THE HAGUE: Arab states urged international judges on Monday to declare Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories illegal, and Turkey called the occupation a “genuine obstacle to peace” on the final day of hearings in a case examining its legal status.…
BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM,: Israeli warplanes struck Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Monday, killing at least two Hezbollah members in its deepest attack on Lebanese territory since hostilities with the Iran-backed group erupted last October, Lebanese sources said. Israel’s military said its fighter…
RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday he was resigning to allow a broad consensus among Palestinians to be formed on a political arrangement after Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The move comes amid growing US pressure on…
DOHA: Qatar will continue to increase gas output despite a sharp drop in global gas prices, pushing ahead with plans to tap more resources amid tough competition from rivals such as the United States. QatarEnergy chief Saad al-Kaabi on Sunday…
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israeli troops and Palestinian militants clashed across the Gaza Strip over the weekend as mediators stepped up talks on a possible ceasefire aimed at freeing hostages held by Hamas and bringing some Ramadan respite to the battered enclave. But…
KYIV: Ukraine and its foreign partners could invite Russia to a future peace summit to discuss ending Moscow’s two-year-old invasion on Kiev’s terms, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday. Switzerland will host a summit to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
WASHINGTON: An active-duty member of the United States (US) military set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in an apparent protest against Israel’s devastating war in Gaza, officials said. The man, whose name was not immediately…
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit China’s Xinjiang region on Sunday morning. The earthquake struck Aheqi County in northwest China’s Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). Also read: TDCP, AG…
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers on Saturday (Feb 24) held a candlelight vigil to protest against the federal government along the Punjab-Haryana border, vowing to continue their protests until their demands are met. Farmers marched with candles to commemorate the death…
GUANZCHOU: At least five people died after a ship collided with a bridge and part of it collapsed in the southern Chinese capital of Guangzhou on Thursday. Part of the bridge, which had to be refortified in 2022 due to…
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Thursday that Joe Biden humiliated the United States by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB”, casting the US president’s remark as part of a botched “Hollywood cowboy” act. The US president made the…
Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder at a soccer stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist. The two men were executed by multiple shots in the back in the city of Ghazni after…
GAUZE: Israel has stepped up its bombardment of Rafah in southern Gaza, killing more than a dozen members of one family in an airstrike, residents said, as the death toll in the devastated Palestinian enclave reached 29,313 since October 7…
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of any “unilateral” recognition of a Palestinian state, as international calls to revive Palestinian statehood talks grow. The symbolic declaration, which was issued amid the war in…
SHAMBHU: Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their produce suspended a protest on Wednesday after the government made a fresh offer to resume talks, hours after police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of people marching in…
A lunar lander built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines reached the center of the moon’s orbit and headed for the first U.S landing attempt on Earth’s closest celestial neighbor in more than 50 years and the first ever private spacecraft. The…
