BEIJING: China on Thursday (7th March, 2024) said that it supported Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations, urging a certain UN Security Council member to stop laying obstacles to that end. “We call for a more broad-based, more authoritative, and more effective international peace conference to work out a timetable and road-map for the […]
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PARIS: Israeli delegates met here with Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators who helped put together the lone ceasefire so far, in November, under which scores of Hamas’ captives went free in return for a Palestinian prisoner release. Israeli leaders planned to convene on Saturday to hear of possible progress in mediated negotiations on a new […]
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BEIJING: China warned Wednesday (21st Feb, 2024) that a US decision to veto a UNSC resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday (20th Feb, 2024) vetoed a UNSC resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza and […]
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NITZANA (ISRAEL): Even as the threat of famine stalks the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Israeli protesters have gathered repeatedly (the latest to stop desperately needed aid from getting into the Palestinian territory. “You might say it’s not acceptable to block food and water going in,” said one protester, David Rudman, at the Nitzana border post between […]
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GAZA: Mediator Qatar acknowledged on Saturday (17th Feb, 2024) that prospects for a new pause in Israel’s war with Hamas were “not really promising” as Israel rejected appeals to hold off on a threatened assault on the Gaza city of Rafah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that foreign countries calling on Israel to spare the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday (26th Jan, 2024) welcomed the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), whereby it had concluded that, prima facie, it had the jurisdiction to entertain the case against Israel and that South Africa’s claims of genocide were “plausible”. The Foreign Office in a statement said that the ICJ had […]
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NEW YORK: US intelligence agencies believe that after 100 days of Israeli war on Gaza, Israel has fallen short so far of its goal of destroying Hamas, but leaves behind swaths of the enclave in ruins, according to The Wall Street Journal. Citing US officials who confirmed a classified evaluation, the report said that “Hamas […]
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UNITED NATIONS: Women and Children account for roughly 70 per cent of people slaughtered in Israel’s deadly attack on Gaza. With two mothers killed every hour over the past 100 days when the hostilities erupted a global champion for gender equality has, the report examines the gendered impact of the conflict, which has left more […]
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GAZA: During the 100 days of Hamas-Israel conflict 24,000 Palestinians lost their lives. Deadly violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and along Israel’s border with Lebanon as well as strikes by US forces and Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea have raised fears of an escalation beyond the Gaza Strip. The war, sparked by 7 […]
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has dispatched the fourth batch of 20 tons of relief goods for the oppressed people of Gaza. The relief goods were dispatched from Noor Khan Air Base by a special flight of Pakistan Air Force. Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan Ahmed Jawad Rabi’i, officials of NDMA and Armed […]
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