Malawi Opens Consulate General in Laayoune

Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
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Malawi Opens Consulate General in Laayoune

Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Malawian counterpart, Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, inaugurated on Thursday Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara.

Mkaka, who held talks with Bourita in Rabat Tuesday, also announced his country’s decision to open an embassy in the Moroccan capital.

Mkaka reaffirmed his country’s strong and steadfast support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and its territorial integrity.

More than twenty countries have so far opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara.



52 Palestinians Including Children Killed in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the destruction at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on July 11, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on July 11, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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52 Palestinians Including Children Killed in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the destruction at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on July 11, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on July 11, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said Saturday. Also, 24 others were fatally shot on their way to aid distribution sites.

The children and two women were among at least 13 people who were killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes pounded the area starting late Friday, officials in Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital said. Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to Nasser Hospital.

The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48 hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza Strip, including militants, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, sniper posts, tunnels and additional Hamas infrastructure sites. The military did not immediately respond to The Associated Press' request for comment on the civilian deaths.

The Hamas-led group killed some 1,200 people in their Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and abducted 251. They still hold 50 hostages, less than half of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

Israel’s offensive has killed over 57,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry, which is under Gaza’s Hamas-run government, doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count. The UN and other international organizations see its figures as the most reliable statistics on war casualties.

US President Donald Trump has said that he is closing in on another ceasefire agreement that would see more hostages released and potentially wind down the war. But after two days of talks this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there were no signs of a breakthrough.