World South Africa: court ruling against Israel a victory for rule of law JOHANNESBURG: South Africa hailed what it called a “decisive victory” for international rule of law on Friday, after... Published 26 Jan, 2024 06:41pm
World Deadly attacks on Gaza, cold weather making it ‘uninhabitable’: UN GENEVA: Relentless attacks against infrastructure and cold weather in Gaza are making the Palestinian enclave... Updated 26 Jan, 2024 10:40pm
World UN says Israel army orders Gazans to leave shelter hit by tank fire GAZA STRIP: The United Nations told AFP on Thursday that the Israeli military ordered people taking refuge in their... Published 25 Jan, 2024 08:41pm
World Yemen’s Houthis leader: targeting of Israel-linked ships will continue until aid reaches Gaza DUBAI: The targeting of ships linked to Israel will continue until aid reaches the Palestinian people in Gaza,... Published 25 Jan, 2024 07:25pm
World Israel troops demolish Palestinian home in West Bank NABLUS: Israeli troops on Wednesday blew up the home of a Palestinian accused of assisting in the killing of four... Published 24 Jan, 2024 02:49pm
World Iran’s Raisi expected in Turkiye for delayed Gaza talks ANKARA: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was expected to fly to Turkiye on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at... Published 24 Jan, 2024 01:13pm
World Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress, Israeli aggression continues in Khan Younis DOHA/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when... Updated 24 Jan, 2024 10:03pm
World EU pushes Israel on two-state solution after war in Gaza BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers on Monday pressed Israel for an eventual two-state solution with the Palestinians... Published 22 Jan, 2024 05:54pm
World Relatives of Gaza hostages storm Israeli parliament panel as protests mount JERUSALEM: A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas stormed a parliamentary committee session in... Published 22 Jan, 2024 04:43pm
World Saudi's foreign minister: No normal Israel ties without path to Palestinian state: CNN WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said there can be no normalization of ties with Israel without resolving... Updated 21 Jan, 2024 10:35pm
World Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say 178 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours in Gaza 62,681 injured in the enclave since October 7 Updated 21 Jan, 2024 09:30pm
World Hamas chief holds talks with Turkiye FM: sources ANKARA: Hamas’s Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh has held a meeting with the Turkiye foreign minister, diplomatic... Published 21 Jan, 2024 01:08pm
World Middle East missile attacks raise Gaza escalation risk WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD: Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the... Published 21 Jan, 2024 11:44am
World 24,927 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry CAIRO: A total of 24,927 Palestinians have been killed and 62,388 have been wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since... Updated 20 Jan, 2024 05:31pm
World Israeli strike on Damascus kills four Iranian Revolutionary Guards BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: An Israeli missile strike on Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday killed four members of Iran’s... Updated 20 Jan, 2024 05:31pm
World Thousands of Gazans likely detained by Israeli forces: UN GENEVA: Thousands of Gazan men may have been detained by Israeli forces since war erupted on October 7, often facing... Published 19 Jan, 2024 07:58pm
World EU ministers to meet Israeli, Palestinian top diplomats BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers will hold a series of meetings Monday with counterparts from Israel, the Palestinian... Published 19 Jan, 2024 07:18pm
World Israeli minister says deal needed to free hostages, rescue raid unlikely JERUSALEM: A lightning raid to free Israeli hostages in Gaza is extremely unlikely to succeed and a deal will soon... Published 19 Jan, 2024 06:34pm
World Battle of Khan Younis threatens biggest hospital still working in Gaza GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip’s main city pounded areas near the... Published 18 Jan, 2024 06:06pm
World Iran foreign minister in Davos: Attacks on Israel will end if Gaza war stops DAVOS: Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that attacks against Israel and its interests by the “Axis of... Published 17 Jan, 2024 07:29pm
World UN chief says parties to Gaza war ‘trampling’ on international law DAVOS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that parties to the conflict in Gaza were... Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:06pm
World Jordan says southern Gaza hospital badly damaged by Israeli shelling nearby GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER/DOHA: Israel stepped up its assault on Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday, pushing... Published 17 Jan, 2024 05:06pm
World Blinken says US in demand as he mourns ‘gutwrenching’ scenes in Gaza DAVOS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told business and political leaders in Davos on Wednesday he could not... Published 17 Jan, 2024 04:41pm
World Israeli tanks storm back into north Gaza areas where they had withdrawn GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER: Israeli tanks stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week,... Updated 16 Jan, 2024 10:55pm
World China FM in Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire and Palestinian statehood CAIRO: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Sunday for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire... Published 14 Jan, 2024 05:56pm
World Israel-Hamas war enters 100th day as Netanyahu vows 'no one will stop us' GAZA STRIP: The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 100th day on Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Updated 14 Jan, 2024 10:13pm
World Gaza ministry says dozens killed in Israeli strikes on 99th day of war GAZA STRIP: Health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60... Published 13 Jan, 2024 04:54pm
World Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself THE HAGUE: Israel on Friday rejected as false and “grossly distorted” accusations brought by South Africa at the... Updated 12 Jan, 2024 06:57pm
World UN deplores Israel’s ‘systematic’ refusal to grant access to north Gaza GENEVA: The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday that Israeli authorities were systematically denying... Published 12 Jan, 2024 05:08pm
World Blinken meets Egypt’s Sisi as Middle East diplomacy tour wraps up CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Thursday, as... Published 11 Jan, 2024 05:50pm