14-05-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israel’s army has admitted to carrying out “a targeted attack” on the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing two people, including Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih. Gaza’s Government Media Office on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Eslaih, who was receiving treatment …
Read More »UK faces court challenge over Israel exports
14-05-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s government faces a High Court challenge over the export of F-35 jet components used by Israel. Co-claimants Al-Haq, a Palestinian rights organization, and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) are behind the case. “We’re going to court to try to force the government to stop …
Read More »Trump visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE
13-05-2025 RIYADH/ DOHA/ DUBAI: The US president is due in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of a three-day tour, which will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It marks Trump’s second foreign visit as president after he attended Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome in April. …
Read More »Israel resumes attacks after US-Israeli soldier’s release
13-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 39 people on Monday, after Hamas releases US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander from captivity. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, after the world’e leading hunger monitor says the entire population of the …
Read More »‘UK Forces involved in war crimes in Afghanistan & Iraq’
13-05-2025 LONDON: Former members of the United Kingdom’s Special Forces have described alleged war crimes committed by British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq dating back over a decade. More than 30 witnesses who served with or alongside special forces soldiers broke their silence to media and spoke about illegal killings …
Read More »China & US agree to ease tariffs for 90 days
13-05-2025 GENEVA: China and the United States have agreed to suspend some of the heavy trade tariffs imposed against one another as they prepare to extend negotiations aimed at lowering trade war tensions. The two countries issued a joint statement on Monday, following two days of trade talks in Geneva, …
Read More »Kurdish PKK ends 40-year Turkey insurgency
13-05-2025 ANKARA: The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the move on Monday for “peace and fraternity” in Turkiye. The move was reported by the Firat News …
Read More »Fighting ‘only paused’ in wake of conflict with Pakistan: Modi
13-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India “only paused” its military action against Pakistan, in his first speech to the nation since a ceasefire following a fierce military confrontation last week that threatened a fifth all-out war between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Speaking on Wednesday, the …
Read More »Israeli-American captive released in Gaza
13-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Hamas has released Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander, 21, “paving the way” for a return to ceasefire talks for the war-battered Gaza Strip, the Palestinian group says. Gaza’s entire population is at critical risk of famine and half a million Palestinians in the besieged territory face starvation, according …
Read More »Children among dozens killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza
12-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Dozens more people, including several children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave. Four Palestinians were killed and others were wounded Saturday evening after an Israeli …
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