- Jerusalem - Hamas's armed wing said on Thursday that "almost 50" Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the...
Earlier, the Israeli army said 224 people were abducted by militants during the attack that left 1,400 people, mostly civilians, dead.
"We have informed the families of 224 hostages. This number is changing based on the intelligence we obtain," military spokesman Daniel Hagari said
- NEW DELHI, INDIA - India said on Thursday that eight of its citizens had been sentenced to death by Qatar in...
India said it would "take up the verdict with Qatari authorities" and would continue to "extend all consular and legal assistance" to the prisoners.
“We have initial information that the Court of First Instance of Qatar has today passed a judgement in the case,” India’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
- Hamas released a list of around 7,000 names of people in Gaza it said had been killed in Israeli strikes....
Israel has cut off Gaza's supply corridors for water, food and other necessities, and fewer than 70 relief trucks have entered the territory since war began.
More than 90 percent of medicine stocks and supplies have been depleted, according to Mohammed Abu Selmeya, head of Gaza City's Shifa hospital.
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- The seventh Future Investment Initiative Institute forum, which concluded in Riyadh on Thursday, saw the attendance...
WAVE will serve as a platform, connecting diverse stakeholders across geographies, industries, and sectors, to amplify their collective efforts.
It will launch a set of programs to raise awareness, establish a digital information hub, accelerate innovations, support scientific efforts.
- Dubai, UAE -- Dubai has retained its leading position in the MENA region on Kearney's Global Cities Index, ranking 23rd...
Average GCI scores have remained steady following several years of decline, with cities in the Middle East and Africa improving markedly.
Riyadh, Muscat and Doha improving their overall rankings by nine, eight, and seven, respectively.
- Israeli and US authorities have intensified their financial hunt into Hamas in recent days as they track illicit funds via...
Crypto addresses identified by Israel as being linked to Hamas received about $41 million between August 2020 and July 2023, according to Israeli analytics
Other crypto addresses linked to Islamic Jihad received in excess of $154 million between October 2022 and September 2023, with some still active
- New York, US-- Kuwait's permanent envoy to the UN, Tareq Al-Bannai, has affirmed Kuwait's continuous efforts to make the Middle...
Kuwait envoy Tareq Al-Bannai made the remarks during an event organised by Kuwait's permanent mission to the United Nations
The ambassador said the responsibility for creating the zone falls on the members in the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
- Thousands of Gazans are already believed to have died in Israel's aerial assault, with the toll expected to rise substantially...
Facing ever-louder international calls to temper Israel's ferocious 19-day bombing campaign in the Hamas-controlled territory
US President Joe Biden is among the foreign leaders stepping up public calls for Israel to "protect innocent civilians"
- Moscow, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that the Israel-Palestine conflict could potentially extend beyond the Middle...
Russian leader expressed concern that unnamed forces aimed to exacerbate the situation and draw additional countries and people into the conflict
He reiterated his country's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, which he believed was the only way to achieve a long-term resolution
- The county sheriff's department asked people to lock down or close their business while "we investigate." The gunman is still...
The law enforcement officials posted a photo of the shooter on Facebook with a weapon inside the bowling alley
Police in the city of Lewiston said they are trying to locate Robert Card, 40, "as a person of interest" in the shooting





















