Deadly strikes hit Gaza as US envoy visits Israel
Israel has also fought and bombed resurgent Hamas forces in northern and central areas of the coastal territory previously considered...Geostrategy Markets
Arab League calls for UN peacekeepers in Palestinian territories
In a concluding statement following a meeting in Manama, the 22-member grouping called for "international protection and peacekeeping forces of...Geostrategy
Over 1,000 migrants brought safely to Italian ports
ROME, ITALY - Over 1,000 migrants were brought to safety at two Italian ports on Saturday after the overcrowded boats...The shipwreck occurred of the Calabria shore on 26 Feb and Italian prime minister was criticized for being unable to save the boat
The incident pushed prime minister into announcing a decree which has provisions of stiffer prison terms for human traffickers
Two policemen killed in Iran, says state media
TEHRAN, IRAN - Gunmen ambushed and killed two Iranian policemen on patrol in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media...The officers had been "on a mission to provide security" during Friday prayers in the town of Golshan when they came under attack.
Sistan-Baluchistan province, on Iran's border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been the scene of weekly protests that flared in September 2022.
Li Qiang confirmed as China’s premier by parliament
Li Qiang, one of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trusted allies, was confirmed as premier, as Xi cements his influence on...Li Qiang received nearly every vote from the over 2,900 delegates at the National People's Congress.
Journalists were asked to leave the chamber as deputies, mostly dressed in dark suits, marked their ballots.
Tunisia’s Saied plans to restore ties with Syria
Tunisia expelled Syria's ambassador in 2012 over the bloody repression of opponents of President Bashar al-Assad at the outset of..."Nothing can justify the absence of a Tunisian ambassador in Damascus and an ambassador from Syria in Tunis," Saied said
Saied had mentioned his intention to "reinforce the diplomatic representation" of Tunisia in Syria back in February
Does Saudi-Iran deal undercut goals of Pentagon’s chief’s Middle East visit?
Surprise Saudi-Iran detente, midwifed by China, has gone against the drift of Austin’s visit to the Middle East which was...Austin visited Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and Israel to shore up US standing and support in view of the growing China-Russia interest and outreach to the Gulf states
But the surprise Saudi-Iran detente has gone against the drift of his visit largely premised on an abiding antagonism between the two countries
Tunisian coast guard rescues 1,008 Africans headed for Europe
Tunis, Tunisia--More than 1,000 Africans trying to reach Europe have been rescued in a single night off Tunisia, the coast guard...According to Tunisia's coast guard, more than 1,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast, some 80 miles from Italy
Most of them were from sub-Saharan Africa but it included more than 50 Tunisians too, said the coast guard
Yemen’s opposing sides to hold talks in Geneva over prisoner swap
Negotiations overseen in Switzerland by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross will see Yemen's warring parties...One of the Houthi delegates to the Geneva talks in a Twitter post on Thursday said that he hoped the negotiations would yield concrete results
According to the ICRC, the last major prisoner swap happened in October 2020 when a total of 1,056 prisoners were set free by both sides
Turkey poll on May 14: Erdogan vows to heal quake-stricken nation
Erdogan banned music from his campaign as he signed a decree on national television that kics off campaigning for what...Voters face a choice between keeping Erdogan's Islamic-rooted party in power until 2028 or handing the reins back to the main secular party of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk.
Erdogan's political opponents have formed the type of broad-tent coalition that Erdogan himself relied on to win more than a dozen elections over his career.
COP28 President Designate meets with key US government officials
WASHINGTON DC, US - UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Designate Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al...The UAE minister discussed multilateral development bank reform as weel as an update on recent US climate policy action.
They discussed the need to invest in global clean energy supply chains, and the role of the US-UAE Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy.
Syria’s Aleppo airport operational after Israeli air attack
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - Syria's Aleppo airport, a key conduit for relief flights after the devastating February earthquake, reopened on Friday, an...The damage caused by the raid forced aid deliveries and all flights to be diverted to Latakia and Damascus airports, the transport ministry had said.
Israeli warplanes killed three people in the raid on the airport in Aleppo, Syria's second city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor had said.
