A sigh of relief echoed globally as world leaders welcomed the recently announced Gaza ceasefire agreement. The truce, facilitated by international mediators, aims to end weeks of escalating violence, offering a momentary respite to civilians in the region. The agreement comes after intense negotiations, with both parties agreeing to halt hostilities. While the ceasefire offers […]
Israel and Hamas have reached a landmark agreement to cease hostilities after more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed, and many more feared buried under the rubble. Israel and Hamas have agreed on a landmark truce to end hostilities in Gaza, facilitating a major prisoner exchange. This deal, brokered by Egypt and Qatar with U.S. […]
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. According to the Élysée, Macron emphasised during a phone call with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berr that “a ceasefire must be reached immediately in Lebanon.” Macron also expressed deep concern over the intensification of Israeli strikes in Lebanon and their “tragic […]
NEW YORK: UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban called today for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to end the killing and maiming of children and enable the urgent delivery of desperately needed lifesaving aid. Chaiban told a media briefing on his mission to Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that the scale of […]
NEW YORK: The UN chief’s Spokesperson told journalists at the regular press briefing in New York on Monday that Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end the war in Gaza, where the situation continues to remain catastrophic after more than 10 months of unrelenting war. “The Secretary-General very […]
CAIRO: Egypt, Qatar, and the United States announced on Friday that senior officials from the three nations will meet in Cairo next week for more talks aimed at reaching a Gaza ceasefire agreement. The joint statement, quoted by Ahram Online, mentioned that intense negotiations took place over the past 48 hours in Doha to mediate […]
His Excellency Jamal Jama Al Musharakh, the UAE’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, affirmed that the UAE is collaborating with the international community to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The UAE condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s policy of collectively punishing the Palestinian people and its attempts to […]
In a significant and unprecedented move, leaders from Arab and Muslim nations have joined forces to demand an immediate end to the escalating conflict in Gaza. Leaders of the states and governments of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the League of Arab States, have decided to merge the two summits that the OIC […]
Armenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Shelling was reported by both sides within hours of the latest agreement to defuse the conflict, reached after talks in Geneva […]
Armenia on Sunday accused Azerbaijan of violating a fresh humanitarian truce aimed at halting weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has claimed hundreds of lives. Yerevan’s defence ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Twitter that Azerbaijan had fired artillery shells and rockets in the early hours of Sunday, just minutes after the ceasefire […]
