Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster
An abandoned tanker carrying more than one million barrels of crude oil could contaminate vast areas of the Red Sea...Geostrategy
Hamas urges US pressure on Israel over Gaza truce
Palestinian Territories - Hamas called on the United States Thursday to "exert real pressure" on Israel to reach a Gaza...Geostrategy
230,000 children, new mothers risk dying of hunger in Sudan: NGO
The bombing and destruction of fields and factories have plunged Sudan into "one of the worst" nutrition situations in the...Nearly 11 months of fighting between the forces of two rival generals has killed thousands and displaced eight million people in the country.
The UN World Food Program sounded the alarm on Sudan this month, warning the war risked triggering the world's largest hunger crisis.
Israel claims to have hit 4,500 Hizbollah targets in five months
Jerusalem--The Israeli army said Tuesday it hit about 4,500 Hizbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria over the past five months,...The Israeli army said the targets were hit from the air and from the ground and included "weapons storage facilities, military structures"
The statement came after a Lebanese security source said Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon killed one person earlier on Tuesday
GCC sets pace for global decarbonization efforts
The region is in decarbonizing the built environment, with a focus on sustainable urban planning, energy-efficient buildings, and renewable energy...The region is in decarbonizing the built environment, with a focus on sustainable urban planning, energy-efficient buildings, and renewable energy integration.
Adopting smart city concepts and green building certifications improves life quality, with future trends focusing on energy monitoring and green finance.
Morocco dispatches aid to Gaza through Israeli airport
A diplomatic source said the food aid has arrived at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv before being transferred to...Aid trucks have generally entered the Gaza Strip via Egypt since Israel's war on Gaza
The United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine in the Gaza Strip
Israeli forces kill Jordanian in West Bank, says Palestinian ministry
A Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Palestinian authorities said, with the...The Israeli military said Hussein was suspected of being an accomplice of a Palestinian fighter Muhammad Jabar.
Jabar was preparing to carry out a suicide attack in Israel, according to the military.
Qatar says Israel and Hamas are ‘not near a deal’ on Gaza truce
"We are not near a deal, meaning that we are not seeing both sides converging on language that can resolve...All parties were "continuing to work in the negotiations to reach a deal hopefully within the confines of Ramadan", Ansari told a news conference.
Qatar previously mediated a one-week break in fighting in late November that led to the release of scores of Israeli and foreign hostages.
Hizbollah says launched over 100 rockets at Israeli positions
Hamas ally Hizbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted in October, but several Israeli...On Monday, Israeli air strikes near Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek killed one person, in the second raid on the Hizbollah stronghold since cross-border hostilities began
The Israeli military confirmed its jets had hit two sites belonging to "Hizbollah's aerial forces" in retaliation for strikes on the occupied Golan Heights over several days
US hits targets in Yemen as Houthis vow to step up attacks
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on the Pinocchio in a statement early Tuesday, maintaining the missile strike "was...CENTCOM said that the strikes were carried out after the Houthis fired two missiles
Houthis said the attacks would be "in support of the oppressed Palestinian people"
Indian troops begin Maldives pullout after quit order
Following talks with New Delhi, the two sides had agreed to complete a withdrawal of 89 Indian troops and their...The Mihaaru newspaper reported that 25 Indian troops deployed in the southernmost atoll of Addu had left the archipelago ahead of March 10
President Mohamed Muizzu came to power in September on a pledge to kick out Indian security personnel deployed in the Maldives
Israeli air strikes in Lebanon’s city of Baalbek kill one
A security source said Israeli aircraft targeted a former Hizbollah building near Dar Al Amal Hospital, adding that Israel "conducted...The governor of the Baalbek-Hermel region, Bachir Khodr, also said a man had been killed in the strikes near Baalbek in a post on social media platform X
The city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley is a Hezbollah bastion, bordering Syria