Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories -- The Palestinians trying to rebuild their lives in the ruins of Gaza are short of...
- Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year...
Washington, US – President Joe Biden will welcome Iraq's prime minister on April 15 for talks on the US troop presence,...The visit will mark the first trip to Washington by Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani, who took office in October 2022.
Sudani in the past has called for an exit of US forces, redeployed nearly 10 years ago as part of a campaign to defeat the Islamic State
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The EU will put more pressure on the most popular online platforms, like X and TikTok, to tackle...The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is expected to adopt new guidelines.
They will come under the EU's mammoth content moderation law, the Digital Services Act.
- Israel plans to send troops into Gaza's Rafah even without US support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Antony Blinken, as...
US has repeatedly blocked ceasefire resolutions at the UN Security Council but tried to pass a text mentioning an "immediate ceasefire as part of a hostage deal".
World leaders including staunch allies of Israel backed the renewed diplomatic push.
- Tripoli, Libya - Libya's shutdown of its main border crossing with Tunisia this week will remain in force until authorities put...
Authorities aim to "ensure the security of the borders and combat crime and smuggling," Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi said.
The crossing was shut down on Tuesday after clashes between armed groups and security forces on the Libyan side the night before.
- Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared as "state lands" the area in the northern Jordan Valley. Israeli settlement watchdog Peace...
Settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international law. Smotrich, who heads the extreme-right Religious Zionism party, lives in a settlement.
They are now home to more than 490,000 Israelis, who live alongside around three million Palestinians in the territory.
- Australia, Canada and Sweden, which were among those states, announced earlier this month they were resuming aid. Ten percent of...
Finland suspended its yearly funding of five million euros in January, following Israel's allegations that 12 of the UN agency's 30,000 employees were involved in the Hamas attack
Finland's minister Tavio said in a statement that preventing misconduct and initiating close monitoring give sufficient guarantees at this point for resuming the support
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – US will no longer be able to dictate oil prices in the Middle East, Director of the...The US cannot dictate prices, although they would like to as the world is becoming a multipolar one, a Russian official said.
"This multipolarity is expressed in particular in the existence of the group of countries known as OPEC+," he added.
- Adelaide, Australia--Britain and Australia declared the need for an "immediate cessation of fighting" in Gaza, as diplomatic pressure built on Israel...
The allies issued a statement that stressed the "urgency of an immediate cessation of fighting in Gaza to allow aid to flow and hostages to be released"
The UK's call for an "immediate cessation of fighting" is a sign that Britain is also growing anxious about the toll of what Israel calls Operation Swords of Iron.
- After talks in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Blinken flies to Israel on Friday, his sixth trip to the region since...
United States said it would submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Security Council on the need for an "immediate ceasefire as part of a hostage deal."
Fighting in Gaza this week has centered around Al-Shifa hospital, with Israel also vowing to launch a new ground assault in overcrowded Rafah
- The Israeli prime minister's office said that Benjamin Netanyahu approved an Israeli delegation led by Mossad head David Barnea to...
Barnea is to meet CIA director, Qatari prime minister and Egypt's intelligence chief
Israel believes about 130 remain in Gaza, including 33 who are presumed dead
