CAIRO: Israel’s military said on Monday night that it is carrying out large-scale airstrikes in Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, hours after Hamas announced the acceptance of an Egyptian-Qatari proposal regarding a ceasefire in the strip. In the meantime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the proposal is far from meeting […]
NEW DELHI: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has declared intentions to sever diplomatic relations with Israel due to its actions in the Gaza Strip, a move criticised by human rights advocates and experts who caution against the possibility of genocide, Al Jazeera reported. Addressing a gathering on International Workers’ Day in Bogota, Petro emphasised the necessity […]
GAZA: The Israeli military has conducted new round of air and drone strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 47 Palestinians as UNRWA say Gaza has turned into “a city of death and ghosts”. The Wafa news agency reported on Monday that 26 of the victims lost lost their lives in Israeli aerial assaults […]
WASHINGTON: In a series of tense confrontations, more than 200 individuals found themselves in handcuffs following protests at Northeastern University, Arizona State University, Indiana University, and Washington University in St Louis, The New York Post (NYT) reported. These events, unfolding against the backdrop of heightened tensions in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, underscore the challenges faced […]
The outcome of the Palestine vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on April 18 was predictable. Though European countries are becoming increasingly supportive of a Palestinian state, the United States is not yet ready for this commitment. These are some of the reasons that the US deputy envoy to the […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reiterated his request that the US government stop issuing the report evaluating the human rights situation in several countries, considering it a violation of sovereignty. “It violates the sovereignty of any people, of any country, we are independent,” Lopez Obrador told his daily press conference at […]
DOHA: Palestinian group Hamas has said it remains committed to achieving an agreement with Israel to end the war on Gaza, but only if its conditions including a lasting ceasefire are met. Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the group’s political bureau, said that Hamas “is serious about releasing Israeli captives within the framework of an […]
The western discourse on the circumstances behind the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 75 years ago, is hardly convincing. Yet, that over-simplified discourse must be examined in order for the current decline of the organization to be appreciated beyond the self-serving politics of NATO’s members. The history records page of the US […]
NEW YORK: The world is facing the collapse of the 1948 international order established in the wake of World War II, amid the brutal wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while authoritarian policies continue to spread, Amnesty International has warned. The report accused the world’s most powerful governments, including China, Russia and the United States, of […]
WASHINGTON: A sweeping foreign aid package was easily passed the US Congress late on Tuesday after months of delay, clearing the way for fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies. The Senate approved by 79 to 18 four bills passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday, […]