- Hamas said that it was delaying the release of a second group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners...
A video released by Hamas showed masked fighters with the green headband of the armed wing, handing hostages over to the Red Cross.
Israel released 39 Palestinian women and children from its prisons under an agreement that mandates exchanges at a ratio of three to one.
- Paris, France - The president of a pivotal UN climate summit defended on Saturday the large presence of industry representatives at...
"Everyone needs to be part of this process and everyone needs to be held responsible and everyone needs to be held accountable," COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber said
"That includes all industries and in particular heavy emitting industries like aviation, transportation, aluminum, cement, steel, as well as the oil and gas industry," he added
- An Israeli-owned cargo ship was damaged in a suspected drone attack by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Indian...
Maritime security company Ambrey said the ship was reportedly damaged when the unmanned aerial vehicle exploded close to it.
The reported attack comes almost a week after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized an Israel-linked cargo ship in the southern Red Sea.
- Syrian government bombardment killed nine civilians including six children as they harvested olives in northwestern Idlib province, the country's last...
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, controls swathes of Idlib province.
HTS is considered a terrorist group by Damascus, as well as by the United States and United Nations.
- MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Setting the scene for a low-carbon and climate-resilient Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
By 2030, more than 55 percent of the population of Asia and the Pacific will live in urban areas, driving up demand for urban-related services.
If urban areas continue along the same growth trajectory, Asian cities could contribute over half of the rise in global GHG emissions in the next 20 years.
- Dubai, UAE--Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip a political victory at a meeting...
The Hamas leader said the ceasefire amounts to a political victory because of the success of the resistance forces on the ground
The Iranian foreign minister said that despite Israel's aggressive military action it had failed to destroy Hamas and had to negotiate with it
- Santiago, Chile - Thousands of miles from the Middle East, in a stadium in Santiago, Chile, the nation of Palestine exists,...
A banner reading "In memory of those who are no longer with us" was displayed in the stands, where a section of seats was left empty to represent the dead
Chile is home to the largest Palestinian community outside the Arab world, with the first immigrants arriving from Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour





















