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Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 12:52am

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Mideast tensions threaten global progress on inflation: World Bank

WASHINGTON: The ongoing tensions in the Middle East threaten to halt – or even reverse – some of the recent progress...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 05:24pm

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Biden says Israel must allow aid to Palestinians ‘without delay’

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Wednesday demanded that new humanitarian aid be allowed to immediately reach...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 10:07pm

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Israel continues aggression in Gaza after US Congress approves military aid

GAZA STRIP: Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and artillery fire as its aggression continued on Wednesday after...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 05:43pm

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Rescuers say Israeli strike kills two Lebanese civilians, including child

BEIRUT: Local rescuers and official media said an Israeli strike killed a woman and a girl from the same family on...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 01:09am

Editorials

Regional conflicts and global economy: the nexus

EDITORIAL: Regional conflicts have been impacting on the global economy in recent years – beginning with the Russian...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

World

Israel’s Gaza war has negatively impacted human rights, says US report

WASHINGTON: The war between Israel and Hamas that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and resulted...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 11:22pm

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Three sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike

CAIRO: Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, the...

Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:42am

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Hamas says Israeli proposal fails to meet Palestinian demands but is under review

CAIRO: Hamas said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal on a ceasefire in its aggression in Gaza met none of the...

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 05:54pm

World

Right time to do a hostage deal, says Israel’s defence minister

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday it is the right time to do a hostage deal...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 08:04pm

World

No progress made at Cairo ceasefire talks, says Hamas official

CAIRO: A Hamas official told Reuters on Monday that no progress was made at a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks in...

Updated 08 Apr, 2024 01:42pm

Markets

Oil steadies after dip on Middle East ceasefire talks

LONDON: Global oil benchmark Brent steadied above $91 a barrel on Monday, reducing early losses prompted by Israel...

Updated 08 Apr, 2024 08:32pm

World

Israeli aggression in Gaza enters 7th month as truce negotiators expected in Cairo

US and other negotiators are expected to join the protagonists in Cairo in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal

Updated 07 Apr, 2024 09:27pm

World

Palestinian leader Abbas to visit Turkiye next week

ANTALYA: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will visit Turkiye next week for talks about the Gaza war and...

Published 03 Mar, 2024 05:14pm

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Talks on Gaza truce expected as offensive and aid crisis rage on

CAIRO: Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and...

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 11:55am

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

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

Israeli strikes hit near south Lebanon city of Sidon

BEIRUT: At least two Israeli air strikes hit southern Lebanon on Monday near the coastal city of Sidon, state media...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 10:32pm

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Israel frees two hostages, Gaza officials say 67 killed in assault

DOHA/JERUSALEM: Israel freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas in Rafah on Monday in a ferocious rescue...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

World

White House presses Israel to work toward pause in Gaza war

WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday pressed Israel to work toward a pause in the Gaza conflict to win freedom for...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 12:11am

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Israel announces UN expert entry ban over October 7 comment

JERUSALEM: Israel on Monday announced a visa ban on the United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied...

Published 12 Feb, 2024 10:43pm

World

EU’s Borrell urges Israel allies to stop sending weapons

BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday urged allies of Israel – primarily the United States – to...

Published 12 Feb, 2024 10:37pm

World

Hezbollah says launches rocket salvo at Israeli-occupied Golan

BEIRUT: Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets at an army position in the...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 11:53pm

World

US says Algeria push for UN ceasefire resolution could hurt Gaza talks

UNITED NATIONS: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday that Algeria’s draft...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 12:39am

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France hopes Gaza medicines reach ‘every hostage’: minister

TEL AVIV: French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday he hoped medicines delivered to Gaza would reach...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 12:21am

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Israeli forces storm hospital as Khan Younis hit by bloodiest fighting of 2024

At least 25,295 Gazans killed since October 7, health authorities say

Published 22 Jan, 2024 10:44pm

World

US sanctions airline, Iraq militia leaders after attacks on troops

WASHINGTON: The United States announced sanctions Monday on Iraqi low-cost airline Fly Baghdad, saying it provided...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 09:58pm

World

Britain, US unveil new sanctions against ‘Hamas financiers’

LONDON: Britain and the United States unveiled new asset freezes and travel bans Monday on Hamas and Palestinian...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 09:50pm

World

Middle East missile attacks raise Gaza escalation risk

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD: Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the...

Published 21 Jan, 2024 11:44am

World

Russia urges Hamas to release hostages

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday urged Hamas to release all hostages during talks with the group in Moscow, saying the...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 10:53pm