WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organise efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict. Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop “intercommunal fighting” in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. However he stressed […]
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WASHINGTON: Nearly four months after the US Capitol attack, just one of more than 440 people charged has pleaded guilty, a sign of tough conditions set by prosecutors for plea deals and resistance by defence lawyers to their demands. This reflects the high stakes of cases stemming from the worst […]
Palestinian supporters of the Hamas movement celebrate after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 21, 2021. GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): Thousands of displaced Gazans started going back to their homes to check for damage and Israelis […]
GAZA: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday (May 19) of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas […]
GAZA CITY: The United Nations Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday (May 18) amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza […]
YANGON: Myanmar’s election last year reflected the will of the people and the army was unjustified in using alleged flaws as a reason to seize power, an international monitoring group said on Monday in its final report. The February 1 coup cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “dismayed” by civilian casualties in Gaza and “deeply disturbed” by Israel’s strike on a building containing international media outlets, a spokesman said yesterday in response to reporters’ questions. The comments came as Israel pummelled the Gaza Strip with air strikes, killing 10 members […]
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming “armed terrorists” for attacks on a police station and a bank, state media reported today, amid an upsurge in fighting between the military and ethnic rebels in border areas. In the face of widespread opposition, […]
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council held another emergency meeting on Wednesday (May 12) on worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, again without agreeing on a joint statement due to opposition from the United States, Israel’s key ally, diplomats said. According to several sources, 14 of the 15 members of […]
JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 1,000 rockets towards Israel since Monday evening, when hostilities escalated dramatically following days of unrest in Jerusalem, the Israeli army said. Army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told reporters Wednesday morning that the figures related to the barrage that began at roughly 6:00pm […]