BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli attacks on crowds of Lebanese trying to return to their homes in southern Lebanon has risen to 22, including six women, with 124 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Sunday.

The injured included 12 women and a paramedic from the Islamic Scout Association, who was carrying out a humanitarian rescue mission, the ministry said in a statement. (Lebanon-Israeli Attacks-Casualties)

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GAZA -- Hamas on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan.

In a press statement, Hamas described the plan as an "aggressive scheme" aimed at displacing Palestinians and undermining their national cause. (Gaza-Palestinian Relocation-Rejection)

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TEHRAN -- Iran has expressed its readiness to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in the area of information and communications technology (ICT), the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

In a meeting in Tehran, Iranian ICT Minister Seyed Sattar Hashemi and Saudi Ambassador to Iran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi stressed the need to promote bilateral relations and cooperation across various sectors and at different levels, the report said. (Iran-Saudi Arabia-Cooperation)

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ADEN, Yemen -- UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg met Sunday with Houthi negotiating delegation head Mohammed Abdulsalam in Muscat, Oman, to address the ongoing detention of UN personnel in Sanaa.

Grundberg condemned the "arbitrary detention" of additional UN staff, along with those detained since 2021, 2023, and 2024 respectively, according to a statement released by the UN envoy's office on social media platform X. (UN-Detained Staff-Release) Enditem

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