Trump says US will send Ukraine Patriot air defense systems, and may sanction Russia
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Washington would send Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv and hinted at new sanctions...Geostrategy
Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take ‘new form’
Iran has blamed the IAEA in part for the June attacks on its nuclear facilities, which Israel says it launched...Geostrategy
Israel pauses bombing in Rafah for four hours
Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) suspended its military operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,...A humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Palestinian enclave’s northern areas will be available from Al Shifa Hospital to the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military will allow Palestinian refugees to leave the Al-Shati camp, which the IDF claims to have taken control of,
UN warns fuel shortage to halt Gaza aid work in ’48 hours’
JERUSALEM - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its operations in war-torn Gaza would shut down within two..."The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza," UNRWA's Gaza chief Thomas White said
"This morning two of our main water distribution contractors ceased working -- they simply ran out of fuel -- which will deny 200,000 people potable water," he said
North Gaza hospitals out of service as UN aid work risks halt
Youssef Abu Rish told AFP seven premature babies and 27 patients had died in recent days in Gaza City's Al-Shifa...The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its Gaza operations might shut down due to fuel shortages.
Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Monday that "any scenario or idea of (Israel) reoccupying parts of Gaza or establishing buffer zones there will exacerbate the crisis".
Nations start negotiations over global plastics treaty at Nairobi meet
Nairobi, Kenya -- Nations grappling with the plastic "suffocating" nature and leaching into food and the human body began fresh...Around 60 so-called "high ambition" nations have called for binding rules to reduce the use and production of plastic
Kenyan President William Ruto described plastic pollution as "an existential threat to life, to humanity and everything in between."
UN flag at half mast in remembrance of 100 staff killed in Gaza
In Geneva, the second-largest UN headquarters after New York, the UN flag on Monday flew at half-mast and none of...The blue and white United Nations flag was first lowered at 9:30 am local time at offices in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, and later, other UN offices followed suit
The UN agency for supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that 101 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the war erupted
US strikes Iran-linked locations in eastern Syria
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that his country's forces carried out precision strikes on facilities in Syria used by...Austin said the strikes were conducted against a training facility and a safe house
There are nearly 2,500 American troops based in Iraq and some 900 in Syria
Netanyahu tells NBC ‘there could be’ potential deal to free hostages
"We heard that there was an impending deal of this kind or of that kind and then we learned that...But he stopped short of providing specifics about any plan that might be coming together to free some or all of the 239 hostages that Israel says are being held captive.
A source close to Hamas said this week that negotiations have occurred over a possible three-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of a dozen hostages.
Erdogan calls for pressure on US to stop Israel’s Gaza onslaught
Erdogan returned from a summit on Saturday of Arab and Muslim leaders in the Saudi capital Riyadh, which condemned Israeli..."The most important country that needs to be involved is the United States, which has influence on Israel," Erdogan said. But he said he would not call Biden.
"We cannot agree with Biden if he approaches (the conflict) by seeing Gaza as the land of occupying settlers or Israel, rather than the land of the Palestinian people," he said.
Wall Street, Hollywood billionaires plan $50m anti-Hamas campaign
Real-estate tycoon Barry Sternlicht has initiated this campaign and sought $1million donations from various affluent business figures, including David Geffen...News website Semafor reported that Sternlicht expressed concern about the potential shift in public opinion against Israel due to the portrayal of Palestinian civilian suffering.
The funds will be used for a media blitz to define Hamas as an enemy not only of Israel but also of the United States, the report said.
Gazans fleeing devastating Israeli bombing live in dust, fear and hunger
Perched on trucks, crammed into cars, pulled by donkeys on carts, and on foot, tens of thousands of Palestinians are...In southern Gaza, overflowing with displaced from the north, rents of $150 a month are now up to $500 to $1000.
Before the war, a little over 80 per cent of Gazans lived in poverty and almost two-thirds were dependent on international aid, especially for food, according to the UN.
