22+ hour, 43+ min ago (264+ words) Iran slams Israel killing of Hezbollah military chief UK PM says former Prince Andrew should testify in Epstein probe Laughter among the rubble: Gaza's children escape war via art A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Iran on Monday slammed Israel over its killing of Hezbollah's military chief, a day after the commander was targeted with a strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. "The Iranian foreign ministry strongly condemns the cowardly assassination of the great commander of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance, the martyr Haytham Ali Tabatabai," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Tabatabai is the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed by Israel since the start of a ceasefire in November 2024 that sought to end more than a year of hostilities. The killing "constitutes a flagrant violation of the November 2024 ceasefire and a brutal breach…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago (730+ words) Israel raided Lebanon 1,200 times this year despite 'ceasefire' HRW slams trial of Tunisian aid workers for aiding migrants Syria extends curfew in Homs after murder, sectarian violence A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? The Israeli army has conducted almost 1,200 ground raids into Lebanon over the past year'in continued grave violations of the November 2024 ceasefire, along with frequent air strikes. The incursions are taking place at a rate of three to five times a day, with soldiers from the Northern Front's Galilee Division penetrating'five kilometres into Lebanon and sometimes close to the second line of villages beyond the border, according to a report by Israeli media on Monday. The scale of these operations around the border, which stretches for around 140 kilometres from the Ras Naqoura area to the occupied Shebaa Farms, has been described as "unprecedented" by Israeli…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago (1698+ words) Netanyahu lauds Trump move to outlaw Muslim Brotherhood Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, ash reaches Yemen, Oman Israel raided Lebanon 1,200 times this year despite 'ceasefire' A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? A widely criticised US- and Israel-backed aid group in Gaza closes operations while four Palestinians are killed in a single day despite the truce. However, thousands of Palestinians were killed while trying to desperately obtain aid at the GHF's sites during the Gaza war. The UN previously described its aid distribution system as "lethal". This comes as Al Jazeera English reports that four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across Gaza as of this morning. The updated toll follows earlier warnings from Gaza authorities, who say Israel has violated the ceasefire more than 500 times since it began in early October. According to Al Jazeera English, funerals…...

18+ hour, 17+ min ago (825+ words) X's new feature exposes global locations of pro-Israel bots Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank Outrage as Australia far-right senator wears burqa to parliament Yellow lines and green zones: The de facto partition of Gaza A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Rising electricity costs push Syrians into financial strain For months, the Syrian government has been gradually lifting subsidies on energy, from diesel and gasoline to gas and electricity, in an effort to reduce the budget deficit and boost treasury revenues. However, these policy measures, introduced amid the continued decline in citizens" purchasing power, have triggered successive waves of price hikes in Syria. The latest decision, which raised commercial and residential electricity tariffs, has led to a significant price increase across Syrian markets. In a striking move, the Syrian Ministry of Energy issued…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago (458+ words) Israel continues truce violations in Gaza as captive body found ICE kidnaps US Iranian scholar en route to MESA conference Amnesty urges Egypt to reverse law stifling civil society orgs Yellow lines and green zones: The de facto partition of Gaza A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Farook Mohammed paints Gaza onto Africa's anti-apartheid canvas Rising electricity costs push Syrians into financial strain The Israeli military killed one Palestinian in an attack in Gaza on Tuesday morning in the latest ceasefire violation by Israeli forces, Nasser Hospital said, in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza." The Gaza Government Media Office said last week that Israeli forces have violated the ceasefire almost 500 times in the six weeks since it came into effect, with at least 339 Palestinians killed during this period, and another…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago (1100+ words) Life in Gaza at risk of total destruction, UN warns Amnesty says RSF committed war crimes in Sudan's El-Fasher UN warns Gaza's survival at risk, as Israeli attacks continue Yellow lines and green zones: The de facto partition of Gaza A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Farook Mohammed paints Gaza onto Africa's anti-apartheid canvas Rising electricity costs push Syrians into financial strain Israel's destruction of Gaza has all but destroyed its economy and threatens the survival of Palestinians as a people, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for "immediate and substantial" international intervention. Rebuilding the Gaza Strip will cost more than $70 billion and could take several decades, the UN Trade and Development agency (UNCTAD) said in a new report, warning that war and restrictions had triggered an "unprecedented collapse across the Palestinian economy". "The military operations have…...

38+ min ago (762+ words) Israel army advancing beyond Gaza's Yellow Line with incursions Palestinian killed in Nablus as Israel raids West Bank village Life in Gaza at risk of total destruction, UN warns A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Farook Mohammed paints Gaza onto Africa's anti-apartheid canvas Rising electricity costs push Syrians into financial strain The Israeli army is continuing its daily ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip by advancing westwards beyond the Yellow demarcation Line'that splits the occupied Palestinian enclave in two, along with regular airstrikes and forced displacement. Over the past three days, Israeli forces have moved concrete blocks that demarcate the so-called Yellow Line - areas under Israeli military control - to areas near Salah al-Din Road, according to The New Arab's Arabic-language site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. In the eastern parts of Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood, Israeli forces have made significant…...

20+ hour, 42+ min ago (1723+ words) Netanyahu lauds Trump move to outlaw Muslim Brotherhood Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, ash reaches Yemen, Oman Israel raided Lebanon 1,200 times this year despite 'ceasefire' A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? A controversial US- and Israel-backed aid group in Gaza closes operations while four Palestinians are killed in a single day despite the truce. This comes as Al Jazeera English reports that four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across Gaza as of this morning. The updated toll follows earlier warnings from Gaza authorities, who say Israel has violated the ceasefire more than 500 times since it began in early October. According to Al Jazeera English, funerals were held across the Strip today for Palestinians killed in Israel's reduced but continuing bombardment. Separately, senior Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati said Israel's attack had crossed a "red line" after'the group…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago (335+ words) Colombia:17 minors rescued from Jewish sect accused of abuse UK far-right figures stoke digital ID fears with unproven claims UAE slams Sudan army chief's 'obstructive' truce rejection Yellow lines and green zones: The de facto partition of Gaza A fractured front: Autonomy or integration for Syria's Kurds? Farook Mohammed paints Gaza onto Africa's anti-apartheid canvas Rising electricity costs push Syrians into financial strain Colombian authorities said Sunday they had rescued 17 minors from members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. Lev Tahor, which practices a form of Judaism in which women wear black tunics covering them from head to toe, has been the subject of investigations for the mistreatment of minors in several countries. "We have rescued 17 boys, girls and teens," the country's immigration service said on X, with pictures of some of…...