United States diplomat Tom Barrack has expressed regret for calling Lebanese journalists “animalistic”, days after his comments stirred outrage across the Middle East. However, in a Thursday interview with social media personality Mario Nawfal, Barrack repeated his call for Lebanese reporters to be “civilised”. He nevertheless conceded he should have beenRead More →
The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it plans to take control of Union Station, a major transportation hub in the United States capital of Washington, DC. Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered the announcement on Wednesday, as he stood with leaders from the rail company Amtrak to unveilRead More →
Ravichandran Ashwin is the IPL’s fifth-highest wicket-taker and is second on India’s list of Test wickets. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has ended his Indian Premier League (IPL) career but says he will be available to play other competitions of franchise cricket around the world. The 38-year-old began and ended his IPLRead More →
United States President Donald Trump has announced his government will seek the death penalty in every murder case that unfolds in Washington, DC, as part of his crackdown on crime in the country’s capital. Trump made the announcement in the midst of a Labor Day-themed meeting of his cabinet onRead More →
Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods in Gaza City this month. Once a thriving, vibrant neighbourhood in Gaza City, Zeitoun was known for its bustling markets, olive groves, and tight-knit community. Generations of families lived here, building lives, memories, and futures. Today,Read More →
United Nations official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault. Bones and skin are all that is left of seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar. The Palestinian girl is one of tens of thousands of children facing malnutrition in Gaza asRead More →
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Houthi official says Israeli attacks will not stop group from continuing support for Gaza, ‘no matter the sacrifices’. The Israeli military has bombed the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Israeli and Yemeni officials say, as tensions in the region continue to escalate amid Israel’s war on Gaza. The Houthi-affiliatedRead More →
Bangladesh is holding a two-day conference in Cox’s Bazar on the persecuted Rohingya community before a high-level conference on the Rohingya refugee crisis in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting, organised by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, comes eight years after more than aRead More →
Huda Abu Naja lies weak and emaciated on a thin mattress in her family’s tent in a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. The 12-year-old Palestinian girl’s arms are painfully thin, and the bones on her torso are protruding from under her skin, a telltale sign of her acuteRead More →
A United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has determined that famine is now occurring in Gaza City and its surrounding area. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had previously warned that Gaza was on the verge of famine, but now says for the first time that the events of theRead More →
