Rafah is hosting some 1.4 million Palestinians (File) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect some 1.4 million Palestinian civilians in Rafah and warned an Israeli attack could create an insurgency by failing to kill all Hamas fighters in the southern Gazan city. “Israel is on … Read more
Normalising ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia is a key element of ending the war with Hamas and a game-changer for the entire Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss town of Davos. “It’s still delicate, it’s fragile, and it will take a … Read more
A top Chinese Communist Party envoy met senior US officials at the State Department in Washington, hours before voters in Taiwan elect their next leader and legislature as the two sides seek to restore dialogue and stabilise ties. Liu Jianchao, who leads the CCP’s diplomatic arm, joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in closed-door … Read more
Israeli bombardment also claimed other civilian lives in the southern city of Khan Yunis and in the Rafah area near the Egyptian border, where many of the territory’s displaced people have sought refuge, AFP correspondents reported. Israel army says Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza Relatives were mourning the dead at Khan Yunis’ European … Read more
Blinken said it was in nobody’s interest to escalate the conflict or allow it to spread beyond Gaza. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Crete on Saturday. Photo: Greek Prime Minister Office via EPA-EFE Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas militants from Gaza after their lightning attack … Read more
By Maria Verza and Edgar H. Clemente | Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is … Read more
The United States, key allies and Arab nations engaged in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another US veto of a new UN resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza ahead of a long-delayed vote now scheduled for Thursday morning. The US has been struggling to change the text’s references to a cessation of hostilities … Read more
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