US House Republicans’ Israel-only aid bill opposed in Senate, by Biden WASHINGTON: US senators from both parties voiced doubts on Tuesday about House Republicans’ plan to provide $14.3... Published 01 Nov, 2023 10:38am
World Israel strikes crowded Gaza camp; says Hamas commander killed GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least... Published 01 Nov, 2023 10:08am
World Israel says it attacked Hamas inside Gaza tunnels Netanyahu on Monday evening ignored call from 120 countries for a sustained humanitarian truce Updated 31 Oct, 2023 10:50pm
World Israel tanks enter Gaza City fringes as army ramps up assault Israel's self-declared 'second phase' of a three-week war has been largely kept from public view, with forces moving under darkness and a telecommunications blackout cutting off Palestinians Updated 30 Oct, 2023 04:02pm
World Turkiye celebrates centenary under shadow of Gaza war ISTANBUL: Turkiye marks its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on Sunday with somewhat muted celebrations held... Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:03pm
World Behind Biden’s shift on Israel assault: deaths of Palestinians, international pressure WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and his team have markedly shifted their tone on the Israel-Hamas crisis in... Updated 27 Oct, 2023 10:51pm
World France’s Macron to meet Sisi in Egypt Wednesday AMMAN: French President Emmanuel Macron is to hold talks in Cairo later Wednesday with Egyptian counterpart Abdel... Published 25 Oct, 2023 02:38pm
World Israel-Hamas war risks ‘serious’ economic damage: World Bank president RIYADH: The war between Israel and Hamas could deal a “serious” blow to global economic development, the president... Published 24 Oct, 2023 12:58pm
World Two more hostages freed by Hamas GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s Hamas group on Monday freed two more women taken as hostages during the October 7 attacks, with... Published 24 Oct, 2023 12:41pm
World French President Macron arrives in Israel on solidarity visit TEL AVIV: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to express his country’s “full solidarity”... Published 24 Oct, 2023 12:08pm
World Biden urges ‘continuous flow’ of aid to Gaza in call with Netanyahu WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden underscored the need to sustain “a continuous flow” of humanitarian assistance... Published 24 Oct, 2023 11:12am
World EU debates Gaza truce call, as top diplomat urges more aid LUXEMBOURG: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday urged faster aid deliveries to Gaza, and said the bloc... Published 23 Oct, 2023 12:46pm
World Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon as Netanyahu convenes war cabinet GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes early on Monday and its aircraft struck southern... Published 23 Oct, 2023 11:52am
World Biden ‘outraged’ by Gaza hospital blast, points to Hamas responsibility TEL AVIV: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Washington would provide Israel with everything it needed to... Updated 18 Oct, 2023 10:44pm
World Iran FM meets Hezbollah head in Lebanon BEIRUT: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met the head of the powerful Tehran-backed group Hezbollah... Published 13 Oct, 2023 02:41pm
World Blinken seeks to exert Arab pressure as Israel readies Gaza offensive AMMAN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday began a tour of Arab capitals as he seeks to exert pressure on... Updated 13 Oct, 2023 01:44pm
World UN General Assembly: Erdogan, Netanyahu meet for first time as relations thaw NEW YORK: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the first time in... Published 20 Sep, 2023 10:44am
Technology Musk says X could charge all users ‘small monthly payment’ SAN FRANCISCO: Online platform X could introduce a monthly fee for all users, its owner Elon Musk said Monday,... Published 19 Sep, 2023 12:17pm
World Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire JERUSALEM: Israel launched artillery strikes on Syria Sunday morning after several rockets were fired from there and... Updated 09 Apr, 2023 02:36pm
World Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against judicial overhaul TEL AVIV: Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country Saturday in the 10th consecutive week of... Published 12 Mar, 2023 12:20pm
World Three Palestinians killed by Israel undercover unit JABA: Three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli border police in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the... Updated 09 Mar, 2023 02:57pm
World Dozens of Israeli reserve pilots ditch drill to protest judicial overhaul JERUSALEM: Dozens of Israeli air force reservists said on Sunday they would not turn up for a training day in ... Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:13am
World Iran rejects Israeli claims on oil tanker attack DUBAI: Iran denies Israel’s accusation that Tehran targeted an Israeli oil tanker on Feb. 10, Iranian foreign... Published 20 Feb, 2023 02:24pm
World Blinken exhorts Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘restore calm’ WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Saturday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and... Published 19 Feb, 2023 12:10pm
World Israel seals home of Palestinian synagogue shooter JERUSALEM: Israeli police sealed off the Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian gunman two days after he killed ... Published 30 Jan, 2023 06:43am
World Blinken heads to Middle East as violence erupts WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which... Published 29 Jan, 2023 12:24pm
World Israel PM removes top minister over court ruling JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed a top minister from office Sunday, a statement said,... Published 22 Jan, 2023 04:36pm
World Israel takes Palestinian minister’s VIP pass in world court flap OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel suspended on Sunday a pass easing the Palestinian foreign minister’s travel in and... Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:01am
Editorials Shameful provocation EDITORIAL: Just days after returning to power as the most far-right government in Israel, headed by Benjamin... Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:00am
World Israeli forces kill two Palestinians KAFR-DAN: Israeli forces killed a Hamas militant and another Palestinian during clashes near the occupied West Bank... Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am
