GAZA: Around 560,000 children under ten have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency campaign in war-shattered Gaza, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted that it had been a massive success amidst a tragic daily reality of life for more than two … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks during the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Peace Lecture on the tenth anniversary of his death, in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 5, 2023. — Reuters Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has condemned Israel’s airstrikes in Nuseirat killing six United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees … Read more
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Israeli forces detained a United Nations convoy in Gaza for hours, ramming its vehicles and firing shots, according to a UN spokesperson. The convoy, transporting personnel involved in a polio vaccination campaign, was stopped by Israeli soldiers at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint on Monday. The soldiers demanded to question two Palestinian staff members onboard, escalating … Read more
GAZA: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike on a humanitarian zone in the south of the Palestinian territory killed 40 people and wounded 60 others, with the Israeli army saying it had targeted a Hamas command centre in the area. The strike hit Al-Mawasi — in Gaza’s main southern city of … Read more
GAZA: Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 61 Palestinians in the space of 24 hours, local medics said on Saturday, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in the territory, Reuters reports. An Israeli air strike on the Halima al-Sa’diyya school compound serving as a shelter for displaced people in the Jabalia urban … Read more
GAZA: Hamas has called on the United States to “exert real pressure” on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to finalize a ceasefire agreement for Gaza. This comes as Netanyahu denied any ongoing negotiations. Hamas blames stalled talks and the recent deaths of six Gaza captives on Netanyahu’s reluctance to reach a deal. Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s … Read more
WASHINGTON: The White House is urgently preparing a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas, sources from the US government, Egyptian security, and those familiar with the matter told Reuters. This proposal seeks to address key issues that have stalled negotiations, which have been mediated by the US, … Read more
Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades building demand for their soft drinks in Muslim-majority countries, from Egypt to Pakistan. Now, both face a challenge from local sodas in those countries due to consumer boycotts that target the globe-straddling brands as symbols of America and by extension Israel, at a … Read more
Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo. spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades building demand for their soft drinks in Muslim-majority countries including Egypt to Pakistan. Now, both face a challenge from local sodas in those countries due to consumer boycotts that target the globe-straddling brands as symbols of America, and by extension Israel, at a … Read more
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was to leave for a Middle East trip Wednesday, Berlin said as efforts continue towards a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war. Pressure has mounted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal to end the fighting, days after Israel’s military recovered … Read more