South Africa asks World Court to order Israel’s withdrawal from Rafah
South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U....
Israeli strike kills Lebanese technician fixing phone tower, security sources say
An Israeli strike on a village in south Lebanon killed a Lebanese technician contracted by a telecoms company to fix a phone tower, Lebanon’s telecoms minister told Reuters on ...
Spain, Ireland to recognise Palestinian state says EU’s foreign policy chief Borrell
Spain, Ireland and other European Union member countries plan to recognise a Palestinian state on May 21, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said late on Thursday ahead of ...
Israeli demonstrators torch part of UN compound in Jerusalem
The main United Nations aid agency for Palestinians closed its headquarters in East Jerusalem after local Israeli residents set fire to areas at the edge of the sprawling compound, the ...
UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending ...
Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause
Billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry remains in the pipeline for Israel, despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by President Joe ...
Eurovision semi-final kicks off with focus on Israeli contestant
The second semi-final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest kicked off in Sweden late on Thursday, with much of the focus expected to be on Israel’s performance after thousands joined ...
‘Friends and enemies’ told Israel will achieve war aims
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel‘s “enemies and friends” on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary to achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an ...
Israel strikes Rafah as US warns assault could halt arms (Update)
Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed U.S. President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if ...
US aid ship departs Cyprus for Gaza
The latest aid ship to depart Cyprus for Gaza left the Larnaca port on Thursday morning.
The ship, a United States container vessel called the Sagamore, is currently travelling southwards ...
US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues
US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in ...
Israel, Hezbollah trade fire, Israeli minister warns of ‘hot summer’ at Lebanon border
Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in south Lebanon and Hezbollah said it had launched explosive drones and rockets at Israeli targets on Wednesday as Israel’s defence minister warned of ...
Battles rage around Rafah after US halts some weapons to Israel
Hamas battled Israeli troops on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip’s crowded southern city of Rafah on Wednesday and Washington said it had held up a shipment of powerful ...
US optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse
The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group’s latest ceasefire proposal, as talks resume in Cairo ...
Israeli forces seize Gaza’s Rafah border crossing
Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday and tanks pushed into the southern Gazan city of Rafah as international mediators struggled to ...
Gaza ceasefire uncertain, Israel vows to continue Rafah operation
Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and pressed ahead with strikes in Rafah while ...
Columbia University cancels main graduation ceremony in wake of protests
Columbia University canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college’s campus, but it will still hold smaller, school-based events.
“Holding a large ...
Rafah attacked
Israel strikes Gaza city of Rafah after evacuation order, say residents
Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million ...
Oil climbs as Gaza tensions rise, Saudi Arabia hikes prices
Oil futures climbed on Monday after Saudi Arabia hiked June crude prices for most regions and as the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire deal appeared slim, renewing fears the Israel-Hamas ...
Maersk says Red Sea disruption will cut capacity by 15-20 per cent in second quarter
The disruption to container shipping traffic in the Red Sea is increasing and is expected to reduce the industry’s capacity between the Far East and Europe by some 15-20 ...
Israeli cabinet votes to shut down Al Jazeera’s local operations
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet decided on Sunday to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel for as long as the war in Gaza continues, on the grounds ...
Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present (Update)
Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas ...
Number of journalists killed in Gaza ‘not seen since World War II’
The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October last year is on a scale “not seen since the second world war”, Union of Cyprus journalists’ chairman Giorgos Frangos said ...
‘Weather concerns’ may delay Cyprus-Gaza aid
Unpredictable weather between Cyprus and Gaza may delay the transportation of humanitarian aid to the strip, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said on Friday.
He said there ...