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Israel-Hamas truce ‘producing results’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday said a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas had produced results and the United States hoped it would continue.
Sitting beside Israeli President Isaac Herzog,…
Witnessing atrocities in Gaza on social media
Social media's addition as a new paradigm to news dissemination and consumption is not a recent development. Yet, with the ongoing Israeli attack and occupation of Gaza, it is playing a more prominent role than usual, given the deep…
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age 100, according to his geopolitical consulting firm…
COP28 SUMMIT World to reckon with future of fossil fuels
Delegates from nearly 200 countries will convene today for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where conference host and OPEC member the UAE hopes to sell the vision of a low-carbon future that includes, not shuns, fossil fuels.
That…
Parthenon Sculptures: Row about politics as much as history
You can tell a general election is in the offing when sculptures made almost 500 years before the birth of Christ become the subject of a very public diplomatic snub in November 2023.
Rishi Sunak was due to meet Greece's…
Biden to miss COP28 climate summit
President Joe Biden will miss the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, after two years of attending the talks in hopes of highlighting US leadership, a US official said Sunday.
Some 70,000 people including national leaders and Pope Francis…
India rescuers within five metres of reaching 41 trapped workers
Indian rescue teams digging by hand are within just five metres of reaching 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days, officials said Tuesday, saying a breakthrough was expected "soon."
"The escape passage has been prepared…
Extended Gaza truce not enough to meet aid needs: UN
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described an extended truce between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas on Monday as "a glimpse of hope and humanity," but warned it was not enough time to meet the aid needs of the…
EU diplomacy chief urges ‘long lasting’ Gaza truce
The EU's top foreign policy official Josep Borrell called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is due to end on Tuesday.
The four-day pause has seen tearful reunions of families and hostages, released in exchange…
3 Palestinian students shot near US campus
A suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, CNN reported early yesterday, in an attack police are investigating as a suspected hate-motivated crime.
A man with a pistol…