and Oceania rose 16.6% to $204.95 per barrel in the week of March 13-20, compared with the previous week, and were sharply higher than the prior month’s average, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Source link
Iran would target shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial conduit for global oil and other goods leading to the Suez Canal, if the United States launches a ground invasion, an unnamed military official told local media yesterday. “If the enemy attempts a ground operation on Iranian islands or anywhere else on our territory, or if it seeks to impose costs on Iran through naval manoeuvres in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, we will open other fronts as a ‘surprise’,” the official was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. “The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is among the most strategic straits in the world, and Iran has both the will and the capability to pose a fully credible threat against it,” the official said. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, like the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran, is a chokepoint for global shipping that lies between Yemen and Djibouti at its narrowest point. Iran has close links to and arms the Houthi rebel group in Yemen which greatly reduced Red Sea traffic in October 2023 when they began attacking vessels in retaliation for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. The group has been battered by air strikes since, but analysts say the rebels could move from their position on the sidelines of the current US-Iran war and take a more active role. However, the Houthis are seen as less ideologically tethered to Iran. Source link
