UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
Cairo: United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy restrictions on humanitarian access […]
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting ‘Death to Arabs’
Jerusalem: Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis took part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to Arabs.” Jerusalem, the epicentre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been mostly calm throughout the Israel-Hamas war, but the march could ignite widespread tensions, […]
Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
Beirut: A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday. Human Rights Watch said in its report that there was no evidence of burn injuries […]
A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that hit London hospitals
London: A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and appointments being cancelled, the former head of British cybersecurity said Wednesday. A group known as Qilin is most likely behind the attack on Synnovis, which provides pathology lab services for several hospitals run […]
Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon
Beirut: A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the US Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along the border, […]
Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp
Jerusalem: Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers in the central town of Deir al-Balah. In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said Tuesday it killed two Palestinians, […]
Biden takes big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up
Washington: President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement that could immediately bring home dozens of Israeli hostages, free Palestinian prisoners and perhaps even lead to an endgame in the nearly eight-month-old Gaza war. Biden’s big swing — during a […]
Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video
Jerusalem: Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. Monday’s announcement heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a US cease-fire proposal that could secure the return of the hostages still held in […]
Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate
San Francisco: Police on Monday arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many people were taken into custody but AP journalists saw police zip-tie the hands of about 50 people. Officers then put them in police vans and drove […]
Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls
Beersel (Belgium): The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union elections which start on Thursday. The goal was clear: Decrying how farmers would lose fertile land to what they see as overbearing environmentalists trying to turn it into a […]
