Israel backtracks on canceled Rafah talks: US official
Israel's prime minister cancelled the visit after the US abstained on the UNSC vote, allowing it to pass. But Israel backtracked,...Geostrategy
Hyundai to invest $50bn in South Korea
The automaker will make a bigger push to produce EVs.Geostrategy
WHO using Syria sanctions pause to ship in health supplies
The massive 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6 has killed more than 42,000 people in Turkey and more than 3,600 in...The WHO said it was capitalizing on the suspending of sanctions to carry out some rapid procurement and revitalize Syria's shattered health services
The UN health agency called on Syria's warring factions to see the earthquake as an opportunity to end the civil war for good
Japan to expand cooperation with Jordan to achieve regional stability:Â envoy
The envoy made these remarks during a ceremony at the Japanese embassy in Amman while celebrating Japan's national day.The envoy made these remarks during a ceremony at the Japanese embassy in Amman while celebrating Japan's national day
Speaking on the Palestinian issue, he stated that Japan started providing assistance to UNRWA in 1953, even before the country became a UN member
Putin signals XI to visit Moscow, Washington voices concernÂ
Russian president said that he realized China has its own domestic political agenda and that the two countries were working...Russian president said that he realized China has its own domestic political agenda and that the two countries were working to sort out all related issues
China has recently come under Western and US criticism for providing military aid to Moscow, amid Beijing's denial of these accusations
11 Palestinians killed, dozens shot in Israel West Bank raid
The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects "in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank....More than 80 Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds, the Palestinian ministry said, in what the Israeli army called a "counter-terrorism" operation
The Palestinian health ministry said those killed "as a result of the occupation's aggression on Nablus" were aged between 16 and 72
Tunisian president Saied accused of hate speech against migrants
"Hordes of illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa are still arriving, with all the violence, crime and unacceptable practices that entails,"...The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) said Saied's discourse was "drowning in racism and hatred".
"The president is using the migration crisis... to distract attention from economic and social problems," spokesman Romdhane Ben Amor told AFP.
Atomic energy watchdog’s group in Iran to sort out ‘ambiguities’
Tehran, Iran - Iran said Wednesday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were in the country to clear up "ambiguities" about...The visit comes after a report by Bloomberg News last week, strongly denied by Tehran, that its nuclear scientists have enriched uranium to 84 percent purity.
The Vienna-based IAEA said Sunday that it was in discussions with Tehran following the Bloomberg News report which drew an angry response from Iranian officials.
Israeli forces kill 10, wound 80 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Top Palestinian official Hussein Al Sheikh decried the incursion as a "massacre" and called for "international protection for our people"....The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics had treated 45 gunshot wounds and 250 cases of tear gas inhalation.
Since the start of this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 55 Palestinian adults and children, including militants and civilians.
Syrian quake survivors shelter in crumbling Aleppo homes
Aleppo, once a major commercial hub, had already been battered by over a decade of war when the 7.8-magnitude quake...With at least 432 fatalities, Aleppo accounts for nearly a third of all deaths in government-held parts of Syria, according to state media.
Officials and medics across the war-ravaged country, including in rebel-controlled areas, put the overall Syrian death toll at more than 3,600 people.
Israeli court sentences West Bank militant to 22 months in prison
Jerusalem--An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced Bassam al-Saadi, a senior member of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the...Leader of Islamic Jihad in the north West Bank city of Jenin, Saadi was arrested and charged by Israel with supporting and transferring funds to a "terrorist" organisation"t
The August arrest led to threats by Saadi's Gaza-based organisation, triggering an Israeli offensive against Islamic Jihad
Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France
Algeria accused France of assisting her "clandestine and illegal exfiltration" via Tunisia, sparking a diplomatic row between Algiers and its...Bouraoui, 46, a doctor, was arrested on February 3 in Tunisia and faced deportation to neighbouring Algeria, but flew to France on February 6
A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later released under judicial supervision