Israel to receive US-made bombs and Hellfire missiles worth $7.4 bn despite past curbs under Biden administration
The State Department has signed off on the sale of $6.75 billion in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition...Geostrategy
UNFPA and corporate partners drive reproductive justice in workplaces
Mariarosa Cutillo, UNFPA Chief of the Private Sector and Civil Society Branch, says businesses need to provide adequate maternal health...Culture & Society Economy Geostrategy Global Health Social
Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay
On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting the plan, and on Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz...Israeli ground forces have operated in Rafah since early May, despite widespread alarm over the fate of Palestinian civilians there
Hamas said its fighters were battling Israeli troops on the streets of the city near the besieged Gaza Strip's border with Egypt
Fire at Iraqi oil refinery injures 13
"More than 10 people were injured, mainly men from the Arbil civil defense," said the Iraqi civil defense in a...The fire broke out in a major crude oil tank on Wednesday night
The civil defense agency said the fire "started in one refinery before spreading to another"
Gaza war rages as US wants to ‘close’ ceasefire agreement
Doha, Qatar - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a truce and hostage release deal to end the Gaza...Blinken, in Doha for the last stop of a tour to promote President Joe Biden's Gaza ceasefire roadmap, said the United States would work with regional partners to "close the deal."
Hamas submitted late Tuesday its response to mediators Qatar and Egypt, and Blinken said some of the proposed amendments "are workable and some are not."
Houthis claim attack on merchant ship in Red Sea off Yemen
The Houthis, who are at war with a Saudi-led coalition after ousting the government from Sanaa in 2014, have launched...The ship was hit about 68 nautical miles (126 kilometres) southwest of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, maritime security firm Ambrey had said earlier in the day
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by Britain's Royal Navy, said a vessel was "hit on the stern by a small craft" 66 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida
Blinken heads to key mediator Qatar after Hamas seeks tweaks to truce deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Wednesday to talks in key mediator Qatar after Hamas gave a...Hamas proposed an amended ceasefire timeline and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops
Blinken said in Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed himself to the plan
Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...The one-and-a-half-hour meeting between Erdogan and CHP leader Ozgur Ozel in the capital Ankara comes more than a month after their first encounter in May
Erdogan has signalled "softening" in politics after the March vote observers called his worst defeat since his Islamic-rooted AKP party took power in 2002
Blinken in Israel to push ceasefire plan for Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with key Israeli opposition figures on Tuesday, a day after he...On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a six-week ceasefire plan,
Four Israeli soldiers had been killed in fighting in southern Gaza yesterday
Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank
The Israeli military said it shot at a group of four people who attempted to flee in a vehicle and...A general strike was called in Ramallah by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in response to the killings, along with a pre-planned rally for Palestinians jailed by Israel
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 war and hundreds of thousands of settlers have since moved to the Palestinian territory, in breach of international law
Blinken meets Sisi in Cairo at start of Mideast tour
Blinken said his message to regional governments was that "if you want a ceasefire, press Hamas to say yes" to...Blinken said he had a "very good exchange" with Sisi
The two had also been expected to discuss plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza
Blinken returns to Mideast in push for truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan,...The US also called for a UN Security Council vote on a truce
Overall Israel's military offensive has killed at least 37,084 people in Gaza
