Hamas says discussing Gaza ceasefire proposals from mediators
It said it sought "to reach an agreement that guarantees ending the aggression, achieving the withdrawal (of Israel from Gaza)...Geostrategy
Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel
Seville, Spain -- Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on...Business Geostrategy Climate Change
Air Arabia Egypt marks its first flight to Istanbul
CAIRO, Egypt – Air Arabia Egypt on Sunday commenced its first non-stop flight from Cairo International Airport to Sabiha Gökçen...Upon arrival at Istanbul, the flight was greeted with a water cannon salute and a welcome ceremony.
The newly added route will connect both cities with a frequency of three weekly flights.
Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts
STRASBOURG, FRANCE – Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of...In a sign of the importance of the issue, the cases have all been treated as priority by the Grand Chamber of the ECHR.
All three cases accuse European governments of inaction or insufficient action in their measures against global warming.
‘Terrible’ Israel-Hamas conflict ‘must end’: UK’s Sunak
The British government on Friday called for "utmost transparency" and a "wholly independent review" into the killing of seven aid...Sunak said the children of Gaza needed a "humanitarian pause immediately, leading to a long-term sustainable ceasefire"
The British government, meanwhile, said a Royal Navy ship would be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza
Israelis rally against Netanyahu as Gaza war reaches half-year mark
Organizers said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads renamed "Democracy Square" since mass protests against controversial judicial...Rallies were also held in other cities, with Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid taking part in one in Kfar Saba ahead of his departure for talks in Washington
Israeli media said clashes had broken out between protesters and police at the Tel Aviv rally and police said one protester had been arrested
Israeli strikes target eastern Lebanon: source close to Hizbollah
Israel and Hizbollah have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian group Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern...Israeli strikes targeted two areas in the Bekaa Valley, Janta and Sifri, the source told AFP in the Baalbek region in Lebanon's east
Janta is an arid, mountainous region close to the border with Syria, while Sifri is in the centre of the Bekaa Valley
Seven children killed in Syria’s as explosive device goes off
Damascus, Syria - Seven children were killed in southern Syria's Daraa province on Saturday when an "explosive device" detonated, state media...The Britain-based monitor said militias were accused of planting the device in order to target an unidentified person in the area.
Syria's war, which escalated into a deadly conflict that pulled in gunmen and foreign armies, has killed more than 507,000 people.
UN agency chief laments Gaza war as ‘betrayal of humanity’
United Nations - Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has escalated into a "betrayal of humanity", the United Nations' humanitarian...UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths called for a "collective determination that there be a reckoning for this betrayal of humanity".
"Each day, this war claims more civilian victims," said Griffiths, who will leave his post at the end of June due to health reasons.
Hamas to stick on truce conditions amid renewed Cairo talks
"The demands ... are complete ceasefire, withdrawal of the occupation forces from Gaza, the return of the displaced to their..."Hamas confirms its adherence to the position it presented on March 14 ... and we will not back down from this position," it said in a statement.
Negotiators were expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to strike a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.
Iran vows to make enemy ‘regret’ killing of revolutionary guards
Tehran, Iran - Iran on Saturday again threatened retaliation for the deaths of seven Revolutionary Guards in a strike on Damascus,...Tehran has vowed to avenge Monday's air strike on the Syrian capital it blamed on its arch-enemy Israel, which has not commented.
The attack levelled the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus, killing seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members.
Israeli information on aid worker death ‘not sufficient,’ says Australia
US-based World Central Kitchen -- founded by Spanish-American celebrity chef Jose Andres -- said a "targeted attack" by Israeli forces...The aid group which were killed Gaza included 43-year-old Australian national Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, as well as British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian employees
"Australia had made clear that we have not yet received sufficient information to satisfy our expectations" about Frankcom's death, the Foreign Minister Penny Wong said
