RAMALLAH -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa unveiled on Thursday a comprehensive plan for early recovery and long-term reconstruction in Gaza, outlining a five-year effort to rebuild the war-torn enclave.
Speaking at a meeting with international partners at the cabinet headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mustafa said the Palestinian government has established a unified framework for reconstruction through the Gaza Recovery and Reconstruction Implementation Program, based on the Arab Plan for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Development in Gaza adopted at the Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo in March. (Gaza Strip-Palestine-Recovery Plan)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement on Thursday that its chief of staff, Mohammed Abdulkarim al-Gumari, had been killed in recent Israeli airstrikes.
The statement, broadcast by the Houthi-run satellite channel al-Masirah, said that several senior officers were also killed alongside him at the same location, but provided no further details. (Yemen-Houthis Official-Killing)
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ABUJA -- At least 13 people were killed after a group of gunmen launched coordinated attacks on two villages in Plateau State in Nigeria's central region, a local official said on Thursday.
Stephen Gyang Pwajok, head of the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau, where the villages of Rachas and Rawuru were attacked late Tuesday, told Xinhua over the phone that a mass burial was held for the victims on Wednesday. (Nigeria-Plateau-Gunmen Attack)
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BANGKOK -- A bomb blast in front of a teahouse in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province injured at least 14 people on Thursday morning, authorities said.
Those wounded, including both police officers and civilians, were sent to local hospitals for treatment. 10 of them have been discharged with minor injuries, while four others with severe wounds remained hospitalized for further treatment, according to a local public relations office. (Thailand-Blast) Enditem