Pressure piles on Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting international and domestic pressure after the killing in Gaza of six captives, with...Geostrategy
Turkey, Azerbaijan hope for ‘lasting peace’ in South Caucasus
Years of diplomacy between the Caucasus rivals Azerbaijan and Armenia had failed to reach a breakthrough, but negotiations have resumed...Geostrategy
Global criticism of Israel after ‘massacre’ of Gazans lining for food
Global condemnation flowed after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a...Iran denounced "the barbaric attack by the Zionist regime", China said it was "shocked", and head of the Arab League said the "brutal" act showed "total contempt for human life".
Saudi Arabia strongly condemned what it called the "targeting" of unarmed civilians, while Kuwait and the UAE also issued condemnations.
France calls for ‘independent probe’ into killing of Palestinians receiving aid in Gaza
Paris, France--France wants an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza...French foreign minister said there will have to be an independent probe to determine what happened
The foreign minister said that France would not apply "double standards" to the Mideast conflict
UAE and Russia look to deepen parliamentary cooperation
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE and Russia have held talks to enhance the parliamentary cooperation between the two countries. In...The meeting between the two addressed the role of parliamentary diplomacy in supporting efforts to promote security and peace in the region
The officials also discussed the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, to be held in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, from 10th to 11th July, 2024
Former US ambassador to plead guilty to spying for Cuba
Rocha additionally faces a lawsuit filed Thursday in Florida by the widow of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya. She alleges Rocha...Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, was held in December for what US officials called "one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent
Rocha, a naturalized US citizen originally from Colombia, allegedly began aiding Havana as a covert agent of Cuba's General Directorate of Intelligence (DGI) in 1981
Split over Gaza and Ukraine, G20 meeting ends in discord
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad told a news conference in Sao Paulo that it was "impossible" to reach a final...The group is divided over Gaza, with the US and allies reluctant to condemn Israel
A French official insisted that Russia should be named as the aggressor in Ukraine
WTO ministers struggle to forge deals as talks go into overtime
ABU DHABI, UAE – World trade ministers were locked in disagreement Thursday on fisheries subsidies, agriculture and digital customs duties as...The meeting opened with disagreements between the body's 164 member states on key issues that dominated the agenda of the talks.
They include fisheries subsidies, agriculture and a moratorium on customs duties for digital transactions.
Iran launches imaging satellite Pars 1 from Russia
Iran announced the launch of a remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, according to state media. The...Iran’s Telecommunications minister said "Pars-I" was "fully domestically developed" in his country.
In August 2022, Russia launched Iran's remote-sensing Khayyam satellite into orbit from Kazakhstan.
Kurd authorities say Turkish strikes kill two PKK members
Arbil, Iraq - A Turkish drone strike in northwestern Iraq killed two members of a group affiliated to Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan...The fighters were members of the Sinjar Resistance Units, a group founded among the district's Yazidi community in response to occupation by the IS group
There was no immediate word from the Turkish military, which has conducted deadly strikes against PKK targets in Iraq and neighboring Syria previously
Israeli troops ‘massacre’ 104 Palestinians at aid distribution point
More than 750 others were injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians gathered at an aid distribution point in...Earlier, the health ministry in Gaza said children have died "due to malnutrition, dehydration and widespread famine" at Al-Shifa hospital.
The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA described the food security situation as "extremely critical across Gaza, particularly in northern Gaza."
US implores Israel to let worshipers pray at Al-Aqsa in Ramadan
United States has been pressing for a deal before Ramadan begins in which Israel would halt strikes in Gaza and...Israel has been assessing how to address worship in Jerusalem during Ramadan
An Israeli minister said that Palestinians should not be allowed entry to Jerusalem to pray