AMMAN -- The Ministerial Committee formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza on Saturday urged the U.S. administration to "reconsider and reverse" its decision not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation for the upcoming UN General Assembly.
In a statement issued after its meeting in Amman, the committee voiced its "deep regret" at Washington's decision, and stressed that the move contradicts obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement, which guarantees the rights of Palestine, a UN permanent observer state, to participate in UN activities, according to a post published by Jordan's Foreign Ministry on Facebook. (Gaza-UN-Palestine-Visa)
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MOSCOW -- Russia said Saturday that it conducted a massive overnight strike on Ukraine's military enterprises and airbases.
"The targets of the strike were achieved, and all designated objectives were hit," Russia's defense ministry said in a statement, adding that the raids involved high-precision weapons fired from land, air and sea.
On the same day, Kiev said Russia launched 537 drones and 45 missiles targeting seven locations overnight, with 510 drones and 38 missiles intercepted. (Russia-Ukraine-Raids)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Saturday that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other ministers, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on the capital Sanaa on Thursday.
"We announce the martyrdom of Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi, prime minister of the Government of Change and Construction, along with a number of his fellow ministers on Thursday," the group said in a statement.
It said the officials were hit during a workshop reviewing government activities over the past year. Several other ministers were wounded and remain in the hospital. The statement did not say how many ministers were killed. (Yemen-Houthis-Israel)
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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday pledged to detain and send back illegal migrants as the government faces mounting pressure to tackle Channel crossings and the issue of asylum hotels.
"I am clear: we will not reward illegal entry. If you cross the Channel unlawfully, you will be detained and sent back," Starmer said on social media platform X. (UK-Migrants) ■
