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Yahya Sinwar: Hamas Gaza leader and ‘dead man walking’
Dec 01, 2023
GAZA STRIP Palestinian Territory — After a career in the shadows, spent in Israeli prisons and the internal security apparatus of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar rose to lead the Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip.Now, Israeli officers say, he is a “dead man walking”.Sinwar stands accused of masterminding the group’s October 7 sudden attacks, the worst in Isr ...
UN climate talks open in UAE with pressure for urgent action
Dec 01, 2023
DUBAI — The UN climate conference opened on Thursday in United Arab Emirates with nat ...
US warship shoots down drone launched from Yemen
Dec 01, 2023
WASHINGTON — A US Navy warship shot down a drone on Wednesday launched from a part of ...
Gazans in midst of 'epic humanitarian catastrophe' — UN chief
Nov 30, 2023
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world", UN Secretary-Gen ...
Hamas says willing to extend truce for more hostage releases
Nov 30, 2023
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Hamas is willing to extend a truce for four days and release more Israeli hostages in exchange for Pal ...
UAE to pump CO2 into rock as ADNOC plans more decarbonisation projects
Nov 30, 2023
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — High in remote mountains in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a new plant will soon take atmospheric CO2 a ...
'Welcome back': Joy in West Bank as freed prisoners return
Nov 30, 2023
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' ...
Mediator Qatar eyes 'sustainable truce' in Gaza
Nov 28, 2023
DOHA — Mediator Qatar said on Tuesday it would use a two-day extension to a humanitarian pause in Gaza to work towards a "sustainable truce" ...
Qatar says temporary truce in Gaza extended by two more days
Nov 27, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A temporary truce in fighting between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas has been extended by two days, medi ...
Palestinian family in Lebanon grieves for dead Gaza relatives
Nov 27, 2023
BEIRUT — From Lebanon, Palestinian Fatima Al Ashwah has been praying for relatives in Gaza, but received grim news that Israeli bombing kill ...
Israeli forces says 13 released hostages back in Israeli territory, 4 more en route
Nov 27, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli occupation said on Sunday that 13 released hostages were back on Israeli territory and another four were on ...
More captives, prisoners freed as Gaza truce extension mooted
Nov 26, 2023
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Hamas fighters released a third group of hostages including a four-year-old American girl on Sunday, i ...
Some farmers in drought-hit Iraq forced to reduce crops — NGO
Nov 26, 2023
BAGHDAD — Sixty per cent of farmers surveyed in four provinces of drought-hit Iraq reported having to reduce cultivated areas or water used, ...
Hamas claims responsibility for Jerusalem shooting that killed 3
Dec 01, 2023
5 premature babies found dead in Gaza hospital: Hamas health ministry
Nov 30, 2023
Israel-linked tanker seized off Yemen — US official
Nov 26, 2023
US intercepts multiple attack drones launched from Yemen: Pentagon
Nov 23, 2023
Syria's two main airports still shut month after Israeli strikes — monitor
Nov 22, 2023
Iran lawmakers pass bill raising retirement age for men
Nov 21, 2023
Iran rejects Israel accusations over ship seized by Yemen rebels
Nov 20, 2023
Fuel enters Gaza to restore phone links after two days without aid
Nov 19, 2023
US troops in Iraq, Syria attacked 55 times in past month
Nov 16, 2023
S.Sudan deploys first unified forces after peace deal
Nov 16, 2023
US strikes Iran-linked sites in eastern Syria
Nov 14, 2023
Sudan fighting destroys strategic Khartoum bridge
Nov 12, 2023
Two drone attacks in Iraq target global coalition — official
Nov 10, 2023
Bodies litter streets as fighting intensifies in Sudan
Nov 10, 2023
Somalia’s Al Shabaab offensive stalls after early success
Nov 10, 2023
Three pro-Iran fighters killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus — monitor
Nov 10, 2023
Source close to Hamas says talks under way for release of 12 hostages
Nov 09, 2023
Hundreds of displaced Sudanese evicted as war rages
Nov 08, 2023
Hundreds line up in Gaza to flee through Egypt crossing
Nov 07, 2023
UN chief says Gaza ceasefire 'more urgent with every passing hour'
Nov 07, 2023
Blinken, in West Bank, says Gazans must not be 'forcibly displaced'
Nov 05, 2023
Turkey recalls envoy to Israel, blasts Netanyahu
Nov 04, 2023

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