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
Pakistan PM Shehbaz assures Palestinian students of full support in Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his commitment to providing all possible facilities for Palestinian students... Published 23 Oct, 2024 10:35pm
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 Hospitals under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza CAIRO: Israeli forces besieged hospitals and shelters for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday as... Published 21 Oct, 2024 07:11pm
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 authorities accuse Israeli forces of attacking hospital GAZA STRIP: Health authorities in Gaza said Israeli forces surrounded and shelled the Indonesian Hospital in the... Published 19 Oct, 2024 12:10pm
Editorials Empty threats EDITORIAL: In a joint letter to their Israeli counterparts US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of... Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am
World Israel foreign minister claims Hamas leader Sinwar is dead US, Israeli defense chiefs speak amid news of Sinwar's death Updated 17 Oct, 2024 11:52pm
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
Print PM stresses for a ‘stable Afghanistan’ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday issued an ominously loud warning shot to Afghanistan to start... Updated 17 Oct, 2024 08:58am
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 Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor among 6 killed BEIRUT/WASHINGTON: Israel launched an airstrike on Wednesday on the municipal headquarters in Nabatieh, a major town... Published 16 Oct, 2024 05:52pm
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
World Israel kills at least 50 in Gaza, forces encircle northern Jabalia CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:02pm
World China tells Israel ‘humanitarian disasters’ in Gaza must end: state media BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday told his Israeli counterpart that “humanitarian disasters” in... Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:55pm
World Hezbollah fights Israeli troops near Lebanon’s Ramiya village; third UN peacekeeper wounded BEIRUT/CAIRO: Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramiya village in... Updated 13 Oct, 2024 11:57pm
World Israel warns south Lebanon residents to ‘not return’ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel warned residents of south Lebanon “not to return” to their homes on Saturday as Hezbollah... Published 12 Oct, 2024 05:52pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 42,175 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that at least 42,175 people have been killed in the war... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 07:08pm
World UNRWA chief says many Palestinians camps in Lebanon empty after Israeli strikes BEIRUT: Most Palestinian refugees living in camps in southern Lebanon or near Beirut have fled following escalating... Published 11 Oct, 2024 08:45pm
World UN inquiry finds Israel of crime of ‘extermination’ in destruction of Gaza health system Children in particular have borne the brunt of Israeli attacks, it says Published 10 Oct, 2024 10:08pm
World Israeli strike kills 28 people sheltering in a school in central Gaza CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people,... Published 10 Oct, 2024 05:19pm
World Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens sound in northern Israel OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Hezbollah targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with... Published 09 Oct, 2024 01:48pm
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say