40 killed as US starts strikes in Iraq, Syria

The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and militias it backs, reportedly killing nearly 40 people, in retaliation for a deadly attack on US troops.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel pounds Gaza cities

Israeli airstrikes killed 18 Palestinians in the Gaza cities of Rafah and Deir Al-Balah, Gaza health officials said yesterday, as residents of the enclave feared Israel would expand its ground offensive into those last remaining areas where people have sought shelter.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’

The UN voiced fears Friday about worsening conditions in southern Gaza, saying a surge in people seeking safety in Rafah had made the town a “pressure cooker of despair”.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran won’t start war but will respond to bullies

Iran will not start a war but would “respond strongly” to anyone who tried to bully it, President Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday, a day after the US said it was planning attacks on Iranian sites in Iraq and Syria.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM

17,000 children in Gaza separated from parents

The United Nations said yesterday it estimates that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated nearly four months into the offensive.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Hamas unlikely to reject Gaza ceasefire proposal

Hamas is unlikely to reject a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received from mediators this week, but will not sign it without assurances that Israel has committed to ending the offensive, a Palestinian official close to the talks said yesterday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Armed attacker takes hostages

An armed assailant yesterday raided a plant owned by the US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble near Istanbul and took an undisclosed number of people hostage, Turkish media reported.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Explosion heard near ship off Yemen coast: UK

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organisation said that an explosion was reported at a distance off a vessel’s starboard side west of Yemen’s Hodeidah. UKMTO said that the vessel and crew are safe.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

ICJ ruling first step towards Palestine’s liberation

The recent ruling by the International Court of Justice gave a sense of optimism for the Palestinians struggling for 75 long years for liberation, Palestinian Ambassador to Bangladesh Yousef SY Ramadan said yesterday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Gaza faces humanitarian disaster, warns UN

Israeli forces pounded areas in northern and southern Gaza yesterday as UN agency chiefs said a bitter row over the main aid agency for Palestinians could “have catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza”.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM

‘No threat will be left unanswered’

Iran will respond to any threat from the United States, Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ chief Hossein Salami said yesterday, as Washington weighs its response to the killing of American servicemen by Tehran-aligned militants.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital

Israel said undercover commandos killed three Palestinians in a raid on a hospital in the occupied West Bank yesterday, a further sign that Israel’s offensive in Gaza is spreading to other fronts.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel charges back into Gaza City

Israel launched an assault overnight on Gaza’s main northern city weeks after pulling back from there, residents said yesterday, while heavy fighting has continued around hospitals in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Killing Of Us Soldiers: Iran denies links to Jordan drone strike

Iran yesterday denied any links to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three US military personnel and said it was not seeking an “expansion” of conflict in the Middle East.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes in Syria kill 7

Israeli strikes in Syria yesterday killed seven people, including pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, in the latest such attack in the country against groups loyal to Tehran.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran executes four men convicted of spying for Israel

Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the country's arch-foe Israel on a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, according to the judiciary
29 January 2024, 06:13 AM

‘Un-pause funding’ for Palestinians

UN officials implored countries to reconsider a pause in funding for the UN agency for Palestinians yesterday, vowing to punish anyone involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel and warning that aid for some two million people in Gaza was at stake.
28 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran wraps up trial of Swedish EU diplomat

The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran yesterday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for Iran’s arch-foe, Israel.
28 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Aid operation in Gaza ‘collapsing’

The head of the main UN aid agency in the Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to cut funding over allegations that several agency employees had participated in the deadly Hamas attack against Israel four months ago.
28 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel’s Accusation: Countries halt funding to UN agency in Gaza

Britain, Italy and Finland yesterday became the latest countries to pause funding for the United Nations' refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM