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 Top Israeli ministers reject Palestinian statehood as part of post war plan JERUSALEM: Top ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected Palestinian statehood on... Published 15 Feb, 2024 06:19pm
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 South Africa asks World Court to weigh Israel’s Rafah offensive JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said on Tuesday it had asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend... Updated 13 Feb, 2024 10:28pm
World US Senate passes $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and... Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:10pm
World Israel spy chief travels to Cairo for Gaza talks JERUSALEM: Israel’s spy chief was headed to Cairo Tuesday for talks with his Egyptian and US counterparts on a Gaza... Updated 13 Feb, 2024 08:00pm
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 IMF chief says Israel-Hamas war ‘devastating’ Palestinian economy DUBAI: The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the economies of both the embattled Gaza Strip and the occupied West... Updated 11 Feb, 2024 10:05pm
World Senior Hamas official in Lebanon survives Israeli strike: Palestinian source BEIRUT: A senior Hamas official survived Saturday an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon, a Palestinian... Published 10 Feb, 2024 07:43pm
World Saudi warns of ‘catastrophe’ if Israel moves on Rafah RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Israel’s planned army operation in overcrowded Rafah would cause a... Published 10 Feb, 2024 05:17pm
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 Biden to host Jordan king next week to discuss Gaza WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington on Monday for talks on... Published 08 Feb, 2024 08:13pm
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 UN chief says world in ‘age of chaos’ UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is entering “an age of chaos”... Published 07 Feb, 2024 09:48pm
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 US plans more strikes in Middle East against Iran-backed groups WASHINGTON: The United States plans to undertake further strikes after the killing of three US troops by... Updated 04 Feb, 2024 10:06pm
World Hamas says US, UK strikes on Yemen to cause more ‘turmoil’ Air raids in Yemen came a day after separate wave of unilateral American strikes in Iraq and Syria Updated 04 Feb, 2024 06:51pm
World 'Despair': Israel presses on with aggression in Gaza as fears grow of push into Rafah GAZA STRIP: Israel pressed its blistering aggression in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fears grew over a push into... Updated 04 Feb, 2024 03:02am
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 27,238 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Gaza said Saturday at least 27,238 people have been killed in the territory... Published 03 Feb, 2024 03:38pm
World Hamas unlikely to reject ceasefire but will demand Israeli withdrawal Hamas is unlikely to reject a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received from mediators this week, but will not sign it... Published 01 Feb, 2024 06:43pm
World Hamas head due in Cairo for truce talks GAZA STRIP: The leader of Hamas was expected in Cairo on Thursday for talks on a proposed truce in Gaza, as Israel... Published 01 Feb, 2024 12:29pm
World Three US troops killed in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran WASHINGTON: Three US service members were killed and at least 34 wounded in a drone attack by Iran-backed group on... Published 29 Jan, 2024 11:48am
World US, Israel, Egypt, Qatar officials in Gaza talks in Paris: sources US-led negotiators getting closer to an agreement under which Israel will suspend its war in Gaza for about two months in return for release of more than 100 hostages, according to The New York Times Updated 28 Jan, 2024 11:55pm