Middle East

Trump redesignates Yemen’s Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to relist the Houthis in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in an effort to crack down on the group.

Trump says he would visit Riyadh for $500bn in Saudi trade

US President Donald Trump has stated he would probably go to Saudi Arabia again as his first visit to a foreign country, but only if the price was right.

Israel has ‘biblical right’ to West Bank: Trump’s UN envoy pick

President Donald Trump's nominee for United States ambassador to the United Nations has claimed that Israel holds 'biblical' dominion over the occupied West Bank.

Trump revokes sanctions against violent Israeli settlers in West Bank

US President Donald Trump has decided to rescind an executive order by the Joe Biden administration that imposed sanctions on illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

90 Palestinian freed from Israeli jails

Ninety Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons and were greeted by large crowds of jubilant relatives, friends and supporters as they returned home to the occupied West Bank in the first prisoner exchange of the ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas following the release of three Israeli captives in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Gaza ceasefire begins after hours-long delay

Guns fell silent in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday for the first time in around 15 months after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force.

Israeli far-right party to leave government in protest of Gaza ceasefire

Israeli far-right party, Jewish Power, announced that it would leave the Israeli coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and that its leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, would step down as national security minister in protest of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Poland told Israeli PM should be detained if he attends Auschwitz event: Report

Poland’s government is facing possible legal action after it announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be arrested if he attends a Holocaust anniversary event at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

France calls on Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Israel to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon as a deadline for the pullout nears under the terms of a ceasefire that ended a war with Hezbollah last year.

Biden showing ‘double standard’ on human rights amid Gaza war: HRW

US President Joe Biden has demonstrated “a double standard” on human rights, providing “arms without restriction” to Israel despite its war crimes in the Gaza Strip while condemning Russia for “similar violations” in Ukraine, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.

Israel’s PM says cabinet will not meet to approve Gaza ceasefire agreement

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated his cabinet will not meet as scheduled to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, blaming Hamas for causing a “last-minute crisis”.

EU announces €120 million humanitarian aid package for Gaza

The European Union has announced a new €120 million (approximately $123.4 million) humanitarian package for Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Iran Leader praises Gaza ceasefire as ‘victory for Palestinian patience, resistance’

Following the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, the official social media accounts of KHAMENEI.IR shared a message from the Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in multiple languages on Thursday.

IRGC hails Gaza ceasefire as victory for Palestinian resistance

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement welcoming the ceasefire in Gaza, following 16 months of intense conflict.

Israel faces ‘generational’ challenge with future American policymakers: Outgoing US envoy

Tel Aviv faces a “generational” problem as future US policymakers will be shaped by the destruction of the war in the Gaza Strip, the American outgoing ambassador to Israel has stated.

Hamas is being commanded by Yahya Sinwar’s brother: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper has published a report, claiming that the Palestinian movement Hamas is being directed by a new potent and evasive “leader”, who is helping the group further invigorate itself.

Easing Syria sanctions on EU’s agenda: Top diplomat

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has announced that easing sanctions on Syria is on the bloc's agenda.

Italy FM calls for talks on relaxing Syria’s sanctions

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has held meeting with Syria’s new rulers in Damascus, and urged talks on easing European Union sanctions imposed on the previous government of Bashar al-Assad.

US Congress backs sanctions on ICC over arrest warrants for Israeli officials

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the judicial body’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over Gaza crimes.

Gaza death toll surges past 46k

At least 70 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 46,006, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said in a statement on Thursday.

US shifting military funds from Egypt to Lebanon: Reuters

The United States plans to divert to Lebanon $95 million in military assistance that was originally allocated to Egypt, according to a report by Reuters news agency.

Ireland joins genocide case against Israel at ICJ over Gaza war

Ireland has joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over the Gaza war, the International Court of Justice has announced.

3 Israeli settlers killed, 6 injured in West Bank shooting

Three Israeli settlers were killed and six others injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli medics have confirmed.

Iraqi prime minister due in Tehran on Wednesday

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani will visit Tehran on Wednesday; the premier’s office has announced.

Families of Israeli captives call for immediate swap deal

The families of Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip called on their government to immediately finalize an agreement after Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, released a video showing one of the hostages alive.

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