US Senator Bernie Sanders moves to block Biden’s $735 million weapons sale to Israel

US Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a resolution blocking a $735 million weapons sale to Israel on Thursday, mirroring a symbolic action by the House of Representatives in response to conflict between Israel and Gaza's Hamas leaders.
21 May 2021, 01:54 AM

Bangladeshi migrant worker sustains bullet wound during anti-Israel protest

A Bangladeshi migrant worker was shot and wounded in Lebanon on Sunday during a commotion among Palestinians over the Israeli aggression.
20 May 2021, 20:12 PM

Cabinet approves cease-fire in Gaza: Israeli media

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral cease-fire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media said late Thursday.
20 May 2021, 19:47 PM

‘Agreement shaping up’ on Iran nuclear talks: negotiators

An agreement is “shaping up” to bring the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiators said Wednesday, citing headway in efforts to break the impasse.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Gaza ‘hell on earth’ for children

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday described Gaza as “hell on earth” for children, appealing to Israel for rapid and unhindered aid access and telling the 193-member General Assembly he would launch an appeal for humanitarian funding.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

UN chief Guterres calls Gaza ‘hell on earth’ for children

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described Gaza as “hell on earth” for children, appealing to Israel for rapid and unhindered aid access and telling the 193-member General Assembly he would launch an appeal for humanitarian funding.
20 May 2021, 17:12 PM

Death, destruction in Gaza as Israel defies truce call

Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several more as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied calls for a de-escalation.
20 May 2021, 13:11 PM

Hamas official predicts ceasefire soon

A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days after U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a “de-escalation”.
20 May 2021, 07:48 AM

Israel says it has no ‘timeframe’ for ending strikes in Gaza

Israel today said it was not setting a timeframe for an end to hostilities with Gaza as its military pounded the Palestinian enclave with air strikes and Hamas unleashed new cross-border rocket attacks.
19 May 2021, 12:04 PM

Gaza children bearing the brunt of Israeli airstrikes

Suzy Ishkontana hardly speaks or eats. It's been two days since the 7-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble of what was once her family's home, destroyed amid a barrage of Israeli airstrikes. She spent hours buried in the wreckage as her siblings and mother died around her.
19 May 2021, 08:39 AM

10 abducted Bangladeshi expatriates rescued in Libya

The 110 migrants from different countries, including 10 Bangladeshis, who were abducted in Libya for ransom, have been rescued from a remote town in the country.
18 May 2021, 16:19 PM

UN agency says 52,000 displaced in Gaza, Amnesty wants war crimes investigation

More than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli air strikes that have destroyed or badly damaged nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip, the UN aid agency said on Tuesday.
18 May 2021, 13:12 PM

Israel’s barrage of air strikes on Gaza resumes

Dozens of air strikes pounded Gaza today even as US President Joe Biden expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports Al Jazeera.
18 May 2021, 10:46 AM

Gaza rockets part of resistance, says Indian collective of writers, artists

Rockets fired by Palestinians against Israel are part of a “resistance” which is supported by international law, a group of writers and artistes led by Arundhati Roy and Nayantara Sahgal has declared, The Hindu said on Monday.
18 May 2021, 07:04 AM

Israel-Gaza: Under pressure, Biden works for ceasefire

President Joe Biden and aides worked behind the scenes on Monday pressing for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas amid what one source said was frustration over Israel's bombing of a Gaza building that housed some news organisations.
18 May 2021, 03:01 AM

Palestine: religious conflict or a constructed humanitarian crisis?

Gruesome scenes of blood-soaked men, women, children; homes destroyed, evacuated; faces with fear, grief, revolt; missiles raining down on debris -- these overwhelming pictures and videos have once again stirred up the humanity. But for millions of Palestinians, this has always been the only reality they know. As of May 17, at least 192 people, including 58 children and 34 women in Gaza have died in the recently escalated conflict.
17 May 2021, 15:00 PM

Violence in Palestine gave Netanyahu a political lifeline

The recent escalation of violence with the Palestinians, which has stoked nationalist passions, has made it more difficult for opposition parties in Israel to come together and form a coalition government against Benjamin Netanyahu, reports the American international relations magazine Foreign Policy.
17 May 2021, 10:15 AM

Saudi Arabia to reopen to foreign tourists soon, official says

Saudi Arabia plans to soon reopen to foreign tourists, a senior tourism official said on Monday after the kingdom announced the lifting of quarantine restrictions for certain foreign arrivals.
17 May 2021, 10:08 AM

India calls for de-escalation of tension between Israel, Palestine

India has condemned “indiscriminate rocket firings from Gaza targeting the civilian population in Israel and the retaliatory strikes into Gaza” and called for immediate de-escalation of tensions in the region.
17 May 2021, 09:47 AM

AP's top editor wants investigation into Israeli bombing of its Gaza office

The Associated Press's top editor wants an independent investigation into Israel's bombing of a building in Gaza that was home to her news organisation as well as broadcaster Al Jazeera.
16 May 2021, 20:03 PM