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Israel’s top diplomat wants to fast-track humanitarian aid to Gaza via maritime corridor from Cyprus
1 year ago

Israel’s top diplomat wants to fast-track humanitarian aid to Gaza via maritime corridor from Cyprus

Associated Press  

LARNACA, Cyprus — Israel wants to fast-track the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through a maritime corridor from Cyprus, bolstering stability in the region, the country’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Israeli and Cypriot technical teams would spend Wednesday and Thursday hammering out the details of the initiative so that aid shipments from Cyprus’ …

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Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it
1 year, 1 month ago

Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for the steady flow of humanitarian assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, saying that aid-laden ships would sail directly to the enclave, where United Nations personnel would receive it for eventual distribution. Cyprus government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “saw …

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Turkey resumes gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean
2 years, 4 months ago

Turkey resumes gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean

Al Jazeera  

A Turkish ship sets off to drill for gas in the eastern Mediterranean – a move that risks inflaming regional tensions. Nearly two years after Turkey halted offshore gas explorations in contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, a Turkish drillship has departed from the port of Mersin to search for gas in the region. A day prior to Donmez making …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | April 21, 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | April 21, 2022

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead. They all need to be pulled out of Azovstal today,” Vereshchuk said in an online post.-Reuters Mariupol, Ukraine Putin tells forces not to storm …

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EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center
3 years, 6 months ago

EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center

Associated Press  

LARNACA, Cyprus — Three European Union member nations and three Middle Eastern countries are looking to train personnel in border, customs, maritime and cybersecurity techniques at a cutting-edge U.S.-funded facility in Cyprus that is expected to be ready early next year, the Cypriot foreign minister said Thursday. The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-Seas, and Port Security is scheduled to start …

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'...Govt Brought About this Situation': Captain Astonished That His Ship Delivered Beirut Explosive
4 years, 4 months ago

'...Govt Brought About this Situation': Captain Astonished That His Ship Delivered Beirut Explosive

News 18  

When Boris Prokoshev, a former sea captain spending his retirement years in a Russian village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that blew up swathes of Beirut, he was astonished. The 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that blew up in Beirut’s port on Tuesday killing 135 people, injuring more …

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