Palestinians prepare for Ramazan in the shadow of Gaza war OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/RAFAH: Palestinians prepared for Ramazan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by... Updated 10 Mar, 2024 09:31pm
World Gaza talks mediators pushing to secure truce, Israel says CAIRO/RAFAH: Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel’s... Published 10 Mar, 2024 11:45am
World US conducts 5th airdrop of food to Gaza WASHINGTON: The US military airdropped more than 41,000 meals to Gaza on Saturday, in Washington’s fifth operation... Published 09 Mar, 2024 10:57pm
World Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall CAIRO/RAFAH: Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday,... Published 09 Mar, 2024 05:34pm
World Turkiye, US discuss Ukraine, Gaza, ways to improve ties, foreign minister says ANKARA: Turkish and U.S. officials held comprehensive talks about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and various bilateral... Published 09 Mar, 2024 01:56pm
Pakistan JI organises walk on International Women’s Day KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Women Wing on Friday took out a walk to mark the International Women’s Day... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
World US proposal to build aid port off Gaza ‘cynical’: UN expert GENEVA: A US plan for a temporary port off Gaza to bring in aid is a cynical play for a US audience and will not... Published 09 Mar, 2024 12:05am
World Hamas armed wing says ‘no compromise’ in Gaza truce talks JERUSALEM: Hamas’s armed wing said Friday there would be no compromise on the movement’s demand that Israel withdraw... Published 08 Mar, 2024 11:33pm
World Expanding Israeli settlements a 'war crime': UN GENEVA: Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks... Updated 08 Mar, 2024 11:43pm
World Israeli offensive in Gaza’s Rafah ‘cannot be allowed to happen’: UN GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that an Israeli offensive in Gaza’s border town of... Published 08 Mar, 2024 02:59pm
World US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid WASHINGTON: The US military will build a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by... Published 08 Mar, 2024 01:45pm
World Hopes dim for Gaza truce before Ramazan as war enters sixth month GAZA STRIP: Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:15am
World China calls war in Gaza ‘a disgrace to civilisation’ GAZA STRIP: China described the war in Gaza as a “disgrace to civilisation” and called on Thursday for an... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:15am
World US airdrops aid to Gaza for third time in week WASHINGTON: American C-130 cargo planes airdropped aid to Gaza on Thursday, the US military said, its third joint... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:15am
World Biden orders US military to establish port in Gaza: officials WASHINGTON: The US military is to set up a temporary port in Gaza so that more aid can get into the beleaguered... Published 07 Mar, 2024 11:04pm
World China FM calls war in Gaza a ‘disgrace for civilisation’ BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Thursday called Israel’s war in Gaza a “disgrace for civilisation” and... Updated 07 Mar, 2024 12:14pm
Editorials Israel’s hands are soaked in Palestinian blood EDITORIAL: A food distribution point turned into a massacre scene when an aid convoy, the first in more than a ... Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am
World Bulk carrier hit by missile from Yemen, crew says two dead: US official WASHINGTON: A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the... Published 06 Mar, 2024 10:49pm
World Hunger crisis in Gaza: children starving to death amid Israeli aggression WASHINGTON: Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is “almost... Updated 06 Mar, 2024 01:45pm
World Gaza ceasefire talks extended in Cairo for another day, Hamas says CAIRO/RAFAH: Hamas negotiators will remain in Cairo for another day at the request of mediators, keeping ceasefire... Published 05 Mar, 2024 06:18pm
World 8,000 patients need evacuating from Gaza: WHO GENEVA: An estimated 8,000 patients need evacuating out of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization said... Published 05 Mar, 2024 05:44pm
World Diplomatic push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire intensifies GAZA STRIP: International mediators and Hamas delegates were in Cairo Tuesday for talks to try to secure a pause in... Updated 05 Mar, 2024 04:35pm
Pakistan Six private bills, including Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill 2022, moved by PTI adopted ISLAMABAD: The outgoing Senate, Monday, passed six private bills, all moved by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)... Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am
World Belgium sends transporter to drop aid into Gaza MELSBROEK: Belgium on Monday sent a military transport plane to join an international operation to drop aid in... Published 04 Mar, 2024 11:08pm
World Erdogan and Abbas to discuss delivering aid to Gaza, Turkiye source says ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan is set to discuss Turkiye efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza with... Published 04 Mar, 2024 03:15pm
World UN rights chief says essential to avoid conflagration in Gaza war GENEVA: The United Nations human rights chief on Monday it was imperative to avoid any exacerbation of the war in... Published 04 Mar, 2024 03:06pm
Print Gaza truce talks in Cairo as heavy fighting rages GAZA STRIP, (Palestinian Territories): Mediators in Cairo made a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire, but differences... Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:47am
Print Ship sunk by Houthi strike poses environmental risk: US military ADEN, (Yemen): A UK-owned ship attacked by Houthi militants last month sank in the Red Sea, the US military... Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:39am
World Israeli airstrike hits Gaza tent, killing 11 CAIRO: At least 11 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on... Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:55am
World Palestinian Authority hopes for Gaza ceasefire by Ramazan ANKARA: The Palestinian Authority hopes a ceasefire can be agreed in the Gaza war in time for Ramazan, its foreign... Updated 02 Mar, 2024 04:14pm