Israeli tanks at main Gaza hospital where patients trapped in ‘circle of death’
Israeli forces reached the gates of Gaza City’s main hospital on Monday, the primary target in their battle to seize control of the northern half of the Gaza Strip, ...
Football world says goodbye to Charlton at funeral
Manchester United great Bobby Charlton was remembered both as one of English soccer’s finest players and a “humble” and “fantastic” man by the thousands of fans and some of ...
Sunak brings back Cameron, sacks Home Secretary in new reset
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister on Monday in a reshuffle triggered by his firing of interior minister Suella Braverman after her ...
Emirates 90-plane 777X deal to kick-start Dubai Airshow
Middle East carriers look set to order tens of billions of dollars of long-haul jets at the opening of the Dubai Airshow on Monday, as Emirates renews confidence in the ...
Three Indian cities among world’s ten most polluted after Diwali
Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to become among the world’s top 10 most polluted cities on Monday, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose ...
Kremlin says report on Zelenskiy’s alleged ignorance of Nord Stream attack is ‘alarming’
The Kremlin said on Monday that a Washington Post report that a Ukrainian militaryofficer coordinated the attack on Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines was especially alarming given the newspaper also ...
Greek state bank bailout fund sells 9 per cent of Alpha bank to Unicredit
Greece’s state-controlled bank bailout fund HFSF said on Monday it sold its 9 per cent stake in Alpha Bank (ACBr.AT) to UniCredit for 293.5 million euros ($314 million) after an improved ...
Turkish Airlines talks to Airbus about ordering 355 new jets
Turkish Airlines (THY) (THYAO.IS) has recently held talks with Airbus (AIR.PA) to discuss a potential order of 355 new aircraft, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
During the meeting, ...
Israel holds off on threatened shut-down of Al Jazeera locally
Israel signalled on Monday it would hold off on a threatened closure of the local bureau of Al Jazeera, leaving the powerful Qatar-owned satellite station unmentioned in a government decision ...
Critically ill British girl taken off life support dies – family lawyer
Indi Gregory, an eight-month-old critically ill baby girl from Britain who was taken off life support on the weekend, has died overnight, a lawyer for her family said on Monday.
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Zelenskiy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern ...
Largest Gaza hospital ‘not functioning’, newborns dying
The largest hospital in Gaza has ceased to function and fatalities among patients are rising, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, as a fierce Israeli ...
US consumer watchdog proposes rules for online payments, digital wallets
The top US consumer financial watchdog recently proposed to regulate tech giants’ digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they rival traditional payment methods in scale and scope but lack ...
Gaza City hospitals cut off by Israel’s war on Hamas (update 4)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
Major hospitals in north Gaza remained cut off by Israel’s onslaught against Hamas on Sunday, while at the largest a Palestinian official said ...
Painting that survived kibbutz attack finds home in Israeli museum
The red paint was used by chance, but it has taken on a grim significance.
It was what was on hand when Ziva Jelin painted “Curving Road” in 2010, a moody ...
Smoky skies in Indian capital on Diwali as revellers defy firecracker ban
A toxic haze began to circulate in New Delhi on Sunday as people in the city of 20 million, which has struggled with heavy pollution recently, defied a ban on firecrackers ...
Netanyahu says Hamas refused Israeli fuel offer for Gaza’s Shifa hospital
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had offered fuel to Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, which suspended operations after running out of fuel, but that the militants ...
US does not want to see firefights in Gaza hospitals
The United States wants to avoid armed fighting inside hospitals in the Gaza Strip, which endangers the lives of civilians, and has conveyed its view to Israeli forces, White House ...
Gaza evacuees arrive in Egypt after Rafah crossing reopens
The first group of foreigners and injured Palestinians evacuated after the Rafah border crossing re-opened arrived in Egypt from Gaza on Sunday, four Egyptian security sources said.
Evacuations through the ...
‘Enough’ conflict, says Pope Francis as he calls for more aid to Gaza
Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his plea for an end to hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, and called for “much more” humanitarian aid for Gaza.
“Enough, enough brothers, enough”, Francis ...
Civilians wounded by anti-tank missile near Lebanon border -Israeli military
Militants fired anti-tank missiles on Sunday near the Israel-Lebanon border and hit a number of civilians, the Israeli military said, adding that it was retaliating with artillery fire.
An Israeli ...
WWII veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe salutes war dead
By Tim Hepher
English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point ...
US military aircraft crashes in East Med
A US military aircraft conducting training operations in the east Mediterranean has crashed, US Command Europe (EUCOM) said on Sunday.
The incident, which happened in an undisclosed location on Friday ...
‘Ukraine has enough energy resources to get through winter’
Ukraine will have enough energy resources to get through the coming winter, but an expected surge in Russian attacks may disrupt the supply networks, Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko ...