First aid ship to Gaza leaves Cyprus port in pilot project LARNACA: A ship taking almost 200 tons of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday in a pilot project to... Published 12 Mar, 2024 01:06pm
World Houthi missiles fired at ship in Red Sea, US military says CAIRO: Yemen’s Houthi group fired missiles at a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea but did not hit the... Updated 12 Mar, 2024 06:07pm
Editorials Reporters in Gaza’s killing fields The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual report released a few weeks ago provided to... Published 12 Mar, 2024 04:27am
World Ramadan brings no relief as Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s deadliest war showed no signs of abating as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began Monday amid a... Published 11 Mar, 2024 05:43pm
World Israel checking if top Hamas leader killed in air strike: Haaretz OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military is checking whether senior Hamas leader Marwan Issa was killed in an air... Published 11 Mar, 2024 02:55pm
Pakistan JI holds ‘Gaza Solidarity March’ in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday announced to hold a “million march” toward the US embassy in Islamabad... Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am
Print Palestinians: Saudi King urges world community to halt brutal crimes RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz said on Sunday the international community must assume its... Updated 11 Mar, 2024 08:32am
World Gaza talks mediators pushing to secure truce, Israel says CAIRO/RAFAH: Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel’s... Published 10 Mar, 2024 11:45am
World US conducts 5th airdrop of food to Gaza WASHINGTON: The US military airdropped more than 41,000 meals to Gaza on Saturday, in Washington’s fifth operation... Published 09 Mar, 2024 10:57pm
World Israel says Mossad, CIA chiefs met Friday to ‘advance’ hostage release deal JERUSALEM: Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met with his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the... Published 09 Mar, 2024 10:42pm
World Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall CAIRO/RAFAH: Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday,... Published 09 Mar, 2024 05:34pm
World Hamas armed wing says ‘no compromise’ in Gaza truce talks JERUSALEM: Hamas’s armed wing said Friday there would be no compromise on the movement’s demand that Israel withdraw... Published 08 Mar, 2024 11:33pm
World Expanding Israeli settlements a 'war crime': UN GENEVA: Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks... Updated 08 Mar, 2024 11:43pm
World US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid WASHINGTON: The US military will build a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by... Published 08 Mar, 2024 01:45pm
World Hopes dim for Gaza truce before Ramazan as war enters sixth month GAZA STRIP: Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:15am
World Israel says South Africa exploiting World Court on behalf of Hamas OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel accused South Africa on Thursday of acting “as the legal arm of Hamas” after Pretoria... Published 07 Mar, 2024 06:16pm
World China FM calls war in Gaza a ‘disgrace for civilisation’ BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Thursday called Israel’s war in Gaza a “disgrace for civilisation” and... Updated 07 Mar, 2024 12:14pm
Editorials Israel’s hands are soaked in Palestinian blood EDITORIAL: A food distribution point turned into a massacre scene when an aid convoy, the first in more than a ... Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am
World Bulk carrier hit by missile from Yemen, crew says two dead: US official WASHINGTON: A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the... Published 06 Mar, 2024 10:49pm
Business & Finance Consumer boycott: Starbucks Middle East franchisee AlShaya to cut over 2,000 jobs, sources say DUBAI: Gulf retail giant AlShaya Group, which owns the rights to operate Starbucks in the Middle East, plans to lay... Updated 06 Mar, 2024 02:50pm
World Britain to warn Israel’s Gantz over famine in Gaza LONDON: Britain will warn Israel on Wednesday that its patience is running thin over the “dreadful suffering” in... Published 06 Mar, 2024 01:49pm
World Hunger crisis in Gaza: children starving to death amid Israeli aggression WASHINGTON: Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is “almost... Updated 06 Mar, 2024 01:45pm
World Trump backs Israel in Gaza WASHINGTON: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump expressed his support for Israel’s aggression in Gaza... Published 06 Mar, 2024 12:18pm
World Trump, Biden dominate Super Tuesday contests as they march toward rematch PALM BEACH: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests... Published 06 Mar, 2024 10:27am
World Gaza ceasefire talks extended CAIRO/RAFAH: Hamas negotiators stayed in Cairo for a third day of ceasefire talks on Tuesday in an attempt to halt... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
World Diplomacy the ‘only way’ to end Israel-Hezbollah clashes: US envoy BEIRUT: A US envoy said Monday that a diplomatic solution was key to ending nearly five months of intensifying... Published 04 Mar, 2024 08:34pm
Print Gaza truce talks in Cairo as heavy fighting rages GAZA STRIP, (Palestinian Territories): Mediators in Cairo made a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire, but differences... Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:47am
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
World Hamas says Gaza truce possible 'within 24 to 48 hours' if Israel accepts terms GAZA STRIP: A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza may be secured “within 24 to 48... Updated 03 Mar, 2024 09:39pm
World Israeli military steps up strikes on Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan... Published 03 Mar, 2024 01:10pm
