Art and culture retain power to humanize the Intelligent Age, says WEF’s Fowler
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Trump doubles down on Gaza shock plan, says Israel will turn over the territory to US
Trump said that by the time of the handover, Palestinians "would have already been resettled in far safer and more...Geostrategy Uncategorized
Kuwait emir names former PM as new crown prince
Kuwait entered new political turbulence in May when the 83-year-old emir, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved parliament just six weeks...Gaza mediators urge Israel, Hamas to accept truce plan
Rafah, Palestinian Territories - Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas Saturday to "finalise" the truce deal outlined...Fighting has raged in the besieged Gaza Strip since Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since insisted his country would pursue the war until it had achieved all its aims
Hamas says Israel’s Gaza ceasefire proposal ‘positive’
The US president urged Hamas to accept the Israeli offer. "It's time for this war to end, for the day...But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army would continue fighting until it had "eliminated" Hamas's capacity to rule Gaza and pose a military threat
Biden's address came as Israeli troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating the war with Hamas despite international objections to any assault on the southern Gaza city
Houthis launch fresh drone, missile attacks from Yemen: US
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched several drones and two ballistic missiles on Friday, the US military said,...US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it intercepted four drones launched by the Houthis - three over the Red Sea and another over the Gulf of Aden - while a fifth drone crashed
The Houthis also launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles, according to CENTCOM, which said no injuries or damage were reported from US, coalition or commercial ships
Israel troops push into central Rafah
In central Gaza, the Israeli army said it was "intensifying operations" and had carried out air strikes that "eliminated several...Witnesses reported seeing Israeli air strikes "in central Rafah" as well as troop movements in the area
Israel said its forces had killed about 300 Palestinian fighters in Rafah since launching its military operation in the city
US, UK air strikes hit several sites in Yemen
The British defence ministry said in a statement that its planes launched strikes in "a joint operation with US forces...AFP journalists heard loud explosions in the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida overnight from Thursday to Friday
The Houthi-controlled television channel Al-Masirah said strikes had also targeted telecoms infrastructure in the town of Taez
Rafah battles intensify as Israel takes over Gaza-Egypt border strip
Israel said on Wednesday its forces had taken over the 14-kilometre Philadelphi corridor on the Gaza-Egypt borderThe Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections
A strike over the weekend that started a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp drew a wave of fresh condemnation
Car ramming attack kills two Israeli soldiers in West Bank: army
A car ramming attack killed two Israeli soldiers near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli...Violence in the West Bank flared against the backdrop of Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza
The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has dropped by two-thirds-UN
China’s Xi to address Arab leaders seeking ‘common voice’ on Gaza
Meeting Sisi on Wednesday, Xi said he was "deeply pained" by the "extremely severe" situation in Gaza, where the Hamas-run...China's capital is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and several other Arab leaders for a forum in which Israel-Palestine war is expected to be discussed
Beijing has good relations with Israel but has supported the Palestinian cause for decades and campaigned for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Palestinian fighters release video of Israeli hostage alive in Gaza
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group identified him as Alexander (Sasha) Trupanov, and called on the Israeli authorities...The captive, identified by Israeli media as Sasha Trupanov, 28, is seen speaking in Hebrew in the 30-second clip
Trupanov, a Russian-Israeli dual national, was captured on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his mother, grandmother and girlfriend
