UNITED NATIONS: The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Tuesday that Israel’s invasion of the densely populated southern city of Rafah would constitute a war crime. “We, as the UN and member states, can bear witness,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists. “We can make it clear that under international humanitarian law, indiscriminate bombing […]
GAZA STRIP: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for another Middle East crisis tour, hoping to secure a new truce as Gaza saw no let-up in fighting. On his fifth trip to the region, Blinken landed in Riyadh and was later expected to visit Israel and mediators Egypt and […]
• Humanitarian issues will be Blinken’s top priority, says White House • Pakistan sends another tranche of aid for residents of besieged enclaveGAZA STRIP: Israeli strikes across Gaza killed scores overnight as battles raged on Sunday in the besieged territory’s south and Hamas was reviewing a proposal for a halt in the nearly four-month-long war. […]
WASHINGTON: John Bolton excoriated former president Donald Trump as an utterly self-interested man who would punish personal enemies and appease adversaries Russia and China in a new edition of his memoir of serving in Trump’s White House released on Tuesday. Bolton accused the Republican presidential frontrunner of having no political philosophy or coherent policy outlook […]
WASHINGTON: The United States does not want a wider war with Iran or the region, the White House said on Monday, adding that the administration believes a single drone was responsible for targeting US service members in Jordan over the weekend. National security spokesman John Kirby also told MSNBC in an interview that talks to […]
GAZA STRIP: Heavy fighting raged in Gaza on Sunday amid a fierce row over the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees that has called its future into question. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on donor states to guarantee the flow of vital aid to Gaza after several halted funding to the agency, UNRWA, over […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has condemned the Israeli assault on a UN facility in Khan Yunis, emphasising the protection of civilians and the need to respect the sanctity of UN facilities. “You’ve heard me say it before, you’ve heard [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] say it before […] civilians must be protected, and the protected […]
GAZA STRIP: Israel said on Tuesday 24 soldiers were killed in the biggest single-day losses since the start of its ground war in Gaza amid growing pressure on the government to find a way to end the conflict. The heavy clashes came as a White House official was due in the region for talks aimed […]
Rescuers raced on Tuesday to find dozens of people still trapped after a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China, killing 12. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province early on Monday. More than 24 hours […]
• Palestinian authorities claim 120 killed in overnight strikes • Siege leaves the wounded out of rescuers’ reach • EU presses Israel over two-state solution GAZA CITY: Israeli forces, advancing deep into southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis city on Monday in the heaviest assault of the new year so far, stormed one hospital and placed another […]