In Beirut, US envoy says ‘no more time to waste’ on Gaza ceasefire
US envoy Amos Hochstein's Lebanon trip comes a day before ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel are set to resumeGeostrategy
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Israeli strikes on Gaza continue as mediators push for new truce
Heavy Israeli strikes and urban combat across the besieged Gaza Strip killed 128 more people overnight, the health ministry in...The World Health Organization called the row over UNRWA "a distraction from what's really going on every day, every hour, every minute in Gaza".
Israel's top ally the United States expressed hope for a deal, with Blinken telling reporters that "very important, productive work has been done".
Ras Al Khaimah witnesses rise in issue of valid business licenses in 2023
RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE - The economic growth of the Emirate continued to accelerate in 2023, with the Department of...The industrial sector in Ras Al Khaimah achieved a 5.3 percent annual growth rate in valid licence capital.
Commercial licences experienced a 14.4 percent annual increase, bringing their total capital to $1.3 billion.
Canada revokes ban on military exports to Turkey
Canada will now require that Turkish importers provide assurances about the weapons' use as well as a government statement "clearly...Permits for military items and certain types of weapons destined for Turkey "will now be reviewed on a case-by-case basis," the Canadian government said
The export ban affected some 30 permits, and applied to a wide variety of military goods and technologies including components for the production of aircraft
Israel troops to ‘go into action’ soon at Lebanon border: minister
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has seen near-daily exchanges of...Israel's army chief Herzi Halevi said earlier this month that the likelihood of war on the northern border has become "much higher"
Gallant said Monday that Gaza fighters were running out of supplies and ammunition, but that the war against Hamas "will take months"
UN chief to meet donor nations after UNRWA accusations
Several countries, including the United States, France, Britain, Germany and Japan, have announced the suspension of further funding to the...UNRWA said it acted promptly over allegations but that cuts in funding will affect ordinary Palestinians
In Gaza people said the support they received from the agency amounted to a lifeline
Qatar says Gaza truce proposal to be sent to Hamas as war rages on
Sheikh Mohammed confirmed that the framework -- which he said might lead to a permanent ceasefire -- includes a phased...Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said "good progress" had been made and the parties were "hoping to relay this proposal to Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has called the Paris talks "constructive" but pointed to "significant gaps which the parties will continue to discuss"
Saudi envoy to US deplores Western media criticism of women rights in kingdom
Washington D.C., US--– Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US, Reema Bandar Al-Saud, has expressed disappointment with recent media criticism of...The ambassador, reacting to an opinion piece in the Washington Post, slammed the piece for relying on "outdated stereotypes and western-centric views"
She cited inaccuracies in the portrayal of Saudi women as oppressed and devoid of rights and said that the kingdom has made substantial progress in women's rights
We want complete ceasefire, not temporary truce: Hamas
Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said his group wanted a "complete and comprehensive ceasefire, and not a temporary truce."...Extensive talks in Paris had resulted in a framework for a phased truce
The framework would see women and children hostages released first
Two million people may die in Gaza without world’s help: Turkish foreign minister
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday expressed serious apprehensions about the escalating situation in the Gaza...Hakan Fidan described the current events as "a tragedy on another scale" and emphasized the need for prompt preventive measures
If people in Gaza also begin to die of hunger and disease, it will become a great moral burden that the world will not be able to bear, he said
Israeli troops bulldoze, desecrate Palestinian graves in Gaza
Palestinian Territories - Even the dead are not spared by the Hamas-Israel war raging in Gaza, with bodies dug up...In Gaza City's Al-Tuffah district, shrouded corpses of Palestinians torn from their graves lay atop muddied earth.
Israel's military had bulldozed the site and exhumed bodies, according to an AFP photographer who visited it.