Sat 22 March 2025: The comments by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Gaza and the now-shattered ceasefire in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson. Witkoff’s “bridge” plan, presented last week, aims to extend the Gaza ceasefire into April, beyond Ramadan and Passover, to allow time for negotiations on a permanent cessation of […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has suggested Hamas could remain in Gaza for a short period if it agreed to disarm. But ultimately, he added, Gaza cannot be run by a “terrorist organisation.” The comments came in a wide-ranging interview that was broadcast late Friday on the […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Israeli occupation forces blew up the Turkish Friendship Hospital in central Gaza today. In the latest attack on the Strip’s healthcare system, Gaza’s only cancer treatment centre was blown up because Israel claimed Hamas had turned it into “terror infrastructure”. It provided no proof for its claims. Footage circulating online appears […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The Turkish Cypriot administration’s decision to permit headscarves in secondary schools has ignited fierce debate, with teachers’ unions and opposition figures condemning it as part of a broader push towards religious conservatism. The move is particularly controversial given that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has traditionally been more secular and […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The “Arab NATO” initiative, which has been discussed increasingly in diplomatic circles in recent years, has once again become a hot topic in the relationships between Arab countries and the United States. Washington and Tel Aviv insist that this plan can guarantee the security of Arab nations, but can their claims […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: The Gaza Strip has officially entered the first phase of famine amid Israeli curbs on the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave, local authorities said on Wednesday. “Gaza has officially entered the first stage of famine, with nearly two million people completely losing their food security,” Ismail Thawabteh, who heads […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: Staff at several major National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in London have been prohibited from wearing pro-Palestinian symbols following complaints that they were “distressing and intimidating to vulnerable patients.” Barts Health NHS Trust confirmed the policy after a pro-Israel lobby group reported increasing concerns from Jewish patients who felt uncomfortable seeing […]
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Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, meet with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar Wed 19 March 2025: The three countries call for ‘immediate and unconditional ceasefire’ in eastern DRC. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is buying the gaming division of developer Niantic, whose titles include mobile game Pokémon Go, for $3.5 billion. This is the latest purchase for the kingdom, which in the past few years has made significant strides in becoming a global hub for esports and gaming, […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: India, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were four of the five top arms importers globally between 2020 and 2024, a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) earlier this month has shown. Ukraine was the world’s largest importer of major weapons over the past five years, accounting for […]
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