Iraqi armed groups say ready to fight Israel if Lebanon war breaks out
Baghdad, Iraq - As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready...Geostrategy
Gaza hospital chief says tortured in Israel detention
Israel's military has accused Hamas of using hospitals in the Gaza Strip as a cover for military operations. It has...Geostrategy
MENA region can create 10m jobs by 2050 via climate action, says ILO
DUBAI, UAE - International Labor Organization (ILO) Deputy Regional Director for the Arab States Peter Rademaker has confirmed that the...The trend towards renewable energy has helped to create 13.7 million jobs in the sector worldwide.
The ILO is participating in COP28 to ensure that climate change efforts include to monitor the impact on jobs.
Freed Israeli hostages speak out for remaining captives’ release
The hostages, most of whom were freed during a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas, spoke in a video broadcast...The freed hostages urged the government to take all action necessary to secure the remaining captives' release
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday that 137 Israelis and foreign nationals remained captive in the Gaza Strip
World Bank offers to host Lost and Damage Fund: Official
Dubai, UAE -- "World Bank has offered to host the Lost and Damage Fund, so we'll work very closely with...Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, said, "“COP28 started with great announcements on the Loss and Damage Fund. I think it has been an extremely important decision."
"We need to be global. We need all countries to participate in this global challenge," he noted, adding, "We need to make sure that we can keep the 1.5 degrees."
Israel and Hamas trade strikes as Palestinian toll mounts
Smoke again clouded the sky over the north of the Palestinian territory, whose Hamas government said 240 people had been...According to the UN, an estimated 1.7m people in Gaza have been displaced by eight weeks of war
Fadel Naim, chief doctor at Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, said his morgue had received 30 bodies on Saturday
US defense chief urges Israel to shield civilians to win in Gaza
Austin told the Reagan National Defense Forum that he had "learned a thing or two about urban warfare" while fighting...Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed the day before after a week-long truce
Israel's war on Gaza began after Hamas carried out a shock cross-border attack on October 7
US Commerce chief warns against China ‘threat’
Gina Raimondo unveiled a series of  restrictions on the export of advanced chips to China, including those used in the...Gina Raimondo called Beijing "the biggest threat we've ever had" and stressed "China is not our friend
The world's top two economies are locked in a fierce commercial and geopolitical rivalry
Israel’s goal to destroy Hamas risks decade of war: Macron
Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai, French President Emmanuel Macron...Macron wondered if total destruction of Hamas was possible, and if it is, the war will last 10 years
He traveled to Doha on Saturday to meet with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
Grim cycle of death at a hospital in Gaza
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories - A middle-aged man with a blank, shattered expression walked slowly down a ramp at the hospital,...After the collapse of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, the Nasser hospital's morgue in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, was full once again.
Families gathered for one last look at the dead, caressing their hair, touching their hands or kissing their faces, sometimes still stained with blood
US pledges $3bn to a global climate fund at COP28 meet
Developing countries least responsible for climate change are seeking support from richer polluting nations to adapt to the increasingly ferocious...The amount, which must be approved by the US Congress, will go into the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which was created in 2010
The last US contribution to the fund for developing countries was made under then President Barack Obama, who committed $3 billion in 2014
Turkey’s Erdogan rejects US pressure to cut Hamas ties
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday pushed back against mounting US pressure to cut Ankara's historic ties...Erdogan said that Washington was well aware that Turkey does not view Hamas as a terrorist organization
Hamas political leaders have used Istanbul as one of their foreign bases during Erdogan's two-decade rule