Israeli airstrikes kill 9 in South Lebanon including 2 journalists
Nine people including two journalists were killed on Tuesday in four Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon, as confrontations on the Lebanon-Israel borders intensified for over six weeks,...
View ArticleHezbollah vows to retaliate against Israel’s killing of journalists in S....
Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite military group, vowed Tuesday to retaliate against Israel’s “brutal aggression” after two journalists from Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen were killed in Israeli attacks...
View ArticleEgyptian president welcomes mediation for prisoners’ swap, humanitarian truce...
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Wednesday welcomed the success of the joint Egyptian mediation efforts with Qatar and the United States for a ceasefire in Gaza. “The joint mediation efforts...
View ArticleIsrael receives 1st group of hostages released from Gaza
Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency has received the first group of 13 hostages released from the Gaza Strip on Friday, local media reported. After the initial medical assessment, the...
View ArticleMadagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina wins presidential election
Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has won the presidential election by garnering more than 50 percent of the votes, according to preliminary results released Saturday by the country’s...
View ArticlePalestinian presidency condemns proposed Israeli settlement expansion budget...
The Palestinian presidency on Monday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to allocate additional budgets for reinforcing settlements in Palestinian territories. Nabil Abu...
View ArticleUN bolsters funding as Somalia grapples with severe flooding crisis
The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday it has provided $5m in additional funding to help address the ongoing heavy rains and devastating flash floods in Somalia. The UN Office for the...
View ArticleYemen says hijacked Israel-linked oil tanker in Gulf of Aden released
An Israel-linked commercial oil tanker seized by unknown attackers off the coast of Aden has been released, a senior official from the Yemeni government’s Coast Guard Forces said on Monday. Khaled...
View ArticleCOP28: Global drought reaches “unprecedented emergency” level, says UN report
Draughts have become an “unprecedented emergency” on a global scale and the massive impacts of human-induced droughts are “only starting to unfold,” found a two-year study newly released at the UN...
View ArticleUN official raises alarm as humanitarian crisis in Gaza keeps worsening
The current humanitarian program in Gaza “is no longer functioning well,” said the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at a press conference here on Thursday....
View ArticleIsraeli forces storm Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza
Israeli forces stormed the only operational Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after besieging and bombarding it for several days, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement....
View ArticleIraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections
Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country’s 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7...
View ArticleUS dollar rebounds as rate cut fever wanes
The US dollar advanced in late trading on Friday, as traders might have overreacted to the possibility of the US Federal Reserve’s cut of interest rates. The dollar index, which measures the...
View ArticleIran executes man over spying for Mossad
Iran on Saturday executed a man convicted of espionage against the country on behalf of foreign intelligence services, including Israel’s Mossad, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary...
View ArticleYemen’s Houthis claim fresh drone attacks at Israeli targets in Eilat
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday said they have launched cross-border drone attacks on several targets in Israel’s southern city of Eilat. “We have carried out a military operation on sensitive...
View ArticleUNICEF seeks $1.4bn to help 45 million children at risk of poor health in Africa
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Monday appealed for $1.4bn to avert a humanitarian crisis in eastern and southern Africa, where 45 million children are at risk of poor health,...
View ArticleMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sworn in as Kuwait’s new emir
Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially assumed the role of emir of Kuwait on Wednesday, taking an oath before the Kuwaiti National Assembly. He succeeds the late Emir Sheikh Nawaf...
View ArticleWorld Bank funds program to help Somalis cope with flooding, food insecurity
The World Bank said it would provide 100 million U.S. dollars in additional financing to help more than 200,000 Somali households benefit from cash transfers to help them cope with flooding and food...
View ArticleGhana’s economic growth rebounding: President
Ghana’s economic growth is rebounding following three difficult years, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. In his Christmas message late Monday, Akufo-Addo said Ghana has turned...
View ArticleIran says Red Sea developments outcomes of Israeli occupation, war against Gaza
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday the recent developments in the Red Sea are the outcomes of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories and the ongoing conflict...
View Article
