Macron says abandoning Gaza ‘will kill’ West’s credibility
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that abandoning war-torn Gaza to its fate and giving Israel a "free pass"...Geostrategy
Turkey says Ukraine, Russia want ceasefire ahead of possible talks
NATO member Turkey, which has strove to maintain relations with both Kyiv and Moscow, has become a key mediator amid...Geostrategy
US drone crashes in Iraq, Islamic resistance fighters claim hit
US and allied forces in Iraq and Syria have been hit by some 140 attacks since mid-October, according to the..."A US UAV crashed near Balad airbase, Iraq" on Thursday night local time, a US defense official said, without identifying the type of drone that was lost
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said Friday that it fired on a US MQ-9 which was operating over Iraq the day before
EU’s Borrell accuses Israel of ‘creating’ and ‘financing’ Hamas
Hamas was created in December 1987 shortly after the start of the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, in the Israeli-occupied...Israeli PM has in recent days reaffirmed his opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state, drawing criticism from his US ally, which is still advocating a two-state solutions
"Israel is reaffirming its refusal (of this solution), and to prevent it they have gone so far as to create Hamas themselves," the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said
WEF discusses politics, climate, but not Gaza crisis
Khalid Janahi, CEO of Vision3, in an exclusive interview with TRENDS, delves into why this vital topic was overshadowed in...Khalid Janahi, CEO of Vision3, in an exclusive interview with TRENDS, delves into why this vital topic was overshadowed in global forums like the recenty concluded WEF.
His insights reveal the complexities behind the limited discussion of the conflict on the world stage and its ramifications for international policy and humanitarian efforts.
Biden on Palestinian state: some states ‘don’t have their own militaries’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week said Israel would not...Biden said it was not impossible Netanyahu might come round to some form of two-state solution, mooted for decades as a way to end Middle East tensions
The Israeli premier said on Thursday that his country "must have security control over all the territory west of the Jordan (River)."
UN reports Israel arrested thousands in Gaza since war
Thousands of Gazan men may have been detained by Israeli forces since war erupted on October 7, often facing conditions...The UN official said testimonies of detainees were consistent with reports that the UN human rights office has received on the detention of Palestinians on a broad scale.
He added that Israel had an obligation to ensure that everyone detained was treated in line with international norms on human rights and humanitarian law.
Palestinians count cost of Israel’s West Bank raid
Palestinians held funerals and assessed the damage of a days-long Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, where violence has...Mourners threw flowers over those killed and masked gunmen fired in the air as the funeral procession made its way through Tulkarem refugee camp..
Israel's military said they searched around 1,000 buildings around Tulkarem and interrogated hundreds of people, arresting dozens of them.
Gaza internet, telephone blackout passes one-week mark: NetBlocks
Internet services in the Gaza Strip have been constantly disrupted throughout the war, with telecom firms blaming Israel's bombardment of...The United Nations has warned that the blackouts are worsening the Palestinian territory's already dire humanitarian situation.
At least 24,762 Palestinians, about 70 percent of them women, young children and adolescents, have been killed in Israeli bombardments and ground assaults.
In Davos, AI excitement persists but fears over managing risks
A recent IMF report said AI would affect nearly 40 percent of jobs around the world, and some 60 percent...Over the course of the week, more than 3,000 policy makers, business executives, academics and innovators discussed some of the world's most pressing issues at the annual meet.
The Forum announced it will hold a special meeting, hosted by Saudi Arabia, on “Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development” on 28-29 Apr 2024 in Riyadh.
Complaint against Israeli President received: Swiss prosecutors
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said, amid...The Federal Prosecutor's Office said that it had received a criminal complaint against the Israeli president.
South Africa launched the emergency case at the ICJ, arguing that Israel had breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
Strange calls may precede Israeli attacks in Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON - "Good morning, madame. This is the bank calling. Are you at home?" Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out...Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, residents of southern Lebanon have been receiving strange phone calls from Lebanese numbers.
Lebanese security officials and the Iran-backed Hizbollah group, a Hamas ally, believe the strange calls are in fact from Israelis.
