US, Britain impose new sanctions on Hamas WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Wednesday announced a fresh round of sanctions on Hamas over its deadly... Published 13 Dec, 2023 07:37pm
World Fighting intensifies across Gaza, raising alarm over potential exodus into Egypt GAZA/CAIRO: Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified across Gaza on Monday, fuelling fears flagged by the... Published 11 Dec, 2023 05:57pm
World EU adds two top Hamas commanders to ‘terrorist list’ BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday added two of Hamas’s top military commanders to its terrorist blacklist,... Published 08 Dec, 2023 08:10pm
World Israel sharply ramps up Gaza strikes, US alarmed GAZA/CAIRO: Israel sharply ramped up strikes on the Gaza Strip, pounding the length of the Palestinian enclave and... Published 08 Dec, 2023 06:10pm
World Renewed Gaza fighting stretches into second day after Israel-Hamas truce collapses GAZA: Renewed fighting in Gaza stretched into a second day on Saturday after talks to extend a week-old truce with... Published 02 Dec, 2023 01:12pm
World Qatar urges rapid international action to stop Gaza violence DOHA: Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli... Published 01 Dec, 2023 03:18pm
World World leaders take COP28 stage as climate, Gaza share spotlight DUBAI: World leaders descended on Dubai for UN climate talks on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit... Published 01 Dec, 2023 01:23pm
World Netanyahu says Israel committed to wartime objectives as fighting resumes JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas did not agree to release further... Published 01 Dec, 2023 12:38pm
World Israel resumes Gaza attacks as truce expires, heavy fighting reported Gaza health officials report that at least 100 people have already been killed and dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:20pm
World Musk tours site of Hamas attack with Israeli PM JERUSALEM: Tech tycoon Elon Musk visited the site of a Hamas attack in southern Israel Monday with Israeli Prime... Published 27 Nov, 2023 10:44pm
World Israel and Hamas raised concerns over lists of those set to be released Monday DUBAI: Israel and Palestinian group Hamas have raised concerns over the lists of Israeli hostages and Palestinian... Published 27 Nov, 2023 01:07pm
Opinion Oct 7 Hamas attacks: why context is important? “35 days after the start of Israel-Hamas war how should we respond to multiple moral issues and dilemmas that are... Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am
World Israel reviews list of hostages set to be freed by Hamas on Saturday 24 hostages were released on Friday Updated 25 Nov, 2023 05:33pm
World Thailand says Hamas still holds 20 of its nationals after freeing 10 BANGKOK: Hamas is still holding 20 Thai nationals after having freed 10 from Gaza, Thailand’s foreign ministry said... Published 25 Nov, 2023 10:29am
World Palestinians say 24 women, 15 teenaged males to be freed from Israeli jails RAMALLAH: Israel will on Friday release 39 Palestinians prisoners, among them 24 women and 15 teenaged males, in the... Updated 24 Nov, 2023 04:17pm
World Israel, Hamas to start first truce in Gaza war DOHA/GAZA: Israel and Hamas start a four-day truce on Friday morning with the Hamas to release a first group of 13... Published 24 Nov, 2023 10:40am
World No Gaza hostage release before Friday, Israel, US say GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas will... Published 23 Nov, 2023 10:09am
World UN welcomes Israel-Hamas deal as 'important step' GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 07:02pm
World France’s Macron to host Arab foreign ministers PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday discuss “the situation in the Middle East” with foreign... Published 22 Nov, 2023 06:26pm
World Israeli PM tells cabinet hostage deal is ‘right decision’ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet Tuesday that accepting a deal for the... Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am
World Gaza hostage talks ‘closest’ to deal since start of war: Qatar DOHA: Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel are at their “closest point” to a... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:16pm
World Gaza sanitation ‘perfect storm for tragedy’: UN GENEVA: Fuel shortages and worsening sanitation in the Gaza Strip are shaping up to be the perfect storm for tragedy... Published 21 Nov, 2023 04:21pm
World Israel-Hamas war: Death toll reaches 13,000 in Gaza Gaza authorities say more than 5,500 children are among dead, alongside 3,500 women, with 30,000 more people wounded Updated 19 Nov, 2023 11:06pm
World Tentative Gaza deal reached to free some hostages, pause fighting: report Israel, the United States, and Hamas have reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting Updated 19 Nov, 2023 04:20pm
World Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce DOHA/CAIRO: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:36pm
World Displaced pack Gaza hospitals, others flee as Israeli aggression continues Palestinian officials say 10,569 Gaza residents had been killed as of Wednesday, about 40% of them children Updated 09 Nov, 2023 06:34pm
Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battle UN says Gaza’s health system is close to collapse, battered by air strikes, flooded with patients, and running out of medicines and fuel Published 08 Nov, 2023 09:54pm
World South Africa recalls diplomats from Israel to assess its position PRETORIA: South Africa is recalling diplomats from Israel to assess its relationship with the country amid a rise in... Published 06 Nov, 2023 06:46pm
World A month of Israel-Hamas war has changed everything OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: One month after Israel was wracked by Hamas attacks, life has been upended for both the... Published 05 Nov, 2023 12:10pm
World First evacuees leave Gaza as Israeli aggression intensifies Evacuation follows another day of bloodshed in Gaza in which an Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed about 50 people in a refugee camp Updated 01 Nov, 2023 10:29pm