Egypt threatens to suspend key peace treaty if Israel pushes into Gaza border town
Rafah: Egypt is threatening to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if Israeli troops are sent into the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah, and says fighting there could force the closure of the territory’s main aid supply route, two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat said on Sunday. The threat to suspend the […]
Russia launches 45 drones in mass barrage of Ukraine as Kyiv continues war cabinet reshuffle
Kyiv, Feb 11 (AP) Russian forces launched 45 drones over Ukraine on Sunday in a five-and-a-half-hour barrage, officials said, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued the reshuffle of his war cabinet as the war enters its third year. In a statement, the Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 40 of the Iranian-made Shahed […]
Al-Shabab claims attack in Somali capital that kills 3 Emirati troops and 1 Bahraini officer
Dubai: The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed three Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, authorities said on Sunday. The attack on Saturday targeted the troops at the General Gordon Military Base in Mogadishu. Details about the attack and […]
28 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Rafah after Netanyahu says invasion there is inevitable
Rafah (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in Rafah early Saturday, hours after Israel’s prime minister said he asked the military to plan for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the southern Gaza city ahead of a ground invasion. Benjamin Netanyahu did not provide details or a timeline, but […]
Biden order attaches human rights conditions to US military aid, easing Democratic rift over Israel
Washington: A new directive by President Joe Biden appeared to ease a split among Democrats over his military support for Israel’s war in Gaza, with lawmakers on Friday praising the order authorizing a swift cutoff of military aid to countries that violate international protections of civilians. For Biden, the commitment to conditioning U.S. military aid […]
Israeli bombs target Gaza’s crowded Rafah as the US warns Israel against sending troops there
Rafah (Gaza Strip): Israel bombed targets in overcrowded Rafah early Friday, hours after Biden administration officials warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people have sought refuge. Airstrikes overnight and into Friday hit two residential buildings in Rafah, killing eight Palestinians, […]
Ukraine’s new army chief says his immediate goals are better troop rotation and high-tech weapons
Kyiv: Ukraine’s new military chief said Friday his immediate goals are to improve the rotation of troops out of the front lines and harness the power of new technology in the fight against Russia’s invasion. Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, who previously was the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, spoke a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
Maldives key partner in ensuring free, open, secure, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region: US
Washington: Describing the Maldives as a key partner in ensuring a free, open, secure, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, the United States has said it is committed to strengthening cooperation with the Indian Ocean archipelagic nation. US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu was in the Maldives recently for talks with […]
Israeli strikes kill 13 in a southern Gaza town that could be the next target in the war
Rafah (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people overnight and into Thursday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town. More than half of strip’s population has fled to Rafah, on the mostly sealed […]
Blinken ends latest Mideast mission after new Israeli snub of proposed Gaza ceasefire plan
Tel Aviv: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip – his fifth to the region since the conflict erupted – […]
