Antony Blinken heads to key mediator Qatar after Hamas truce deal reply AMMAN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Wednesday to talks in key mediator Qatar after Hamas gave... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 01:48pm
World Israeli strike kills senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday, the Iran-backed group... Published 12 Jun, 2024 11:31am
World UNRWA says forced displacement has pushed over 1 million away from Rafah DUBAI: Forced displacement has pushed over a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations... Published 03 Jun, 2024 01:23pm
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World Rafah strikes could ‘hinder’ Gaza truce talks: mediator Qatar DOHA: Israel’s latest strikes on a displaced people’s camp near Gaza’s southern city of Rafah could hinder talks... Published 27 May, 2024 03:27pm
World EU set to discuss Rafah mission, Borrell criticises Israel’s Netanyahu BRUSSELS: The European Union aims to agree in principle on Monday to press ahead with an EU border mission at Rafah,... Published 27 May, 2024 01:42pm
World Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, Gaza authorities say CAIRO: Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip... Updated 27 May, 2024 12:29pm
World Amnesty seeks war crimes probe into three Israel strikes PARIS: Amnesty International on Monday urged the International Criminal Court to investigate as war crimes three... Updated 27 May, 2024 11:52am
World US says Israel's use of weapons may have violated international law WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Friday said Israel’s use of US-supplied weapons may have violated... Updated 11 May, 2024 05:13pm
World UAE hits out at Netanyahu for saying Gulf state could help run Gaza CAIRO/DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates hit out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday after the... Updated 11 May, 2024 08:10pm
World Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal CAIRO/RAFAH: Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister... Updated 10 May, 2024 09:17pm
World US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues WASHINGTON/CAIRO/RAFAH: US President Joe Biden vowed publicly for the first time to withhold weapons from Israel if... Published 09 May, 2024 12:23pm
World Israel continues aggression in Gaza as negotiators work towards truce RAFAH: Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt, where... Updated 08 May, 2024 11:05pm
World Govt to ‘close’ Al Jazeera TV in Israel: Netanyahu Israeli police raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order Updated 05 May, 2024 08:48pm
World Latest round of Gaza truce talks expected in Egypt GAZA STRIP: Talks to strike a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to... Published 05 May, 2024 12:34pm
World Rafah operation could be a ‘slaughter’, UN official says GENEVA: An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be an... Published 03 May, 2024 03:01pm
World US Defence Secretary says there was no indication Hamas planning attack on US troops HONOLULU: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he did not see any indication Hamas was planning any... Published 03 May, 2024 10:38am
World Antony Blinken urges Hamas to agree truce to help Gazans OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli... Published 02 May, 2024 12:02pm
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 Antony Blinken says US ‘determined’ to get Israel-Hamas deal ‘now’ TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed calls for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal on Wednesday as he... Updated 01 May, 2024 09:54pm
World Hamas prepares response to Gaza truce offer OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hamas was studying Tuesday Israel’s offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in... Updated 30 Apr, 2024 01:22pm
World Senior US, French officials in Middle East seeking to ease Gaza war RIYADH: French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said on Monday talks on a ceasefire in Gaza were progressing as he... Updated 29 Apr, 2024 02:59pm
World More than 14 Palestinians killed as violence flares in West Bank NUR SHAMS: Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an... Published 21 Apr, 2024 11:15am
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 Joe Biden says Netanyahu’s approach to war in Gaza is a ‘mistake’ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” US President Joe... Published 10 Apr, 2024 11:46am
World Polish PM Donald Tusk says Gaza aid worker deaths caused ‘understandable anger’ WARSAW: An attack that killed aid workers, including a Polish national, in Gaza and the reaction of Israeli Prime... Published 03 Apr, 2024 12:37pm
World Joe Biden ‘outraged’ by Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was “outraged and heartbroken” by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza... Published 03 Apr, 2024 10:15am
World US, Israeli officials to meet virtually on Rafah, US official says WASHINGTON: Senior US and Israeli officials planned to hold a virtual meeting on Monday to discuss the Biden... Published 01 Apr, 2024 08:42pm
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