British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Sunday that the UK will formally recognise a Palestinian state, marking a shift in decades of foreign policy. The decision follows a pledge Starmer made in July to act in September unless Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and committed to a sustainable peace […]
Read MoreCAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, said health officials, as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to leave. The strikes come as Western countries are increasingly fed up with the intensifying war in Gaza with some moving to recognize Palestinian statehood at the gathering of world […]
Read MoreTOKYO: Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Bahrain’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa held talks here on Friday to boost business cooperation. Iwaya highlighted frameworks for such cooperation including the Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue, Tokyo’s Foreign Ministry reported. Iwaya and his Bahraini counterpart Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani held the first […]
Read MoreGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Israeli military warned on Friday it will operate with “unprecedented force” in Gaza City, urging residents to flee southwards while announcing the closure of a temporary evacuation route opened 48 hours earlier. Israel’s bid to capture Gaza City has sparked international outrage, with the territory already devastated by nearly two […]
Read MorePortugal will officially recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, Lisbon’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday (19 September), ahead of a UN General Assembly where around 10 other countries are set to follow suit. Britain, Canada and France are among the other Western nations planning to give a Palestinian state recognition at the assembly, which comes as […]
Read MoreThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imposed a ban on citizens of Bangladesh, stopping them from applying for tourist and work visas starting January 2026. According to an article published on the UAEVisaOnline website, which cited an immigration circular, the restriction is part of a broader visa suspension affecting Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, […]
Read MoreGENEVA: The UN investigator who this week accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza said she sees parallels with the butchery in Rwanda, and that she hopes one day Israeli leaders will be put behind bars. Navi Pillay, a South African former judge who headed the international tribunal for the 1994 Rwanda genocide and also […]
Read MoreBy Tom Hussain A week after Israel bombed Qatar, Saudi Arabia has signed a mutual defence pact with Pakistan in what analysts say will be an extension of Islamabad’s nuclear umbrella over the Gulf kingdom and is a clear signal to the United States for failing to intercept Israeli missiles during the attack. Saudi Crown […]
Read MoreSyrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani will meet with US lawmakers in Washington this week to discuss the lifting of remaining US sanctions on his country, Senator Lindsey Graham was quoted as saying by Axios. Shibani’s visit – the first by a Syrian foreign minister to Washington in more than 25 years – comes on the […]
Read MoreLONDON: Israeli authorities have issued an order to seize the roof of the inner courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian settlements watchdog revealed. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported that an Israeli expropriation order, issued on Monday, mandates the seizure […]
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