World / Middle East

Shipment included water for 22,000 people for one day only: UNICEF 22 Oct 2023 - 09:43 am

The convoy of 20 trucks carrying aid supplies that arrived in Gaza on Saturday was nowhere near enough to meet the needs of...

From Nakba 1948 to Gaza 2023: Chronology of Palestinian sufferings that never end 22 Oct 2023 - 08:58 am

The ongoing Israeli entity’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and calls for displacement of its population have reproduced the 1948 Palestinian expulsion (Nakba)...

Palestinian President urges UN Security Council to uphold responsibility for protecting Palestinians 21 Oct 2023 - 03:58 pm

Cairo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the United Nations Security Council to protect the Palestinian people, grant the State of Palestine full...

17 UNRWA employees killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza 21 Oct 2023 - 02:27 pm

Gaza:At least 17 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been killed...

Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens, letting desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians 21 Oct 2023 - 10:45 am

Rafah, Gaza Strip: The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians running short...

Overnight Israeli air raids kill 46 in Gaza 21 Oct 2023 - 08:51 am

At least 46 people have been killed in Israeli air raids in Gaza overnight. Twenty-four people were killed in an Israeli air raid...

Palestinian President, British PM discuss Israeli aggression 20 Oct 2023 - 08:41 pm

Cairo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed today, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the latest development in the...

Aid 'a lifeline' for war-torn Gaza, says UN chief 20 Oct 2023 - 07:41 pm

Rafah, Egypt: Aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza are "a lifeline" which need to move into the war-torn Palestinian enclave...

Joint statement of GCC-ASEAN Summit highlights importance of joining efforts for peace, security, and stability 20 Oct 2023 - 05:47 pm

Riyadh: The joint statement of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Welcomed the accession of all...

Greta Thunberg calls for ceasefire 20 Oct 2023 - 02:05 pm

The prominent Swedish climate activist has called for an immediate ceasefire and said the world needs to “speak up”. On X, Thunberg wrote:...

First aid delivery due in Gaza in ‘the next day or so’: UN 20 Oct 2023 - 12:40 pm

The UN’s humanitarian office says it is in advanced talks with all parties in the conflict to ensure an aid operation into Gaza...

Death toll rises to 21 in Khan Younis after Israeli air raid 20 Oct 2023 - 09:14 am

The death toll from the Israeli air raid in southern Gaza has risen from 14 to 21, while the number of injuries rose...

Humanitarian aid piles up in Egypt as Rafah crossing remains shut 20 Oct 2023 - 08:47 am

Food, medicine, water purifiers, hygiene products, and blankets have been piling in Egypt’s Sinai region at El Arish airport, which even opened an...

Israeli war crimes continue, church hit 20 Oct 2023 - 08:12 am

Gaza Strip:Gaza's interior ministry said several displaced people who had taken shelter at a church compound in the Gaza Strip have been killed...

Egypt-Gaza border crossing to open Friday: state-linked media 19 Oct 2023 - 06:29 pm

Cairo: The Rafah bordercrossingbetween Egypt and the war-torn Gaza Strip "will open tomorrow", state-linked television Al Qahera News reported Thursday, as calls for...

Sunak highlights importance of aid to Gaza 19 Oct 2023 - 04:04 pm

Britain's Prime Minister RishiSunakon Thursday pressed Israel to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza as he stepped up a campaign by Western leaders...

Palestinians in Gaza feel nowhere is safe amid unrelenting Israeli airstrikes 19 Oct 2023 - 12:16 pm

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared...