Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, amid spiraling violence in the West Bank and concerns over a regional escalation of the (...)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has set a date for its planned offensive in Gaza's city Rafah.
His government has been signalling its intentions to launch a military operation in the southern city, where more than 1.5m Palestinians (...)
The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns about Israel's planned invasion of Rafah and the desperate lack of aid reaching Gaza.
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Israel's military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area.
The military stressed a "significant force" would remain in Gaza.
"This is another stage in the war effort", (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, said on Friday that the Arab Group is calling for a resolution under Chapter VII to ensure Israel complies with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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GPS is being blocked across Israel in an attempt to disrupt incoming missiles and drones, as tensions rise with Iran.
Iran has vowed to respond after a strike on its consulate building in Syria on Monday — which Israel was widely believed to be (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi outlined the national priorities throughout his tenure after taking the constitutional oath for a third six-year presidential term on Tuesday.
President El-Sisi took his oath in the new headquarters of the (...)
CAIRO — The open-ended committee at the level of permanent delegates concerned with the reform and development of the Arab League held its meeting at the headquarters of the league's General Secretariat in Cairo on Sunday. The committee is headed by (...)
Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
"As of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is (...)
The Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries into the besieged enclave as he began his (...)
CAIRO — The Arab ministerial consultative meeting, held in Cairo on Thursday, underlined the need for reaching an immediate and complete ceasefire and ending the war in the Gaza Strip. The meeting also called for lifting all restrictions that impede (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said all of Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity".
This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about (...)
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.3 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
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Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would push ahead with a military offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, despite US President Joe Biden's warning that doing so would be a "red (...)
The US military will construct a port in Gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea, President Joe Biden has announced.
The temporary port will increase the amount of humanitarian assistance to Palestinians by "hundreds of (...)
A Hamas delegation has left talks in Cairo without a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza, but the armed group says indirect negotiations with Israel are not over.
It had been hoped that a 40-day truce could be in place for the start of the Islamic month of (...)
Hamas said Tuesday there could be no "exchange of prisoners" before a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as it responded to proposals from Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
"The security and safety of our people will not be (...)
KUWAIT CITY — Mohamed AbdulRahman Al-Sharekh, a prominent Kuwaiti businessman and a great pioneer in Arab software technology, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82. Al-Sharekh, president and chairman of Sakhr Software Company, introduced the (...)
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of the war-torn enclave, UN health agency chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
These are "children (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan participated in the activities of the 161st session of the Council of Arab League at the ministerial level at the league's headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the (...)
Hopes had been high over the past week following talks in Paris that there could be a new Gaza ceasefire deal in place for the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan next week.
However, while Hamas has now sent a delegation to Cairo for further (...)
US Vice President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza "are starving" and has urged Israel to "significantly increase the flow of aid" there.
She said, "There must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks", which would "get the (...)
As deadly Israeli bombardments and acute food shortages continue, and a threatened Israeli military operation in southern Gaza looms, more and more Palestinians are seeking a way out — if they can find the money for it.
This uncertain exit requires (...)