The ceasefire between the Palestinian armed group Hamas and the occupying Israel began on January 19. It has been done in three phases. The first phase is valid for 42 days. The terms of the agreement state that negotiations on the second phase will begin on the 16th day of the first phase and that […]
Read MoreIraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, accusing him of not paying salaries to civil servants in the autonomous Kurdistan region, a move that has further exposed divisions within Iraq’s top leadership. President Rashid, who is himself a Kurd, filed a lawsuit last month against Prime Minister […]
Read MoreThailand’s prime minister, seeking to allay security concerns among Chinese tourists visiting Thailand, said she had “Chinese blood in her” and that she had personally looked into security protocols in place to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens. Security in Thailand has become a trending topic of conversation among Chinese nationals, by far the largest […]
Read MoreThe Palestinians will continue to fight for their rights, a spokesman for the Gaza Strip’s pro-independence Hamas movement said in an interview with Qatar-based Al Jazeera. Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan said, “The Palestinians are determined to secure their rights and will not give up on this decades-long effort.” “If the international community delivers this to […]
Read MoreTensions between North and South Korea are nothing new. Reunification efforts between the two Koreas have not been successful since the Korean War in the 1950s. However, a recent viral image of a map of North Korea has confused policy researchers and users alike. The viral map shows the Korean peninsula divided into two separate […]
Read MoreSaudi Arabia should establish a Palestinian state on its own land, because there is a lot of empty space in the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this in an interview with Channel 14 on Thursday (February 6). The Jerusalem Post reported. The report said that Saudi Arabia has stated the establishment of a […]
Read MoreUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told President Donald Trump on Wednesday to avoid ethnic cleansing in Gaza after the U.S. leader proposed that Palestinians resettle elsewhere and the United States take over the war-torn enclave. “In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse. It is vital to stay true to the […]
Read MoreBangladesh has objected to a speech that its ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina made from India and asked New Delhi to stop her making “fabricated” comments, its foreign ministry said on Friday. In response, India summoned Bangladesh’s envoy and said Hasina had made her comments as an individual. It said conflating her speech with India’s […]
Read MorePhilippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, if interested to join. Sara Duterte said she had not read the complaint against her endorsed by majority of lower house members but her […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump has said that Israel will hand over the Gaza Strip to the United States when the war is over. However, no US troops will be needed to occupy Gaza. He made these remarks in a post on his own social media account, Truth, on Thursday. The US president said that the […]
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