The US accusations are meant to ‘distract’ from Washington’s complicity in Israel’s ‘crimes in Gaza’, Iran’s FM says. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed accusations of the United States that Tehran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean, as tension rises globally over threats to maritime shipping. A…
Christmas day in the occupied West Bank began with an attack on the Jenin refugee camp and several arrests. The raid on Monday morning followed several others across the territory, which saw dozens of arrests and the shooting in the neck of a 17-year-old boy. Among towns hit was Bethlehem….
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, including women and children, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and displaced millions of people. With Israel pledging to continue its assault, the aerial and ground offensive is already one of the most devastating military offensives in recent history. The deaths in…
EXPLAINER A Christmas of bloodshed in Gaza amid raids in the occupied West Bank – here the are major updates. Here’s how things stand on Monday, December 25, 2023: Latest developments An air raid on central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp on Sunday killed at least 70 people, according to the…
The United States-led multinational naval force that was to protect and secure maritime traffic through the Red Sea from attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels appears significantly weakened – even if not quite dead in the water – before it ever sailed together. Less than a week after the announcement of…
The attack is one of the deadliest of the nearly three-month-long war. At least 70 people have been killed in an Israeli air attack in central Gaza’s al-Maghazi refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry’s spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, late on Sunday said the toll is likely to…
Pope Francis has kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a lament – that Jesus’s message of peace is being drowned out by the “futile logic of war” in the very land he was born. Israel’s deadliest-ever war on Gaza cast a shadow as the pontiff presided over the evening Mass…
UN Security Council votes to allow more supplies, but Israel’s bombardment and ground offensive go on. Hundreds more have been killed in Gaza since Friday’s UN Security Council vote for more aid. What practical impact will the resolution have? And how can aid get to 2.3 million people living under…
WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs. The United Nations estimates that around 50,000 pregnant women are currently living in Gaza, with more than 180 births taking place every day amid the “decimation” of its healthcare system. In a statement…
A United Nations official has been killed along with more than 70 members of his extended family in an Israeli air strike near Gaza City, as hundreds of people have been killed in intensified bombardment since Friday’s UN Security Council resolution that has been criticised as “woefully insufficient”. Issam Al…
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