Gazans face food shortages, price hikes as Israel blocks aid amid ceasefire negotiations stalemate
Despite ceasefire negotiations, Gaza’s humanitarian situation remains critical, with markets facing inflation, displaced residents lacking proper shelter, and aid workers...Geostrategy
Israel endorses plan to extend Gaza truce as first phase draws to close, Hamas wants permanent peace
The first phase of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas was set to expire over the...Geostrategy
Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas fire balloons
Security sources with Hamas said the strikes hit training sites Israel said incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked four minor...
Blackouts hit Iraq as mercury soars 52°C
4 southern provinces without electricity since Tuesday Sizzling temperatures made worse by high levels of humidity When the mercury soared...
UAE, Austria sign deal to spare tax payers of double taxation
The agreement was previously signed between the two countries in September 2003 Both parties aim to avoid double taxation...
Lebanon to lift fuel subsidies as gasoline shortage worsens
Gasoline price rise likely to ease the shortage of fuel Lebanon is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in...
$13-million consignment among Dubai Customs’ 398 drug seizures in 2021 Q1
1118 seizures made in 2020 at different entry points in Dubai Punishment for possession of drugs range from 4 years...Iran rights council member: executing child offenders not a rights violation
Authorities say they try to convince victims' families to pardon death row offenders UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet had said...
Palestinian Authority silencing dissent: Activist
Rights activist Nizar Banat's death sparked days of protests in the West Bank In 2018, HRW charged that the PA...Lebanon raises fuel prices to shore up forex reserves
Price 20 litres of 95-octane petrol shot up from $10.6 to $40.6 Lebanese officials blame smuggling to Syria, stockpiling for...
Lapid opens Israeli embassy in UAE, first in Gulf
Lapid's trip comes after the nations moved to normalise ties Israel, UAE have signed a raft of deals ranging from...
US Secretary of State says Guantanamo prison should close
US Secretary of State says he doesn’t know when it can happen Former president Obama had failed in his bid...
