Category: Middle East

 Adel Madi, 27, died at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis after suffering from starvation, severe malnutrition, and a critical lack of essential medicines. Fri 01 August 2025: Israel is heading toward a major diplomatic breakdown as famine spreads in Gaza, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday. The newspaper revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Fri 01 August 2025: US President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday the extreme hunger being experienced by Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing restrictions on the delivery of direly-needed humanitarian assistance. “It’s terrible, what’s occurring there. Yeah, it’s a terrible thing. People are very hungry,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “It’s a terrible situation.” […]

Thu 31 July 2025: Canada and the US are working on negotiating a trade deal by August 1, with Trump threatening a 35% tariff on Canada. United States President Donald Trump has said it will be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada after it announced that it would back Palestinian statehood, following the […]

Thu 31 July 2025: Nearly 50 Israeli soldiers have died by suicide since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, local media said on Wednesday. The daily Haaretz said 17 soldiers committed suicide this year, while 24 killed themselves in 2024, and 17 in 2023, including seven following the Gaza war. The newspaper […]

Thu 31 July 2025: In a bid to salvage the two-state solution long dismissed by Israel, Arab states have urged Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza. Seventeen countries, including Arab League members, Turkiye and the European Union, have issued a joint call for Hamas to step aside and cede governance of Gaza to the Palestinian […]

Wed 30 July 2025: US coffee chain Starbucks’ global comparable store sales decreased a larger-than-expected 2% year-on-year in the April-June quarter, according to the firm’s financial results released Tuesday. Comparable store sales in North America also fell by 2%. Starbucks’ international comparable store sales were flat in the same period, while sales in China increased […]

Wed 30 July 2025: Only 32 percent of survey respondents said they approve of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, down 10 points from last year. Washington, DC – A new poll from the research firm Gallup suggests that only 32 percent of Americans approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza, a 10-point drop from September 2024, as […]

Tue 29 July 2025: The confirmed number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the war on Gaza has risen to at least 60,034, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory. In its latest daily update, the ministry said the bodies of 113 Palestinians, including one killed in […]

Mon 28 July 2025: Trump, who was in Scotland for a trade deal with the EU, met the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 28. When he was asked if he agreed with Netanyahu’s claim that there was no starvation in Gaza, Trump said, “I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly […]

Mon 28 July 2025: The UN‘s top humanitarian official warned Sunday of an accelerating humanitarian disaster in Gaza, saying one in three people hasn’t eaten “for days” and children are “wasting away” amid severe food aid shortages. Tom Fletcher, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, welcomed Israel’s decision to support a one-week scale-up of aid, including […]