Hamas, Fatah agree joint committee to run post-war Gaza CAIRO: Palestinian movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party have agreed to create a... Published 03 Dec, 2024 05:33pm
World Palestinian leader calls for world to stop sending Israel weapons UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called Thursday on the international community to stop sending... Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am
World Spanish PM, Palestinian leader urge Mideast de-escalation MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle... Published 19 Sep, 2024 11:03pm
World Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to travel Tuesday to Spain: official RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel Tuesday to Madrid, an official in his office said Monday,... Published 16 Sep, 2024 10:35pm
World Abbas tells Turkish parliament he will go to Gaza ANKARA: Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas told a special session of the Turkish parliament on Thursday... Published 15 Aug, 2024 07:03pm
World Putin tells Abbas ‘concerned’ about Palestinian civilian toll MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas that Moscow... Published 13 Aug, 2024 06:09pm
World Palestinian president to visit Russia on Monday MOSCOW: Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas will visit Moscow next week to discuss the Gaza war with... Published 11 Aug, 2024 05:32pm
World Palestinian leader Abbas says only US can stop Rafah invasion 'disaster' RIYADH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday said the United States is the only country capable of stopping... Updated 28 Apr, 2024 06:21pm
World Abbas says Palestinian Authority will ‘reconsider’ relations with US RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Authority will “reconsider” its relationship with the United States after Washington... Updated 20 Apr, 2024 10:15pm
World Jordan king, Sisi and Abbas call to ‘maintain pressure’ for Gaza ceasefire AQABA: Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas called... Published 11 Jan, 2024 12:28am
World Governing Gaza: Hamas open to ‘single Palestinian administration’ GAZA STRIP (Palestinian Territories): Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday he is open to a single Palestinian... Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am
World US 'responsible for bloodshed' of Gaza children after UN veto: Abbas Washington's veto at a special meeting of the Security Council on Friday scuttled the growing efforts towards an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the territory led by UN chief Antonio Guterres and Arab nations Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:52pm
World Blinken says Gazans must not be ‘forcibly displaced’ RAMALLAH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Gazans “must not be forcibly displaced”, speaking on a... Published 06 Nov, 2023 05:27am
World Blinken calls Abbas to offer condolences for hospital deaths AMMAN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to offer condolences over a... Published 18 Oct, 2023 01:10pm
World Erdogan urges Israel against 'indiscriminately' attacking Gaza ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged Israel against "indiscriminately" attacking... Published 10 Oct, 2023 12:41am
World Saudi delegation visits Israel-occupied West Bank JERICHO: Saudi Arabia, which is in US-brokered talks with Israel to normalise relations, on Tuesday sent a... Published 26 Sep, 2023 01:29pm
World Palestinian figures slam Abbas for Holocaust outburst RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): More than 200 Palestinian figures have condemned president Mahmud Abbas for his... Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am
Print Sisi hosts Jordan, Palestinian leaders to discuss Saudi-Israel ties CAIRO: Egypt’s president on Monday welcomed the Palestinian and Jordanian leaders, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s... Updated 15 Aug, 2023 09:19am
Print Hamas urges Palestinian president to end ‘political arrests’ CAIRO: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to end “security... Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am
World Erdogan meets Palestinian president, Hamas leader in Ankara ISTANBUL: Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday spoke in Ankara with the Palestinian president and the... Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am
World Xi for a Palestinian state to become ‘full member’ of UN BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday his call for a ... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
World Xi hails establishment of ‘China-Palestine strategic’ ties BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his country was establishing “strategic” relations with... Updated 14 Jun, 2023 08:21pm
World Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrives in China BEIJING: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, state media reported, with China expressing... Updated 13 Jun, 2023 02:57pm
World Palestinian Oslo accords negotiator Ahmed Qorei dies at 85 RAMALLAH: The lead Palestinian negotiator of the Oslo accords with Israel, Ahmed Qorei, who went on to serve as ... Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am
World Abbas urges world leaders to help end Israeli atrocities CAIRO: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday accused Israel of having “crossed all red lines” in the... Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am
World Abbas succession battle could ‘collapse’ Palestinian Authority: think tank RAMALLAH: The future battle to succeed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas could trigger “mass protest, repression”... Published 01 Feb, 2023 12:09pm
World Blinken heads to Middle East as violence erupts WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which... Published 29 Jan, 2023 12:24pm
World Palestinian lawyers hold rare protest against Abbas’s ‘rule by decree’ RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): Hundreds of Palestinian lawyers held a rare street protest Monday against what... Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
World Israel PM, defence minister talk to Abbas ahead of Biden visit RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas spoke with Israel’s prime minister after a rare meeting with the Jewish... Published 08 Jul, 2022 06:41pm
World Abbas slams West’s ‘double standards’ on Ukraine, Palestinians RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas criticised Sunday the West’s “double standards” that he said... Published 31 Mar, 2022 06:31am