Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and compared its war on the enclave with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jewish people.
The disruptions to shipping caused by Houthis' strikes on vessels in the Red Sea have raised the cost of transporting goods on some China-to-Europe routes by around 400%, according to European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, who also mentioned that shipping times on such routes had increased by 10-15 days.
Millions of demonstrators have poured into the streets in over 120 cities around the world in response to a call out of London for a second International Day of Solidarity with Gaza.
Recognition of a Palestinian state is “not a taboo” for Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed, indicating that France could make a unilateral decision if efforts toward a two-state solution don’t move forward due to opposition from Israel.
The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other arms to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has announced it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half of the besieged enclave’s displaced population is trapped.
The relatives of two Palestinian-American teens, both fatally shot in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank by Israel, say investigators from the American embassy have made visits to their homes to probe the incidents.
The Egyptian government has reportedly started work on a wall near the country’s border with the Gaza Strip amid fears that a planned ground offensive by the Israeli military in Rafah will push war refugees out of the Palestinian enclave.
The Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers have called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's council of ministers aimed at stopping Israel's war on Gaza.
A number of Arab countries are reportedly “increasingly restricting” the United States and its allies from conducting attacks from their soil against Iran and resistant groups in the West Asia region amid the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone call with Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has called for an emergency meeting of OIC foreign ministers to discuss Gaza.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, is a symbolic of the unjustness of the governing world structure.
The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have implored EU leaders to take action over the “deteriorating” situation in the Gaza Strip, demanding an immediate assessment of whether Israel is complying with human rights obligations that are stipulated in a trade deal with the bloc.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first visit to Egypt since 2012 on Wednesday to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, taking a big step toward rebuilding relations between Ankara and Cairo.
US President Joe Biden has called on the House of Representatives to pass a $95bn national security funding bill that includes billions in military aid to Israel. More than 28,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in Israel's onslaught against Gaza.
France has announced sanctions against 28 Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Paris decision comes on the back of similar actions by the US and the UK.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged allies of Israel, primarily the United States, to stop sending it weapons as “too many people” are being killed in the Gaza Strip and Israel has pledged to press on with Rafah offensive in the enclave.
The United Kingdom has put sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following a similar move by the United States this month.
US President Joe Biden has not modified his Israel policy despite mounting frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise in the Gaza Strip, which has erupted into name-calling in private, NBC has reported, citing multiple sources.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says any Israeli move to launch a ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza would have "dire consequences" for Tel Aviv.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, declared unwavering support for Syria, stating that no action of the Zionist regime in the region has gone unanswered.
Iraq has announced that it has resumed negotiations with the United States on the future of the coalition, expressing hope that they would not be disrupted and lead to an outcome soon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday as part of the second leg of a regional tour after visiting Lebanon, saying Palestinians have developed initiatives for post-war stage in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations, citing its crimes against Palestinians, including the ongoing war on Gaza that has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians since early October last year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Najib Mikati, the prime minister of the Lebanese caretaker government, in Beirut on Saturday that the people of Gaza have the right to make decisions about the future of the besieged strip.
The leaders of the resistance groups have expressed their gratitude to Iran for supporting the people of Palestine, saying the situation is in favor of resistance and certain signs of victory for the Palestinian nation have emerged.
