Qatar urges rapid international action to stop Gaza violence DOHA: Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli... Published 01 Dec, 2023 03:18pm
World Israel and Hamas agree to extend temporary truce GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their six-day ceasefire by at... Published 30 Nov, 2023 10:53am
World Israel, Hamas due to release more people amid efforts to extend truce GAZA/JERUSALEM: Hamas and Israel were expected to release more hostages and prisoners on Wednesday, the last day of... Updated 29 Nov, 2023 09:39pm
World Israeli, US spy chiefs meet Qatari PM to discuss ‘building on’ Gaza truce DUBAI: The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad met Qatar’s prime minister in Doha... Published 28 Nov, 2023 06:32pm
World Qatar, Egypt, US, EU, Spain trying to extend Israel-Hamas truce: Palestinian Authority BARCELONA: Qatar, Egypt, the United States, the European Union and Spain are working to extend the temporary... Published 27 Nov, 2023 05:03pm
World Hamas frees Israeli, Thai hostages in temporary truce Israel says the ceasefire could be extended if Hamas continued to release at least 10 hostages a day Updated 26 Nov, 2023 04:04pm
World No Gaza hostage release before Friday, Israel, US say GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas will... Published 23 Nov, 2023 10:09am
World UN welcomes Israel-Hamas deal as 'important step' GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 07:02pm
Perspectives JUI-F’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s meeting with Hamas leaders The recent meeting between Maulana Fazlur Rehman – leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and senior Hamas leaders... Published 22 Nov, 2023 06:09pm
World UNICEF says Gaza world’s ‘most dangerous place’ for children Hard-won truce deal between Israel and Hamas not enough to save their lives, says head of UN children's agency Over 5,300 children have reportedly been killed in Gaza since October 7 Updated 22 Nov, 2023 10:35pm
World Gaza hostage talks ‘closest’ to deal since start of war: Qatar DOHA: Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel are at their “closest point” to a... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:16pm
World Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The chief of Hamas told Reuters on Tuesday that the Palestinian group was near a truce... Updated 21 Nov, 2023 06:23pm
World Israeli troops deepen search at main Gaza hospital for evidence of Hamas GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel said its forces were operating in and around Gaza’s biggest hospital, a chief... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:05pm
World Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce DOHA/CAIRO: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:36pm
World Qatar urges Israel and Hamas to make hostage deal DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
World US unveils third round of Hamas sanctions WASHINGTON: The United States in conjunction with the United Kingdom on Tuesday announced a third round of sanctions... Published 14 Nov, 2023 07:23pm
World Qatar urges Israel and Hamas to make hostage deal DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7... Published 14 Nov, 2023 07:19pm
World Mossad, CIA chiefs meet with Qatar PM in Doha over hostage deal DOHA: A trilateral meeting was held in Doha on Thursday between CIA and Mossad chiefs and the Qatari prime minister... Published 09 Nov, 2023 06:29pm
World Fierce fighting in Gaza City; US says Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war WASHINGTON/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Street battles raged in Gaza City with Hamas using tunnels to ambush Israeli... Published 09 Nov, 2023 10:37am
Print KSA, Qatar: Issues over BIT template block huge investment ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) is likely to move the Federal Cabinet to scrap Bilateral Investment Treaty... Updated 08 Nov, 2023 08:34am
World Israel steps up aggression, pressure grows as Gaza death toll approaches 10,000 US deploys Ohio-class nuclear missile submarine to Middle East Telecom services resume gradually in Gaza Jordan air-drops medical aid to Jordanian field hospital in Gaza Updated 06 Nov, 2023 10:35pm
World Qatar says Gaza hostage releases need ‘period of calm’ DOHA: Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that without a “period of calm” in Gaza its mediators would not... Updated 06 Nov, 2023 06:45am
World France FM urges ‘immediate humanitarian truce’ in Gaza war DOHA: France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called Sunday for an “immediate” humanitarian pause in the... Published 05 Nov, 2023 03:52pm
Markets Qatar signs second 27-year gas supply deal with China's Sinopec DOHA: Qatar has agreed to supply Sinopec with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate’s state-owned energy... Updated 04 Nov, 2023 10:44pm
World UAE says it plans to treat 1,000 Palestinian children from Gaza DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it planned to treat 1,000 Palestinian children from Gaza, without... Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:17pm
World Thai FM travels to Qatar, Egypt for Hamas hostage talks BANGKOK: Thailand’s foreign minister begins an urgent visit to Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday for talks on the fate of... Published 31 Oct, 2023 02:39pm
World India vows to free its ex-navy personnel on Qatar death row NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister on Monday said the country would “make all efforts” to secure the release of... Published 30 Oct, 2023 12:53pm
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 Qatar open to reconsidering Hamas presence in Qatar: US WASHINGTON: Qatar told the US it was open to reconsidering the presence of Hamas in Qatar once a crisis is resolved... Published 28 Oct, 2023 05:58am
World Indians given death penalty in Qatar accused of spying for Israel, sources say NEW DELHI/DOHA: Eight Indian former naval officers who were handed the death penalty by a court in Qatar on Thursday... Published 27 Oct, 2023 05:47pm