Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him. It…
Tag: Middle East
Palestine: President Abbas says ready to govern Gaza after ceasefire deal
Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was ready to assume “full responsibility” in post-war Gaza, in his first statement since a ceasefire deal was announced between…
Lebanon: President Aoun wants Israel out of his country by January 26 deadline
new president has demanded that Israel must withdraw from his country’s south by the January 26 deadline agreed in last year’s Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire as he met the United Nations chief…
Yemen: Houthis to halt Israel, Red Sea attacks if Gaza truce comes into force
Houthi rebels have backed the Gaza ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, with the Yemeni group’s spokesperson saying they will halt their military operations against Israel as well as commercial ships…
Palestine: Israeli forces recover body of soldier held in Gaza since 2014
The Israeli military says special forces have recovered the body of a soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war, which had been held hostage by Hamas since then. Staff Sgt…
LIVE UPDATE: Gaza ceasefire
Summary Israeli forces have been using tear gas on Palestinians outside Ofer Prison This is an attempt by Israeli forces to push families and media back because they do not…
Palestine: Doctors hope ceasefire revives Gaza’s devastated hospitals
In the dimly lit corridors of al-Amal Hospital in western Khan Younis, one of the 17 partially operational healthcare facilities in Gaza, a rare sense of hope grips the staff and…
Palestine: Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza to take effect on Sunday morning
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will take effect at 08:30am (06:30 GMT) on Sunday, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson announced in a post on X. “Based…
Israel: Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ready to resume the war against Hamas should talks for a second phase of the ceasefire fail. In a televised speech…
Iran: Two supreme court judges shot dead
Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after a gunman entered the court,…