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JEDDAH/RAFAH: Israeli tanks and troops battled Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters in central and northern Gaza on Sunday as the invading forces returned to parts of the enclave from which they had earlier pulled out after some Hamas militants regrouped in areas the military said it had cleared months ago. Palestinians reported heavy Israeli bombardment […]

Tunisia on Sunday reported a 22.5 percent rise in the number of migrants “intercepted on shore or rescued at sea” as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. The National Guard reported that more than 21,000 people had been prevented from leaving Tunisian shores or had been rescued during the first four months of

DUBAI: Dubai Central Laboratory has developed an artificial intelligence technology able to detect Legionella pulmonary bacteria, the first of its type in the Middle East region, the Emirates News Agency reported on Sunday. The system works by pinpointing live colonies of the bacteria, which causes a variety of acute respiratory infections, and delivers examination results

Lineker, who hosts BBC’s Match of the Day, said he would not be silent over the atrocities committed in Gaza [Getty] Prominent British sports presenter and former England star Gary Lineker revealed that he cries regularly when he sees videos and photographs of children being killed in Gaza. Speaking with journalist Mehdi Hasan on Friday, Lineker, host of BBC’s

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect some 1.4 million civilians sheltering there. Speaking to ABC News’ This Week, Blinken said

Gaza Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is said to have orchestrated the 7 October attack on southern Israel [file/GETTY] Israel is unsure of the exact whereabouts of senior Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza despite claiming otherwise, according to a report on Saturday. Sinwar has been top of Israel’s hit list and the military has said

BAGHDAD   Iraq has requested that a United Nations assistance mission set up after the 2003 US-led invasion of the country end its work by the end of 2025, saying it was no longer needed because Iraq had made significant progress towards stability. The mission, headquartered in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, was set up

GAZA: Hamas’s armed wing said in a video on Saturday that an Israeli-British hostage held in captivity in Gaza since the October 7 attack had died from wounds sustained from Israeli air strikes. Earlier on Saturday, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released an 11-second clip showing captive Nadav Popplewell alive and identifying himself. The Hostages and

Woodcock’s recommendation comes amid a wider attempt by the UK government to crack down on pro-Palestine activism [Getty] Pro-Palestine groups in the UK, including the prominent Palestine Action, may soon find themselves branded like terror groups under a proposal by the British government’s adviser on political violence. The BBC reported on Sunday that excerpts of a report it had

UNITED NATIONS   The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably.” The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid