JERUSALEM (AFP) — Hamas and Israel reached an agreement on Tuesday to free six living hostages from Gaza in exchange for the return of four prisoners’ bodies, including the remains of two young boys who were held up as national icons back home, according to militants. The family of captivesContinue Reading
CAIRO (Reuters) – Khaled Meshaal, tipped to be Hamas’ future leader, rose to prominence in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on a street outside his office in Amman, Jordan. The assassination of a major senior official in the Palestinian militant group, orderedContinue Reading
PARIS (AFP) The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the Middle East’s oldest monasteries, has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites at danger owing to the conflict in Gaza, the organization announced on Friday. UNESCO stated that the site, which goes back to the fourth century, was placedContinue Reading
GAZA (AP) – Israeli bombings killed at least 15 people in Gaza overnight, including women and children, according to medical officials and an Associated Press body count on Sunday (Jul 21). The new strikes occurred as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to fly for the United States on Monday,Continue Reading
THE HAGUE (AFP) – Israel was urged to cease constructing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the International Court of Justice, which said on Friday that Israel’s existence in the occupied Palestinian Territories is unlawful. While Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised the ruling, Mahmoud Abbas, theContinue Reading
(Web Desk) – A significant advancement in the Robotic Cardiac Surgery Programme has been announced by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Saudi Arabia. Since the program’s launch in February 2019, 400 robotic cardiac surgeries have been completed, with a 98 percent survival rate. This accomplishmentContinue Reading
DUBAI (Reuters): According to local media, long-awaited changes to Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly’s cabinet are imminent, with new finance and foreign ministers scheduled to take office on Wednesday. The Gaza War on its border, economic difficulties, and ongoing power outages that have irritated Egyptians and forced some enterprises toContinue Reading
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – On Wednesday, as Israel continued its military assault on the heavily populated territory, many Palestinians were seeking refuge after leaving their homes in southern Gaza and complaining of water shortages. In the midst of intense fighting with Palestinians overnight, Israeli soldiers launched more military operations in theContinue Reading
RIYAD : Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries demanded an immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza on Saturday, dismissing Israel’s rationale for its actions against Palestinians as self-defense. According to the final statement of the unusual joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh, the International Criminal Court was asked to probeContinue Reading
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Authorities say an explosives-laden car exploded at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others. The Hirshabelle state interior minister, Abdirahman Dahir Gure, reported the toll to press. “Twenty of the wounded haveContinue Reading
