• UN chief slams Israel for ‘heartbreaking’ killings • Thousands protest seeking Netanyahu’s ouster • Jerusalem wants Norway to hold Gaza funds GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said the death toll in the war-torn Palestinian territory breached 25,000 as Israel pushed its southward offensive and renewed bombardment in the north. Israel is […]
• Bombardment leaves 77 Palestinians dead; toll reaches 24,762 • Famine and disease loom as communications blackout in Gaza enters eighth day GAZA CITY: Gunfire and air strikes shook Gaza’s Khan Yunis city on Friday as Israel pressed its southward push in the besieged territory. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported intense artillery fire near the […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Thursday over the current tensions between Pakistan and Iran, urged them to de-escalate and offered his good offices to help resolve all their issues peacefully. “He is very concerned about this escalation, about the exchange of fire, rockets, between Iran and Pakistan. We have seen reports of […]
• Hamas says Israel must not inspect vehicles carrying the drugs • Khan Yunis sees ‘the most difficult night’ since outbreak of hostilities GAZA CITY:: Tel Aviv stepped up air strikes on Wednesday over the Gaza Strip’s south, where medicines were expected to be delivered for Israeli prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid under a […]
Donald Trump romped to a landslide victory on Monday in Iowa’s caucuses — the first vote in the US presidential race — cementing his status as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer to challenge US President Joe Biden in November’s election. The former president has led polling for more than a year, but the contest offered the […]
• 249 deaths in last 24 hours, death toll nears 23,000 • WHO axes medical aid delivery to Gaza in absence of security guarantees • Pope says civilians killed in war aren’t ‘collateral damage’ GAZA STRIP: Israel killed a top commander of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, a security source said on Monday, as Washington’s top diplomat […]
China’s spy agency said on Monday the head of a foreign consultancy had been found to be spying for Britain’s MI6 intelligence service. The Ministry of State Security said in a WeChat post that Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service — also known as MI6 — used a foreign national with the surname Huang to establish an […]
An imam who was shot on Wednesday outside a mosque in New Jersey has died, the US state’s attorney general said, adding that the killing did not initially appear to be driven by “bias” or domestic terrorism. Hassan Sharif was shot multiple times outside Masjid Muhammad in Newark, just west of New York, before being […]
• Palestinians long for peace, but hopes of ceasefire seem farther than ever • Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza GAZA CITY: Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war that Israeli […]
• Critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities targeted • Zelensky says 110 missiles fired; air force claims to have shot down 87 missiles, 27 drones • Kyiv urges allies to press on with long-term military aid KYIV: Russia fired one of its biggest missile barrages of the war at Ukraine on Friday, killing 31 civilians, […]