Hamas accuses Israel of delaying ceasefire deal
• Says Tel Aviv’s ‘new’ conditions blocking agreement • Netanyahu alleges Hamas reneging on understanding • Israeli strikes kill 24 Palestinians across Gaza DUBAI: The Palestinian group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in the past days. Hamas said that […]
Israeli strikes on homes, school in Gaza kill 22
CAIRO: Israeli troops killed at least 22 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday in attacks on targets including a school sheltering displaced Palestinians, medics and residents said. They said at least half of the dead were killed in three separate air strikes on Gaza City houses, nine were killed in […]
Israeli strike on Gaza post office leaves 30 dead
• Families displaced by conflict took refuge in the facility • Palestinians mourn, bury victims CAIRO: An Israeli strike on a post office sheltering Gaza residents killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50, medics said on Friday. Families displaced by the 14-month-old conflict had sought refuge in the postal facility in the Nuseirat camp, […]
Israeli air strikes kill 34 Palestinians in Gaza
CAIRO: Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 34 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the enclave. An Israeli air strike killed at least 25 people in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have operated since October, and […]
South Korea’s Yoon apologises for martial law but does not resign ahead of impeachment vote
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apologised on Saturday for his attempt to impose martial law this week but did not resign, defying intense pressure to step down even from some in his ruling party and only hours ahead of a planned impeachment vote. ADVERTISEMENT Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and […]
Afghan TV station shut, six detained
KABUL: An Afghan TV station has been shut down after its office was used for dubbing “vulgar” programmes for banned media, the Taliban morality ministry said on Thursday, with the channel’s employees saying six people have been detained. The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) accused people working within Arezo […]
French govt faces collapse after opposition says will vote no-confidence
The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Their move came after Barnier said he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote as a last-minute concession was […]
Syria’s embattled Assad seeks to shore up support after Aleppo loss
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sought to shore up support from his allies Sunday, after a monitor said a shock rebel offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo for the first time since the start of the country’s civil war. ADVERTISEMENT An Islamist-dominated rebel alliance attacked forces of the Syrian government on Wednesday, the same […]
Violence in Georgia after govt delays talks on EU membership
TBILISI: Thousands of Georgians rallied for a second day running on Friday after police arrested several in a violent overnight crackdown on protests against the government’s decision to delay EU membership talks. The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party declared victory in October parliamentary elections that the […]
Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN’s atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would […]
