Qatar says Gaza truce talks in ‘final stages’ DOHA: Qatar, a key mediator, said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their “final... Published 15 Jan, 2025 02:59am
World Lives of Gaza hostages must be ‘top priority’: Scholz BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday said a potential truce with Hamas would be “painful” for Israel but... Published 14 Jan, 2025 10:57pm
World Gaza ceasefire deal close after ‘breakthrough’ in Doha DOHA/CAIRO: Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza... Updated 14 Jan, 2025 05:51pm
World US says Gaza deal ‘can get done this week’ WASHINGTON: A Gaza truce and hostage release deal is close and could be finalized in the final week of US President... Published 14 Jan, 2025 12:04am
World Qatar hands Israel, Hamas ‘final’ draft of Gaza ceasefire deal, official tells Reuters Mediator Qatar has handed Israel and Hamas a “final” draft of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement designed to... Published 13 Jan, 2025 02:16pm
World Biden likely to talk with Netanyahu; hostage deal ‘very close’: security adviser WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden will likely talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon, his... Published 12 Jan, 2025 09:33pm
Pakistan Malala Yousafzai says ‘Israel has decimated the entire education system’ in Gaza Nobel Peace laureate says she would continue to call out Israel's violations of international law and human rights in Gaza Updated 12 Jan, 2025 10:55pm
World Trump’s Middle East envoy meets Netanyahu on Saturday amid ceasefire push JERUSALEM: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Published 11 Jan, 2025 10:39pm
World Trump’s Mideast envoy to meet Netanyahu on Saturday, Israeli official says US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Published 11 Jan, 2025 06:59pm
World Mediator Qatar briefs Trump envoy on Gaza truce talks DOHA: Mediator Qatar said it briefed US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday... Published 11 Jan, 2025 04:55pm
World Israel army says likely killed two kibbutz residents during 2023 attack JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Friday that an internal inquiry found it likely that it killed two kibbutz... Published 10 Jan, 2025 11:01pm
World Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline approaches JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to... Published 07 Jan, 2025 09:00pm
World Israel signs deals with defence firm Elbit to make bombs domestically JERUSALEM: Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had signed deals worth around $275 million with the... Published 07 Jan, 2025 06:39pm
World UN World Food Programme accuses Israel of firing on Gaza convoy UNITED NATIONS: The UN’s World Food Programme on Monday accused Israel of firing on one of its aid convoys in the... Published 06 Jan, 2025 11:19pm
World Israel military says missile from Yemen intercepted OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Sunday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, the latest in a... Published 05 Jan, 2025 11:54am
World Biden administration announces $8bn arms sale to Israel WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to... Published 04 Jan, 2025 11:00pm
World UN warns of shelter needs in Gaza after hypothermia deaths GENEVA: The UN on Friday decried that infants and others were freezing to death in Gaza, where it said an estimated... Published 03 Jan, 2025 10:56pm
World Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent... Updated 03 Jan, 2025 06:31pm
World Israel confirms Syria raid on Iran-funded missile factory in September JERUSALEM: The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September... Published 02 Jan, 2025 10:40pm
World Israeli airstrike kills at least 10 in southern Gaza, medics say CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families in... Published 02 Jan, 2025 12:15pm
World Palestinian Authority suspends broadcast of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV temporarily CAIRO: The Palestinian Authority suspended the broadcast of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting... Published 02 Jan, 2025 12:56am
World Israel’s former defence chief Gallant quits parliament JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who had often taken an independent line against Prime... Published 02 Jan, 2025 12:51am
World Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on hospital kills 7 GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said an air strike hit a hospital Sunday, killing at least seven people,... Published 29 Dec, 2024 06:10pm
World Qatar PM meets Hamas delegation for Gaza ceasefire talks DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister met a Hamas delegation in Doha on Saturday to discuss a “clear and comprehensive”... Published 29 Dec, 2024 12:26am
World Israel army says ends operation against ‘Hamas centre’ in north Gaza hospital JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said on Saturday it had ended its raid on “a Hamas command centre” in a north Gaza... Published 29 Dec, 2024 12:20am
World Some gaps have narrowed in elusive Gaza ceasefire deal, sides say CAIRO/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Gaps between Israel and Hamas over a possible Gaza ceasefire have narrowed, according to... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:34am
World Netanyahu tells Israel parliament ‘some progress’ on Gaza hostage deal JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that “some progress” had been made in... Published 23 Dec, 2024 10:40pm
World Gaza official says Israel strikes on hospital ‘terrifying’ GAZA STRIP: An official from one of only two functioning hospitals in northern Gaza told AFP on Monday that Israeli... Published 23 Dec, 2024 05:14pm
World Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam UNITED NATIONS: Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam... Published 23 Dec, 2024 01:46pm
World Lebanon official media says Israel releases 7 detainees BEIRUT: Lebanese official media said the Israeli army handed over seven people to United Nations peacekeepers at the... Published 23 Dec, 2024 12:33am