Israeli spy chief in Paris for Gaza ceasefire talks JERUSALEM: An Israeli delegation led by the head of the country’s overseas intelligence agency arrived in Paris on... Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:02pm
World Israel launches air strikes on Gaza’s Rafah as truce talks under way GAZA STRIP: Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza’s Rafah after threatening to send troops into the... Updated 22 Feb, 2024 04:43pm
World Qatar says Hamas confirms receipt of medical supplies for Gaza hostages CAIRO: Hamas has confirmed receipt of a shipment of medicines under a deal brokered by Qatar and has begun... Published 20 Feb, 2024 11:59pm
World Gaza health crisis could kill 8,000 more by August even if fighting stops: report LONDON: Even if the fighting in Gaza stopped now, about 8,000 more people could still die there over the next six... Published 20 Feb, 2024 05:58pm
World Hamas chief in Cairo for Gaza truce talks CAIRO: Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo Tuesday for talks with Egyptian officials, the group said, days... Published 20 Feb, 2024 05:27pm
World WHO completes second Gaza hospital evacuation amid ongoing raid GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it has completed a second evacuation mission from Gaza’s... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:13pm
World UN Security Council vote on Gaza faces threat of US veto UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will vote on a new draft resolution Tuesday calling for an immediate... Published 20 Feb, 2024 12:33pm
World Prospects dim for truce as Israel rejects calls to spare Rafah GAZA STRIP: Prospects for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto ... Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am
World Hamas chief insists on Gaza ceasefire GAZA STRIP: Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday reiterated the group’s demand of a complete ceasefire in Gaza, a... Updated 17 Feb, 2024 06:41pm
World Hamas says Gaza hostages ‘struggling to stay alive’ GAZA STRIP: Hamas’s armed wing said on Friday that hostages in Gaza were “struggling to stay alive” as conditions... Published 16 Feb, 2024 10:56pm
World Netanyahu rejects ‘international pressure’ for Palestinian state JERUSALEM: Israel will not be pressured into accepting a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:55pm
World Gaza hospitals ‘completely overwhelmed’: WHO GENEVA: The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that fewer than half of its requested aid-delivery missions... Published 14 Feb, 2024 06:51pm
World Hamas heads to Cairo truce talks as Rafah braces for Israeli assault GAZA STRIP: Negotiations to pause the Israel-Hamas war and free the remaining hostages headed into a second day in... Updated 14 Feb, 2024 01:44pm
World Global conflicts herald ‘dangerous decade’: military think-tank LONDON: The Israel-Hamas war, conflict in Ukraine and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific and Africa herald “what... Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am
World IMF, World Bank warn Gaza war, Red Sea attacks imperil global economy DUBAI: The IMF and World Bank warned on Monday that the Gaza war and the related attacks on shipping though the Red... Published 12 Feb, 2024 05:58pm
World Relative of freed hostage appeals for Gaza deal RAMAT GAN: A relative of a hostage freed overnight from Gaza appealed Monday for a broader deal between Israel and... Updated 12 Feb, 2024 03:26pm
World Israel frees two hostages in Rafah under cover of air strikes, Gaza health officials say 67 killed DOHA/JERUSALEM: Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah on Monday under the cover of airstrikes which... Updated 12 Feb, 2024 03:21pm
World Hamas says Israeli push into Rafah would threaten hostage talks GAZA STRIP: Hamas on Sunday warned that any Israeli offensive in Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah would threaten... Published 11 Feb, 2024 06:39pm
World Benjamin Netanyahu pledges 'safe passage' for Rafah civilians WASHINGTON: Benjamin Netanyahu says in an interview airing Sunday that the Israeli military will provide “safe... Updated 11 Feb, 2024 02:09pm
World Palestinians brace for Rafah assault as Israel promises evacuation plan DOHA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Gaza’s Rafah overnight, medics said on Saturday,... Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am
World Three killed in Israeli strikes near Syrian capital BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes that targeted a building in an upscale area near the Syrian capital killed three people... Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am
World Iran asks FIFA to ban Israel over war in Gaza TEHRAN: Iran’s football federation said Saturday it has asked world football’s governing body, FIFA, to suspend... Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am
World Aid groups warn of Rafah ‘bloodbath’ if Israel advances GENEVA: Any Israeli military advance into southern Gaza’s Rafah area could cause mass deaths among the more than a... Published 09 Feb, 2024 05:33pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 27,947 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said Friday that at least 27,947 people have been killed in the... Published 09 Feb, 2024 02:52pm
World Saudi hosts Arab diplomats for Gaza talks after Blinken tour RIYADH: Four top Middle Eastern diplomats reiterated calls for “irreversible” steps towards the recognition of a... Published 09 Feb, 2024 10:36am
World Israeli destruction to make Gaza 'buffer zone' a 'war crime': UN GENEVA: Israel's reported ongoing destruction of all buildings along the border inside Gaza with the aim of creating... Published 08 Feb, 2024 08:07pm
World Hamas ‘open’ to more ceasefire talks: Palestinian official GAZA STRIP: Hamas still wants to discuss a ceasefire in its war with Israel, a Palestinian official told AFP... Published 08 Feb, 2024 06:16pm
World Hamas proposes 135-day Gaza truce with complete Israeli withdrawal DOHA/TEL AVIV/GAZA: Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half... Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:16pm
World Hamas attack on Israel was ‘biggest anti-Semitic massacre of our century’: Macron PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday described the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel as the... Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:09pm
World Emmanuel Macron hosts tribute to French victims of Hamas attack on Israel PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday is to hold a ceremony paying tribute to the French victims of the... Published 07 Feb, 2024 12:05pm