Saudi crown prince demands Gaza, Lebanon ceasefires at Arab summit RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and... Published 11 Nov, 2024 06:15pm
World Israeli fire kills 11 Palestinians as tanks roll into central Gaza camp CAIRO: Israeli forces sent tanks into the western side of Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Monday in a new incursion into the... Published 11 Nov, 2024 03:38pm
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World Israel wants to enforce any Lebanon ceasefire deal, Netanyahu tells US envoys BEIRUT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoys on Thursday that Israel’s ability to counter... Published 31 Oct, 2024 08:26pm
World At least 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, hospital hit, says Gaza ministry CAIRO: At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, mostly in... Updated 31 Oct, 2024 06:53pm
World Mideast conflicts to leave ‘lasting scars’: IMF DUBAI: Gaza, Lebanon and Sudan will take decades to recover from the conflicts raging on their soil, the... Published 31 Oct, 2024 05:09pm
World Hamas says will discuss any Gaza truce plan that leads to Israel withdrawal GAZA CITY: A Hamas official said Wednesday that the group had not received any proposals for a Gaza ceasefire but... Published 30 Oct, 2024 07:00pm
World Gaza mediators to propose truce of ‘less than a month’: source DUBAI: Mediators seeking a Gaza ceasefire are set to propose a truce of under a month to Palestinian Hamas, a source... Published 30 Oct, 2024 05:19pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 43,163 The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Wednesday that at least 43,163 people have been killed in the... Published 30 Oct, 2024 05:08pm
World Saudi hosts meeting of new group pushing for Palestinian state Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan says nearly 90 states and international organisations taking part in two-day meeting in Riyadh Updated 30 Oct, 2024 09:58pm
World Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza town, Gaza health ministry says CAIRO: At least 93 Palestinians were killed and missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential... Published 29 Oct, 2024 05:18pm
World Qatar says it will work with Biden administration until ‘last minute’ for Gaza ceasefire deal DOHA: Qatar will work with US President Joe Biden’s administration “until the last minute” before the Presidential... Published 29 Oct, 2024 04:49pm
World Lebanon says Israeli strike that killed media workers a ‘war crime’ BEIRUT: Lebanon accused Israel of targeting journalists in a “deliberate” attack that killed three media workers in... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:17pm
World WHO hopes to resume Gaza polio vaccinations next week GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Friday it hoped to administer a second dose of the polio vaccine to... Published 25 Oct, 2024 05:40pm
World At least 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school in central Gaza, hospital says CAIRO: At least 17 Palestinians, including children, were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school in... Published 24 Oct, 2024 05:53pm
World Israeli strike kills Lebanese troops as France hosts aid conference BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/PARIS: An Israeli strike killed three Lebanese troops in south Lebanon on Thursday as... Updated 24 Oct, 2024 03:42pm
World Hamas wants Russia to push Palestinian president towards unity government for post-war Gaza MOSCOW: Palestinian group Hamas wants Russia to push Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to begin negotiations on a... Published 24 Oct, 2024 12:55pm
World Antony Blinken heads to Hamas mediator Qatar on Gaza truce push RIYADH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Thursday to key Hamas mediator Qatar as he seeks momentum to end... Published 24 Oct, 2024 11:42am
World Antony Blinken urges Israel to use opportunity to end war in Gaza TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Wednesday to use the opportunity to end the war in... Published 23 Oct, 2024 01:37pm
World Israel says killed Nasrallah’s apparent successor in Beirut strike TEL AVIV: Israel’s army said it had killed the cleric tipped to succeed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in... Published 23 Oct, 2024 11:46am
World War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says BERLIN: The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza’s... Published 22 Oct, 2024 05:14pm
World Poverty rate in Palestinian territories seen doubling to 74.3% this year: UN GENEVA: The poverty rate across the Palestinian territories will almost double this year to 74.3 percent after... Published 22 Oct, 2024 02:26pm
World Antony Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East... Published 22 Oct, 2024 12:02pm
World Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after rockets hit Israel’s north OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/CAIRO: Israel struck what it claimed were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 11:23pm
World Gaza rescuers say over 400 killed in two weeks of Israeli assault on territory’s north GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the... Published 19 Oct, 2024 07:21pm
World Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza, siege around hospitals tightens, health officials say CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 32 people across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian health... Published 19 Oct, 2024 05:56pm
World 345,000 Gazans face ‘catastrophic’ hunger this winter: UN ROME: Some 345,000 Gazans face “catastrophic” levels of hunger this winter after aid deliveries fell, a UN-backed... Published 17 Oct, 2024 05:27pm
World Israeli strike on Lebanese municipal building kills 16, including mayor BEIRUT: The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed... Published 17 Oct, 2024 11:50am
Pakistan SCO summit: PM Shehbaz raises Israel’s genocide against Palestinians; calls for ceasefire Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday told the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 09:33pm
World Britain calls UN meeting on Gaza, may sanction ministers LONDON: Britain and France have called an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council to discuss the... Published 16 Oct, 2024 05:20pm