Gaza protests against Israel reach Europe
PARIS: Student-led protests over the war in Gaza were widening in Europe on Friday as activists in France and Britain follow the lead of a campus demonstrations spreading in the US. Protesters in Paris blocked an entrance to elite university Sciences Po on Friday, refusing to back down after a tent “occupation” was broken up by police […]
50 more bodies found at hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis
• Gaza death toll nears 35,000 • 14 killed in occupied West Bank • Netanyahu vows to fight possible US sanctions GAZA: Health workers have uncovered at least 50 bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital, in the southern city of Khan Younis. But while Israeli military said it was […]
Iran Fires Air Defense Batteries In Provinces As Sound Of Explosions Heard Near Isfahan
DUBAI, Apr 19: Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday, April 19, 2024 morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. IRNA […]
Another mass grave found in Gaza hospital
A fresh mass grave was found in Gaza Strip’s Al-Shifa Hospital this week, according to Al Jazeera. The grave was found after some employees informed relief and rescue workers that an unspecified number of bodies were dumped in the hospital’s premises over the past few months because the incessant bombardment by Israel had made it […]
Heavy rain and flash floods kill 33 in Afghanistan
At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, the government’s disaster management department said on Sunday. “From Friday onward, because of the rains there were flash floods which caused high human and financial losses,” department spokesman Janan Sayeq said. “The primary information shows that, unfortunately, […]
Biden ‘considering’ Australian request to drop Assange case
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was “considering” a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges. Australia’s parliament passed a motion in February with the prime minister’s support calling for an end to the legal saga surrounding Assange, who has been held in Britain […]
UN Security Council begins review of Palestinian bid for full UN membership
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council said on Monday that it would decide this month on the Palestinians’ bid for full UN membership, with the longshot campaign unlikely to survive US opposition. As the Gaza war rages on into its seventh month, the council’s move was described as “historic” by the Palestinians, but angrily […]
Hopes dampened for speedy Gaza ceasefire agreement
• Egyptian media claims ‘significant progress’ on contentious points; Hamas, Israeli officials insist deadlock persists • Tel Aviv prepares military operations in Rafah; US opposes the assault GAZA STRIP: Israel and Hamas both dampened hopes on Monday of a speedy breakthrough in Cairo talks towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal after Egyptian state-linked […]
China won’t ‘sit idly by’ on tech curbs, Xi tells Biden
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed in a telephone call on Tuesday about US trade restrictions on technology and on Taiwan, but they looked to manage their tensions, with two top US officials to head shortly to Beijing. The telephone conversation was the two leaders’ first direct interaction since a summit in November […]
Iran president says Israel’s Syria attack ‘will not go unanswered’
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday condemned a deadly air strike blamed on Israel against his country’s consular annex in Damascus, saying the “cowardly crime will not go unanswered”. “After repeated defeats and failures against the faith and will of the Resistance Front fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations on its agenda in […]