UN chief calls for ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire, hostage release KUWAIT CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged an immediate halt to the Israel-Hamas war in... Published 12 May, 2024 03:05pm
World Israel strikes Gaza after fresh Rafah evacuation order RAFAH: Israel launched strikes on Gaza Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah, with the United... Updated 12 May, 2024 10:28pm
World Washington police clear pro-Palestinian university encampment WASHINGTON: Washington police cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University on... Published 08 May, 2024 06:10pm
World Israel pessimistic on Gaza truce talks, but delegation remains in Cairo JERUSALEM: Israel sees no sign of a breakthrough in Egyptian-mediated talks on a truce with Hamas that would free... Published 08 May, 2024 05:39pm
World Turkiye says Israel’s Rafah operation is another war crime ANKARA: The Israeli operation in Gaza’s Rafah city a day after Hamas accepted a ceasefire deal marks another war... Published 07 May, 2024 02:59pm
World Israeli military seizes Rafah border crossing, steps up attacks in southern Gaza RAFAH: The Israeli military seized control of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday... Updated 07 May, 2024 09:48pm
World French foreign minister makes unscheduled Cairo stop as Gaza truce talks intensify CAIRO: France’s foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as... Published 01 May, 2024 02:39pm
World Israel kills at least 20 Palestinians in Rafah, new Gaza ceasefire talks expected in Cairo CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least another 20 Palestinians... Updated 29 Apr, 2024 09:47pm
World Source close to Hezbollah says fighter killed in Israel strike BEIRUT: A source close to Hezbollah said an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon killed a fighter of the Hezbollah on... Published 23 Apr, 2024 02:49pm
World Israeli military intelligence chief resigns as Gaza pounded JERUSALEM: Israel’s military intelligence chief has resigned after taking responsibility for failures leading to... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
World 200 bodies exhumed at Gaza hospital since Saturday GAZA STRIP, (Palesti-nian Territories): Gaza’s Civil Defence agency said Monday that health workers had uncovered... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
World Israel army says military intelligence chief resigns over October 7 Hamas attack JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday the chief of its intelligence directorate has resigned after taking... Published 22 Apr, 2024 02:01pm
World Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no further retaliation Iranian media and officials describe small number of explosions, which they say resulted from Iran’s air defences hitting three drones over Isfahan Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:30pm
World At least 34,012 Palestinians killed in Israeli offensive in Gaza since Oct. 7 CAIRO: Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 34,012 Palestinians and injured 76,833... Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:48pm
World G7 opposes ‘full scale military operation in Rafah’ CAPRI: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations said Friday they opposed a “full-scale military operation... Published 19 Apr, 2024 06:08pm
World Blinken says US ‘not involved in any offensive operation’ CAPRI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday refused to comment on reports of an attack by Israel on Iran,... Updated 19 Apr, 2024 05:43pm
World Israel reserves ‘right to protect itself’ after Iran attack: Netanyahu JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country will decide how to respond to... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
World Israel vows to press on with aggression in Gaza after Iran attack PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Israel launched dozens of air strikes on Gaza overnight, Hamas said Monday, as the army... Updated 15 Apr, 2024 12:55pm
World Israel boosts defences after Iran revenge threat JERUSALEM: The Israeli military halted leave for all combat units on Thursday amid concerns of a possible escalation... Published 04 Apr, 2024 05:08pm
World Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 33,037 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that at least 33,037 people have been killed in the... Published 04 Apr, 2024 03:18pm
World 10 key moments in the Israel-Hamas war PARIS: On October 7, members of the Palestinian group Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that resulted in... Published 04 Apr, 2024 12:22pm
World Chef Jose Andres says Israel targeted his aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’ WASHINGTON: Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed... Published 03 Apr, 2024 11:10pm
World World Bank estimates damage to Gaza critical infrastructure at $18.5bn WASHINGTON: The World Bank says the Israel-Hamas war has caused damage of around $18.5 billion to Gaza’s critical... Published 02 Apr, 2024 10:48pm
World Israeli PM Netanyahu to leave hospital on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be released from hospital on Tuesday afternoon following a hernia... Published 01 Apr, 2024 08:39pm
World Israeli troops leave Gaza’s Shifa Hospital a wreck in sea of rubble OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week... Updated 01 Apr, 2024 02:59pm
World ‘Significant’ Hezbollah commander killed in airstrike OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, BEIRUT: The Israeli military said it killed a Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on a vehicle ... Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am
World Hamas official says undecided on sending delegation to new truce talks GAZA STRIP: A Hamas official told AFP on Sunday the Palestinian group had not made a decision on whether to send a... Published 31 Mar, 2024 09:37pm
World Three UN observers and a translator wounded in south Lebanon, peacekeeping mission says BEIRUT: Three United Nations observers and a translator were wounded on Saturday when a shell exploded near them as... Published 31 Mar, 2024 10:42am
World Two killed in Israeli air strike in West Bank: Palestinian Authority RAMALLAH: Two Palestinians, who the Israeli military said posed a “threat” to its soldiers, were killed by an air... Published 21 Mar, 2024 11:48am
World Israel defence chief to visit US as Rafah pressure builds OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant is to visit Washington in the coming week, the government... Published 20 Mar, 2024 05:24pm