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Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority monitoring tensions in Red Sea

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority monitoring tensions in Red Sea

EGYPT'S Suez Canal authority said that it was closely monitoring the impact of tensions in the Red Sea after recent attacks by Yemen's Houthis on vessels in the southern part of the basin. Two major freight firms including MSC, the world's biggest container shipping line, said on Saturday they would avoid the Suez Canal as Houthi militants stepped up their assaults. The authority is "closely following the consequences of current tensions," the body's chairman, Osama Rabie, said in a statement. Maritime traffic in the canal was currently normal, he added, without going into further detail. Iran-aligned Houthis have launched attacks against vessels…
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Israel blames Hamas for multiple rockets launched from Lebanon

Israel blames Hamas for multiple rockets launched from Lebanon

HENRIETTE CHACAR and MAYA GEBEILY ISRAEL blamed the Islamist group Hamas for a volley of more than 30 rockets fired from Lebanon, following escalating tensions after Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to hold a meeting of the security cabinet to decide a response to the attack, the biggest rocket attack from Lebanon since 2006, when Israel fought a war with the heavily armed Hezbollah movement. "No one should test us, we will take all necessary measures to defend our country and people," Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on…
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Ivory Coast asks Mali to immediately release 49 arrested soldiers

Ivory Coast asks Mali to immediately release 49 arrested soldiers

IVORY Coast demanded the release of 49 of its soldiers arrested in Mali, an incident that may worsen tensions between Mali's military rulers and other West African nations amid efforts to quell an Islamist insurgency and restore democratic rule. The Ivorian soldiers were arrested on Sunday at Mali's main international airport in the capital Bamako. Mali's military government said the troops arrived without permission, that some of their passports indicated non-military professions, and that they gave differing versions of their mandate. The junta said the soldiers would be considered mercenaries and charged as such, adding that Ivorian authorities were unaware…
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