Lebanon under attack. Fears of all-out war. 20 killed, 450 injured. Israel blamed and flayed.
A second wave of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 in Lebanon on Wednesday, officials said,...Geostrategy
First Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits credentials
The head of state welcomed Housni Abdel Wahed to the royal palace in Madrid for the traditional ceremony for newly...Geostrategy
Israeli troops leave behind trail of destruction at Gaza hospital
Palestinian Territories - Israeli forces on Monday pulled out of Gaza's largest hospital complex after an intensive two-week military operation,...The health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said that "the scale of the destruction inside the complex and the buildings around it is very large".
Israel said it had battled Palestinian fighters hiding inside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, killed at least 200 enemy fighters
New shipping service in Saudi Arabia launched
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of the new shipping service 'NRS' by...The NRS shipping service will link Jeddah Islamic Port to Yanbu Commercial Port, Neom Port, Aqaba Port in Jordan, and Sokhna Port in Egypt.
This will further establish the Kingdom's position as a global logistics hub that bridges three continents,
Sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrested by Israeli police
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israeli police said Monday they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh "as part of a...Police told AFP that Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, who is an Israeli citizen, was taken into custody in the town of Tel Sheva
A police spokesman, who confirmed it was Haniyeh's sister, said she is suspected of having contact with Hamas operatives
Gaza’s health ministry says 32,845 killed by Israel since battle began
Palestinian Territories - The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 32,845 people have been killed in the...The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 75,392 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since war began
Monday's toll update was released hours after the Israeli military withdrew from Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, after a two-week operation that saw heavy fighting
Erdogan sees ‘turning point’ for Turkey after poll drubbing
Observers called it Erdogan's worst election defeat since his party took power in 2002. Many blamed inflations running at 67...Near-final results showed the main opposition Republican People's Party wresting the main cities and Anatolian provinces that were strongholds for Erdogan's party
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told dismayed supporters overnight that they "must not waste" the four years remaining before the next presidential vote
Israeli army withdraws from Al-Shifa, Gaza health ministry
The Hamas government media office said the Israeli air strikes had provided cover for the withdrawing vehicles. The army launched...The Israeli military withdrew after burning down the complex buildings
Dozens of bodies, some of them decomposed, have been recovered the site
Israel’s prime minister undergoes ‘successful’ surgery
The prime minister's office said in a statement that Benjamin Netanyahu was in "good shape and beginning to recover after...Thousands of Israelis rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday evening to call for his resignation
Israel's war on Gaza has so far killed at least 32,782 people, mostly women and children
Gaza children fly kites to escape horrors of war
RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – Meters away from the concrete and steel fence separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt, 11-year-old Malak Ayad flies a...Despite the war and the fear that grips her, Malak seems to be happy to fly her kite and dreams of life as it was before the war broke out on October 7.
"My kite flies to Egypt everyday while we are here trapped in Gaza," said Malak, who wears a bracelet featuring the Palestinian flag.
Thousands gather for pro-Palestinian rally in London
LONDON, UK – Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in London on Saturday, in the latest demonstration in the British capital demanding...London has seen numerous large-scale pro-Palestinian protests since Israel mounted its military response to Hamas's unprecedented attack.
A smaller number of demonstrators also turned out for a counter-protest in support of Israel, with lines of police separating the two gatherings.
UN says four staff wounded in south Lebanon blast
The military observers, from Australia, Chile and Norway, and a Lebanese language assistant had been on foot patrol around the...Lebanese PM Najib Mikati condemned what he called a "dangerous incident", while his foreign ministry said the attack was "in violation of international law"
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned Saturday's blast and underscored "grave concern" over the frequent exchange of fire along the Blue Line