Israel finds the body of a hostage killed in Gaza, while talks will resume on a cease-fire
Cairo: Israel’s military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared to begin another round of talks on brokering a cease-fire and securing the release of the remaining hostages, six months into the war. Israel’s army said it had found the body of […]
A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan
Moscow: A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg Novitsky, NASA’s Loral O’Hara and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan at 12:17 p.m. […]
ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices
Luang Prabang (Laos): Southeast Asian economies are gaining ground as tourism and exports recover from the shocks of the pandemic, but geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices still pose serious risks, regional financial leaders said on Friday. Laos’ Finance Minister Santiphab Phomvihane read out a joint statement following meetings among finance ministers at a hotel […]
UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mount
Geneva: The UN’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a resolution passed on Friday that aims to help prevent rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza. The 47-member-country Human Rights Council voted 28-6 in favour of the resolution, with 13 abstentions. […]
Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
Tel Aviv: The Israeli military said Friday that it has dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission, saying they had mishandled critical information and violated the army’s rules of engagement. The findings of a retired general’s investigation into […]
Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian warplanes in one of its biggest drone attacks of the war
Kyiv: Ukrainian officials claimed on Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region. Russian defense officials, however, claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones and that only a power substation was damaged in the attack. The Associated Press […]
Palestinians want April vote on UN membership despite US saying peace with Israel must come first
United Nations: The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians must first negotiate a peace agreement. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, said 140 countries recognise the state of Palestine, […]
Diplomatic crisis erupts between Poland and Israel following killing of Polish aid worker in Gaza
Warsaw (Poland): A new diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel has erupted following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza, with the Polish president on Thursday denouncing a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw saying it was summoning him for a meeting. A 35-year-old Polish man […]
Muslim community members in US decline White House Iftar dinner invite: Media reports
Washington: Members of the Muslim community in the US have declined the White House’s iftar dinner invitation this week, protesting the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel amid humanitarian concerns in Palestine, according to multiple media reports. “Many of the invitees, distressed over President (Joe) Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, said they would […]
With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
Deir Al-Balah: Some of Israel’s closest allies, including the United States, on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation. The deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers threatened to […]
