[ad_1] BEIJING: China on Sunday called on “parties concerned, especially Israel“, to immediately take actions to cool down tensions to prevent the conflict in West Asia from going out of control in the aftermath of the killing of Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli bombing. “China is closely following the incident and is deeply…
[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that restrictions have eased. Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip triggered by Hamas’ cross-border attacks on Oct. 7 has turned much of the Gaza strip into…
[ad_1] Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday seized a container ship “related to Zionist regime (Israel) in the Gulf,” state media reported. Iran will suffer the “consequences” of escalating the conflict in the region, Israel’s army warned Saturday, after Iran announced it had seized a ship linked to Israel in the Gulf. “Iran will bear the consequences…
[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Friday that Israel’s ambassador had apologised after an Israeli air strike killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza this week. Damian Sobol, a volunteer from southeastern Poland, was among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in the airstrike in central…
[ad_1] CHISINAU (Reuters) – Border police in ex-Soviet Moldova said on Thursday they had found and cordoned off what appeared to be fragments of an Iranian-made Russian drone just inside the country’s border with Ukraine. A police statement said the fragments were found near the villages of Etulia and Vladiceni and bore the inscription Heran-2,…
[ad_1] By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen KORSOR, Denmark (Reuters) – A Danish frigate deployed to the Red Sea as part of a U.S.-led operation suffered malfunctioning of its weapon systems when attacked by drones operated by Houthi militants last month, the captain said on Thursday as the ship arrived in Denmark. The failure, which until Thursday had…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel “due to its lack of commitment to the required professionalism and transparency and failure to renew its licenses”, Sudanese state news agency (SUNA) said. The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned the decision by…
[ad_1] NUSEIRAT CAMP, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – His clinic destroyed during Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian dentist Najdat Saqr has retrieved equipment from the ruins and set up a tent to treat patients again. “Around 80% of our work involves root canal treatment. As for anaesthesia, I do have this but it’s about…
[ad_1] TEL AVIV (Reuters) – An explosion woke Luis Har in the middle of the night and he rolled off his mattress seeking cover. This was it, he thought, expecting the building where he was being held captive to collapse. Then came the massive gunfire. And someone shouted his name and called out: “It’s the…
[ad_1] By Humeyra Pamuk, Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is weighing whether to go ahead with a major $18 billion package of arms transfers to Israel that would involve dozens of F-15 aircraft and munitions, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The sale of 25 F-15s…
