Slovenia to recognize Palestinian state
LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's government agreed on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine, following in the footsteps of Spain, Norway and Ireland in a push for Middle East peace.
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Israel seizes Gaza’s entire border with Egypt
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority…
UN resumes transporting aid from US-built pier in Gaza
NEW YORK: The United Nations has resumed transporting humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after deliveries were halted for two days because some…
Biden tells Morehouse grads he hears their protests on Gaza
ATLANTA: US President Joe Biden urged Morehouse College graduates not to give up on democracy in a somber commencement address on Sunday, acknowledging their anger over the war in Gaza while…
Israel moves into north Gaza, pounds Rafah without advancing
GAZA: Israel's tanks pushed into the heart of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Thursday, facing anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs from militants concentrated there, while in the south, its…
‘Israel must be stopped’ in Gaza, South Africa tells ICJ
THE HAGUE: South Africa urged the UN's top court to order a halt to Israel's offensive on Rafah, saying attacks on the southern Gaza city "must be stopped" to ensure the survival of the…
Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire, Israel vows to continue Rafah operation
CAIRO: Palestinian group Hamas agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and pressed ahead with strikes in Rafah while planning…
Prominent Gaza doctor tortured and killed in Israeli prison
JERUSALEM: A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner associations said on Thursday, blaming Israel for his…
Chef Jose Andres mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza
WASHINGTON: Celebrity Chef Jose Andres called seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza "the best of humanity" during a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral that…
Columbia University faces complaint after arresting anti-war protesters
WASHINGTON: A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called…
Pro-Palestine protests grow at US colleges, students arrested
NEW YORK: Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the United States, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza.
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‘5,000 lives in one shell’: Gaza’s IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
When an Israeli shell struck Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit.
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Ailing Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa dies in Israeli custody
JERUSALEM: Imprisoned Palestinian novelist and activist Walid Daqqa, who was suffering from cancer, has died in Israel’s Shamir Medical Center, according to the Palestinian Commission of…
Israel reduces troops in south Gaza
JERUSALEM: Israel has withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade, as it and Hamas sent teams to Egypt for fresh talks on a potential ceasefire in the six-month…
Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians in Gaza or US policy will change
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden threatened to condition support for Israel's offensive in Gaza on it taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians, seeking for the first time to…