Govt source: Canada halting arms shipments to Israel
On Monday, the Canadian Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution calling for the international community to work toward a two-state solution...Geostrategy
UN says Israel may be using starvation as weapon of war
"The situation of hunger, starvation and famine is a result of Israel’s extensive restrictions on the entry and distribution of...Geostrategy
UN says some 12.3m Syrian children need aid
More Syrian children are in need than at any time since a devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago,...Syria's war is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with a brutal crackdown of anti-government protests in 2011
Children are among the most vulnerable and the UN warned they are bearing the brunt of the impact
Rebuild or resist Israeli occupation? Hamas’s dilemma year after Gaza war
A year after its devastating war with Israel, Hamas is faced with a dilemma: to keep up the armed struggle...More than 1,000 housing units and buildings in Gaza were damaged or completely destroyed by the Israeli bombardment.
Experts say Hamas leadership is trying to avoid further escalation and is encouraged by the decision of the current Israeli government to give more to Gaza in return for calm.
A chef who won’t give up on idea of co-existence
On May 4 of last year, star Israeli chef Uri Jeremias was at a meeting of inter-faith leaders where his...Nearly three decades earlier, Jeremias had opened Uri Buri in Acre's majority-Arab Old City
He has always employed Arab Muslims, several of whom are now among his most senior staff
Sharjah, Tunisia to cooperate on cultural heritage preservation
The Tunisian side highlighted the importance of joining forces with Sharjah, which will reflect positively on the efforts to protect...SIH Chairman Abdul Aziz Al Musallam and Tunisian Culture Minister Hayat Katat Al Garmazi recently met to discuss bilateral cooperation
They are said to have discussed tie-ups in the field of protecting tangible, intangible heritage, and heritage under water
Civilians leave Azovstal as Ukraine fears fresh Russia offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that hundreds of people had been removed from the Azovstal steel plant in Azov, and...Earlier, Ukraine's defense ministry said Russia had resumed their assault on the Azovstal site, despite talk of a truce to help trapped civilians
Fighting continues on many other fronts, and Ukraine's defense ministry has said it has destroyed another Russian vessel in the Black Sea
Ukraine claims it sank Russia’s warship near Black Sea
The traditional parade of the Russian Black Sea fleet on May 9 this year will be held near Snake Island...Ukraine's defense ministry said in a statement an armed drone had destroyed a Serna-class landing craft
Earlier this month Ukraine said its drones destroyed two Russian patrol boats, also near Snake Island
North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days, after the United...Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up its sanctions-busting missile launches this year
Satellite imagery indicates North Korea may also be preparing to resume nuclear testing
We oppose expansion of settlements in West Bank: State Dept
The US has said that it opposed Israel’s plans to build new settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after Israeli officials...The State Department’s deputy spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said that the US was aware of Israel’s decision to advance new West Bank settlements to May 12
Israeli officials told Biden administration officials that if no new building was approved in the settlements, the government could collapse
Taliban order women to wear all-covering burqa in public
The Taliban on Saturday imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since seizing power, ordering them to wear...But they have already imposed a slew of restrictions on women -- banning them from many government jobs, secondary education, and from traveling alone
During their first regime, the Taliban had made the burqa compulsory for women
Lebanon explores defense ties with Qatar
C1, geostrategy, Lebanon, gratitude, Qatar, support, the Lebanese Army, Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Ibrahim...Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, on Friday welcomed Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Sahlawi
Sleem thanked Qatar for its "permanent support for Lebanon and the Lebanese Army, which reflects the depth of the brotherly relationship that unites Lebanon and Qatar."
