Mediators make some progress in Gaza truce talks

US and Arab mediators have made some progress in their efforts to reach a ceasefire accord between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not enough to seal a deal, Palestinian sources close to the talks said yesterday.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes kill 27 across Gaza

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people yesterday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.
8 January 2025, 18:00 PM

WFP accuses Israel of firing on Gaza aid convoy

The UN’s World Food Programme has accused Israel of firing on one of its aid convoys in the war-torn Gaza Strip, saying at least 16 bullets hit the clearly marked vehicles but no staff were injured.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site

Iran’s military has begun drills near the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in the centre of the country, state media reported yesterday, as part of exercises planned nationwide.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Hamas, Israel wrangle over ceasefire deal

Israel and Hamas have wrangled over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM

No let-up in Israeli strikes across Gaza

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said yesterday that 88 people were killed in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll of the offensive to 45,805.
5 January 2025, 18:31 PM

59 more killed in Gaza

At least 59 people, including seven children of a family, were killed in Israeli air strikes across the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, said the enclave’s health ministry yesterday.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel downs drone, missile from Yemen

Israel's military reported that it shot down a missile and a drone launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks from the country targeting Israel in recent weeks.
3 January 2025, 19:06 PM

South of Aleppo: Israel strikes Syrian army positions

Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo later on Thursday, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor and local residents said.
3 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli airstrikes kill 43 across Gaza

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, including 11 people in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families, medics said.
2 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli air strikes kill 17 in Gaza

Israeli air strikes on al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in central and northern Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians yesterday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported..The Israeli military had no immediate comment although in a post on X, its Arabic spokesperson warned r
1 January 2025, 18:37 PM

‘New resistance’ against Israel to emerge in Syria

Iran’s security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian said a new group would emerge in Syria to fight Israel following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, state media reported.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Gaza hospitals have become ‘death trap’

UN rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday that hospitals in the Gaza Strip had become a "death trap", insisting that such facilities must instead be protected during conflict.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
31 December 2024, 02:02 AM

Stop attacks on Gaza hospitals

The head of the World Health Organization yesterday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days.
30 December 2024, 19:12 PM

Iran confirms arrest of Italian journo

Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported yesterday.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM

31 Kurdish, Turkish-backed fighters killed

A Syria war monitor said 31 combatants had been killed since Sunday in ongoing battles between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Besieged Gaza Town: Israeli forces order new evacuation

Israeli forces carrying out a weeks-long offensive in northern Gaza ordered any residents remaining in Beit Hanoun to quit the town yesterday, pointing to Hamas rocket fire from the area, residents said.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM

300 arrested in Syria

Syria’s new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said yesterday.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli raid shuts last major health facility in north Gaza

Gaza health officials and the WHO yesterday said that an Israeli military raid has shut down the last major health facility in northern Gaza.
28 December 2024, 19:06 PM