Middle East

Gaza ceasefire deal talks have stalled for nearly a month: Qatar

There have been no negotiations for a hostage release and ceasefire agreement for almost a month, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Brussels.

“Very high” risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon: WHO

The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is “very high”, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the deadly disease was detected in the country’s north.

Several aid groups warn Israel is ‘erasing northern Gaza’

Dozens of aid groups have warned that “northern Gaza Strip is being wiped off the map” by Israeli soldiers amid an ongoing campaign to ethnically cleanse the area of its Palestinian population.

Israeli forces fired at peacekeepers’ watchtower in Lebanon: UN

Israeli troops fired at a United Nations peacekeeping position in the village of Kfar Kela in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, damaging a watchtower, according to the UN.

UK says exploring sanctions against two Israeli ministers

Britain is considering sanctioning Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over comments they made about civilians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank settlers, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated.

US says Houthi weapon storage facilities targeted in B-2 attacks

The US targeted five “hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in a series of strikes by B-2 stealth bombers, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

Oman decries west’s double standards on Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Lebanon

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman has deplored the double standards adopted by Western countries regarding Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

French NGO files complaint against Macron for “complicity in Israel’s war crimes” in West Asia

A French non-governmental organization has filed a complaint against President Emmanuel Macron at the United Nations top court for complicity in Israel's "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

Italy says imposed strict restrictions on arms exports to Israel amid regional tensions

Italy has imposed the strictest restrictions on weapons exports to Israel among its allies, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated.

UN agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon

United Nations agencies have urged an urgent increase in funding to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as the Israeli military continues its attacks against the Middle Eastern country.

UK sanctions seven groups supporting West Bank settlers

The UK Foreign Office has imposed sanctions against seven organisations that support illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank, but held back from penalising two extremist members of the Israeli government as the former foreign secretary David Cameron had been planning.

US threatens Israel with military aid suspensions over Gaza

The Joe Biden administration has told Israel to take immediate measures to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip or risk cutting off access to key US military assistance.

25% of Lebanon under Israeli expulsion orders: UN

Israel has issued military expulsion orders affecting more than a quarter of Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency has announced.

American officials attend meetings at Israeli prison accused of ‘horrific’ torture: Report

Officials from the US main humanitarian agency attend daily meetings on an Israeli military site that also hosts a notorious prison for Palestinians where torture reportedly runs rampant, the Guardian has reported.

Netanyahu made Iran attack promise to Biden: Report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Joe Biden that he intends to strike only military targets in Iran when Tel Aviv retaliates for the latest Tehran's missile barrage, The Washington Post has claimed.

UNICEF warns situation for Gaza children getting worse daily

The situation for children in the Gaza Strip is "worsening" with each passing day, with growing food, water, and medicine shortages compounded by ongoing Israeli attacks and severe restrictions on humanitarian aid, a UNICEF spokesperson has warned.

400k children displaced in Lebanon in less than a month: UN

At least 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the UN children’s agency has stated, warning of a “lost generation” in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of war.

Lebanon lodges complaint against Israel over targeting UNIFIL

Beirut has submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israel's repeated attacks against the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Iran urges expulsion of Israel from IPU, trial of regime’s officials at Nuremberg Court, citing region wars

The Iranian delegation participating in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Geneva has called for the expulsion of Israel from the union and the trial of the Zionist officials at the Nuremberg Court, citing the ongoing crimes of Tel Aviv in West Asia.

UN Security Council says UNIFIL should be protected after Israeli attacks in Lebanon

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed support for UNIFIL troops in southern Lebanon following a series of Israeli attacks on the UN peacekeeping force.

Britain puts sanctions on Iranian military figures following missile strike on Israel

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against Iranian individuals and organisations after Tehran's missile attack on Israel on Oct. 1, Britain's Foreign Office announced on Monday.

Report: Israel considering plan to starve Gazans to death

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in order to starve out hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes, according to a report.

‘Burned and charred bodies’ as Israel strikes tents at Gaza hospital

An Israeli air raid on tents for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex in the Gaza Strip has killed at least four people and wounded more than 70, many of them critically, as Israel’s genocide in the besieged enclave continues.

Iran-Israel conflict could ‘shut down oil coming out of Middle East’: Ex-NATO commander

James Stavridis, a former NATO Chief Admiral, joined the Cats Roundtable radio show to weigh in on the impact of extreme conflict in the Middle East. The former leader warned that the rising tensions in the region “could […] shut down oil coming out of the Middle East".

Israeli attacks on UNIFIL could be a war crime: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any attacks against the UN peacekeepers “may constitute a war crime”, his spokesperson said after Israeli tanks burst through the gates of a peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon.

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