Crowds of people rallied in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of president Mahmud Abbas...
- The Global Sumud Flotilla, also carrying prominent pro-Palestinian advocates including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, set sail for Gaza earlier...
The United States approved a $4 billion sale of state-of-the-art drones to India, offering a new edge to the growing...Indian officials had discussed the drones during a state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.
After months of discussion, the State Department said it had informed Congress of the sale..
New Delhi, India - Bulldozers have knocked down a centuries-old mosque in India's capital, a member of the building's managing committee...The Masjid Akhonji in New Delhi, which its caretakers say is around 600 years old, was home to 22 students enrolled in an Islamic boarding school
It was torn down on Tuesday in a forest of Mehrauli, an affluent neighborhood dotted with centuries-old ruins from settlements predating modern Delhi
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia remains undecided on accepting the BRICS bloc's invitation to join, despite initial claims of...South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor's recently asserted the kingdom's membership, but a Saudi official told Reuters the Kingdom has not yet responded to the invitation.
BRICS had extended membership offers to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Iran, Argentina, and Ethiopia last August.
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said that "if the funding remains suspended, we will most likely be forced to shut down...UN rights experts voiced alarm at soaring numbers of journalists killed in the Gaza war, decrying an apparent "deliberate" Israeli strategy to silence critical reporting.
119 people were killed in the latest night of Israeli strikes; "There is a massacre taking place right now," said Leo Cans of international aid group Doctors Without Borders.
In an effort to shore up prices, the OPEC+ oil alliance of 23 nations has implemented supply cuts of more...In a statement following a meeting via videoconference, the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of OPEC+ stopped short of making any recommendations on its output policy.
However, the panel said it "reviewed the crude oil production data for the months of November and December 2023", noting the "high conformity" among participating nations.
- ABU DHABI, UAE - Madrid wants the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) here next...
The ministerial meeting (MC13) will convene representatives of 164 nations and trading blocs.
MC13 will seek key reforms to the global trading system, including expanding WTO membership .
- Sudan's nine-month-old war has so far largely spared the country's east. But with the frontline inching ever closer, and reports...
In recent months, the RSF's push into Al-Jazira state, southeast of the embattled capital Khartoum, has given it access to roads leading further east
The port city is Sudan's lifeline for crucial aid during the war that, according to the United Nations, has uprooted around 7.6 million people
- The trip comes days after the Democratic incumbent's campaign manager traveled to the city of Dearborn -- home to the...
The White House has made clear that Thursday's trip is purely a campaign visit, and Biden's 2024 team has said that he will meet with members of UAW union in the Detroit area
On Wednesday a group of Dearborn organizations called for ceasefire in Gaza and the city's mayor, Abdullah Hammoud refused to meet with Biden's campaign manager
CENTCOM earlier announced that the USS Carney had shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis, and then...A US warship also shot down an anti-ship missile fired by the Houthis
American forces also destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile on Wednesday
- Palestinian Territories - International efforts towards a new pause in the devastating Gaza war gathered pace Wednesday, as Israel bombarded...
Hamas was reviewing a proposal for a six-week truce in its war with Israel, a source told AFP, after mediators gathered in Paris
While talks take place, the population of Gaza is starving to death due to constraints imposed on humanitarian aid
