"Sports must reject the perception that it is business as usual," the eight independent UN experts the in a statement....
Paris, France -- No stranger to ire from oil-producing nations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is facing pressure from the...
Qatar's top diplomat Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said the two governments -- both Western allies -- "reaffirm our complete rejection...The Qatari minister said the only way to restore peace in and around Gaza was to keep channels of communication open.
He said Doha and Ankara would continue to coordinate with each other and regional partners to de-escalate the conflict.
Israeli strikes have now killed more than 6,500 people in Gaza, a rise of over 700 since Tuesday, according to...Israel has refused to allow fuel shipments into Gaza, fearing Hamas will use it for weapons and explosives and accusing the militant group of stockpiling supplies in large tanks
Aid groups warned that more people will die if medical equipment, water desalination plants and ambulances stop running in Gaza, where the only power plant went offline weeks ago
Erdogan had taken a more measured tone in the first day of war, condemning all attacks against civilians and urging...He doubled down on Wednesday, telling ruling party lawmakers in parliament that Turkey "never approved the atrocities being committed by Israel".
He told his party that Turkey had "no problem with the Israeli state" but could not accept its "disgusting and brutal attacks" on Gaza.
- In the latest violence, four Palestinians were killed in Jenin and one in Qalqilya, both in the northern West Bank....
Violence had already spiraled in the West Bank before the Gaza war, with the highest death toll in the Palestinian territory since at least 2005.
Many of the Palestinian deaths came in raids by Israeli troops but there has also been a rise in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.
"The economic consequences of the current and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza are impossible to determine," Richard Kozul-Wright, the director...UNCTAD said that unemployment was at 45 percent in the Gaza Strip and 13 percent in the West Bank, with women and young people affected the most.
In Gaza, real GDP per capita was 11.7 percent below the 2019 level and close to its lowest level since 1994, the UNCTAD report said.
The World Bank President expressed deep concern over the widening wealth gap, while calling for more action on gender equality...Countries around the world need to do more in terms of gender equality and women's rights, he said.
Saudi Arabia has done very well when it comes to creating jobs for women and working toward women's rights.
The Chinese and Russian reprimands ring hollow for US officials, who doubt the rival powers will engage in painstaking diplomacy...In comments likely aimed at consumption in the Islamic world, Russia has accused the United States of escalating the conflict through military reinforcements
China and the United States have both sought diplomatic advantage in the crisis, including through a call between Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
- Tehran, Iran--Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi believes the expansion of ties between Tehran and Riyadh will be effective in strengthening regional...
He made the comments during a meeting with Abdullah bin Saud Al-Anzi, the newly appointed Saudi ambassador to Iran
The new ambassador said the relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are very strong because of commonalities between them
- Traders tracked a rally on Wall Street that was helped by a strong set of earnings from big-name firms including...
Hong Kong was the stand-out performer Wednesday, jumping more than two percent
Traders were aware that the crisis in the Middle East could spiral out of control at any minute
- According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), its jets hit military infrastructure and mortar launchers of the Syrian Army in...
According to Syrian state media, Israeli strikes on Sunday put Syria's two main airports out of service
Earlier in the month, Israeli strikes targeted Aleppo airport, wounding five people, a war monitor reported
