Palestinian factions hand over weapons in largest Lebanon refugee camp
Palestinian factions handed over weapons from Lebanon's largest refugee camp on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, as part of a...Geostrategy
Jailed Istanbul mayor in court over ‘falsified degree’
Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial Friday on charges of falsifying his university degree.Geostrategy
Afghanistan special envoys to meet in Doha
The UN has extended an invitation to the Taliban authorities to participate in the Doha convention, following their exclusion from...The two-day meeting will discuss increasing engagement with Afghanistan and a more coordinated response to the Central Asian nation
UN's Working Group on Women, Peace and Security said the meeting IS an opportunity to reaffirm the rights of Afghan women are not negotiable
Prospects for Gaza truce ebb as Israel prepares to storm Rafah
Truce efforts intensified this week as Qatar and fellow mediators Egypt and the US scrambled to secure a ceasefire before...Qatari PM said efforts for a truce were complicated by the insistence it involve releases of hostages
More people are still fleeing into Rafah, despite the risk of an imminent invasion
GCC and Sweden look to ramp up cooperation in ‘several areas’
Munich, Germany-- The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Sweden have discussed ways to ramp up cooperation in several areas, besides...The talks between the two leaders took place on the sidelines of the 60th Munich Security Conference in Munich
The two discussed cooperation mechanism between the GCC and Sweden on a bilateral level, and with the EU too
Not entering Rafah means losing war, says Netanyahu
Speaking at a televised news conference, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that critics exhorting Israel not to lauch offensive...Israel closest ally the US has implored it to hold off sending troops into Rafah
Negotiations have been going on in Cairo to try to broker a pause in the fighting
Roadmap out for environmental education, sustainable development at WEEC2024
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Roadmap, a high-level plan outlining global recommendations to bolster Environmental Education (EE) and...Lebanon judge charges Nissan employees for allegedly stealing Ghosn documents
BEIRUT, LEBANON - A Lebanese judge has charged four Nissan employees with the theft of documents and devices from the Beirut...A lawyer for the company said that the legal action was "unlawful" and that they would seek to have the charges thrown out.
The Beirut judge has decided to prosecute "four senior Nissan officials" of Japanese, Spanish, French and British nationalities.
Iran unveils air defense systems amid rise in Middle East tensions
Tehran, Iran - Iran unveiled two new air defense systems on Saturday, state media reported, with tensions high in the Middle..."The Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, built by the ministry of defense, were unveiled this morning," local reports said.
The unveiling of the new weapons comes at a time of heightened regional tensions with the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas raging into a fifth month.
Hamas chief says group seeks complete truce in Gaza
Palestinian Territories - Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday reiterated the group's demand of a complete ceasefire in Gaza, a...In a statement issued on Saturday, Qatar-based Haniyeh reiterated the group's several demands, including an end to fighting in Gaza.
Haniyeh insisted that those displaced from the north be returned to their areas in the territory and also called for the release of Hamas prisoners.
UNRWA chief says Israel wants to destroy agency
Geneva, Switzerland - Israel is waging a concerted campaign aimed at destroying UNRWA, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian..."Right now we are dealing with an expanded, concerted campaign by Israel aimed at destroying UNRWA," he told the Swiss newspaper group Tamedia
Israel has called for Lazzarini to step down following claims that a Hamas tunnel had been discovered under its evacuated Gaza City headquarters.
Pakistan official admits being part of election rigging
Islamabad, Pakistan - A senior bureaucrat said on Saturday he helped rig Pakistan's elections, a week after polls marred by allegations...Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, said he would hand himself over to police.
"We converted the losers into winners, reversing margins of 70,000 votes in 13 national assembly seats," he said.
