Trump presses Syria leader on Israel after lifting sanctions
US President Donald Trump landed in Doha Wednesday after visiting Riyadh, where he urged Syria's president to normalise with Israel...Geostrategy
Trump heads to the Gulf eyeing deals amid diplomatic offensive
In the days before the trip, the White House has played an instrumental part in hammering out a ceasefire between...Geostrategy
Erdogan calls Israel a ‘terror state’ before his Germany visit
ANKARA, TURKEY - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of the...The Turkish leader took a more nuanced line immediately after Hamas's October 7 cross-border attacks.
Health officials in the Hamas-run territory say more than 11,300 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed in Gaza.
UN appalled by Israeli military raid on Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell, on a rare visit to the Palestinian territory by a top UN official, said she...Just hours after receiving its first wartime delivery of fuel from outside Gaza, the UN warned Wednesday its operations in the territory were facing collapse.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the killing "of women, of children, of babies" in the Israel-Hamas war must stop.
US renews waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian gas
Due to US sanctions against Iran, Baghdad cannot pay Tehran directly for its gas. Baghdad's unpaid bills to Tehran for...A US official said Iraq can use its own funds to "render payment for Iranian electricity imports into restricted Iranian accounts in Iraq"
In order to force Baghdad to pay its arrears, Tehran regularly suspends its gas supplies, which are essential for Iraq's power stations
US wants war between Israel and Hamas contained: Pentagon official
Washington, United States - United States wants to see the war between Israel and Hamas contained to Gaza and not...As of today, "we have not seen this war spill over into other neighboring countries and into the region," Sabrina Singh said
However, Iranian-backed groups in Syria and Iraq have continued attacks on US troops engaged in the defeat-ISIS mission, she added
Israeli troops storm Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital
Israel has repeatedly claimed that Hamas uses the hospital as cover for a command post and weapons stores, a claim...Israel said its troops were carrying out "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas"
Hamas has accused US President Joe Biden of being responsible for the Israeli assault on Al-Shifa
Israeli army kills eight Palestinians in occupied West Bank
The Israeli army said its forces conducted "counterterrorism activities" in the city, during which "engineering vehicles uncovered explosive devices planted...Seven Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid on the northern city of Tulkarem, the health ministry and a local hospital said
In a separate incident near the southern West Bank city Hebron, a 20-year-old Palestinian was killed by "occupation bullets", the Palestinian health ministry said
179 Palestinians buried in ‘mass grave’ at Gaza hospital complex
A journalist inside the hospital who is collaborating with AFP said the stench of decomposing bodies was everywhere in the..."We were forced to bury them in a mass grave," said Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammad Abu Salmiyah
"There are bodies littered in the hospital complex and there is no longer electricity at the morgues," he said.
Israel army seizes Gaza parliament, other government buildings
Military units "took over the Hamas parliament, the government building, the Hamas police headquarters and an engineering faculty that served...The army said the institutions have been "used for training in preparation for the attack on Israel" on October 7.
Israel has heavily bombed and invaded the densely populated Gaza Strip, killing more than 11,200 and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
Qatar, UAE condemn Israeli attack on Gaza committee building
Doha, Qatar -- Qatar has strongly condemned the Israeli shelling of the Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza's headquarters,...The incident, viewed as an extension of the occupation's pattern of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, has sparked international outrage, Qatar said.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined Qatar in denouncing the attack and emphasized the immediate need for a ceasefire.
Global Media Congress opportunity for showcasing AI advances: Expert
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Rapid advances in AI technologies have created a major challenge for the media sector: the difficulty...Professor Charlie Beckett of LSE says it is important to keep pace with AI advances like ChatGPT and Metaverse.
He said despite warnings about AI, it remained a useful tool for creating huge content and handling services using algorithms.
