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28 August, 2024
People protest against the Israeli government and show support for Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages under mooted deal

Israel and Hamas wrangle over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home.

Israel-Gaza war

UNRWA says 7 babies dead in Gaza from cold weather, lack of shelter

Syrian conflict

Red Cross says determining fate of Syria’s missing ‘huge challenge’

Syrian conflict

Clashes in Syria between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces kills 101, monitor says

Clashes have killed 85 fighters from pro-Turkish groups and 16 from the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces.

Syrian opposition fighters secure the area near Manbij in northern Syria, on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Yemen

Israeli military says missile from Yemen intercepted

The missile interception comes only days after an attempted missile and drone strike by the Houthis on Israel.

Israel-Gaza war

US Congress notified of planned US$8 billion weapons sale to Israel

Package would add to at least US$17.9 billion in military aid the US has provided Israel since Hamas attacks in 2023 launched the war.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as new ceasefire talks begin

At least 17 of those who died were killed in air strikes on 2 houses in Gaza City, bringing the day’s death toll across Gaza to 70.

A Palestinian boy walks amid the destruction following an Israeli strike on a home in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City, on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Asean

Opinion | How Global South can resist US hegemony and its isolationism

Open engagement is key to countering both Donald Trump’s transactional nationalism and the US establishment’s drive for global hegemony.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Palestinians say

Thursday’s death toll in war-torn Gaza was among the highest of recent weeks.

Israel

Israeli military says commandos raided missile factory in Syria in September

Military spokesman called nighttime raid on Iranian-led facility one of Israel’s most complex operations in years.

More than 100 Israeli special forces carried out the September 8 operation. Photo: Israeli Army via AFP
Terrorism

FBI says New Orleans truck attacker acted alone, was ‘100% inspired’ by Isis

Investigators seek clues to Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s path to radicalisation following deadly New Orleans rampage.

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A surveillance image shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Photo: FBI via AP
Banking & finance

Middle East funds drive 21% surge in sovereign investments in China

US$10.3 billion from state-owned investors flowed into China last year, 62 per cent of it from Persian Gulf nations, says Global SWF.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes as ceasefire talks reportedly stuck again

Israel conducted more than 1,400 air strikes on targets in Gaza in December alone, marking an average of 45 per day.

Business of climate change

Templewater builds Middle East ties to unlock energy transition potential

Private equity firm eyes opportunities for its entities in vehicle manufacturing and sales distribution in the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.

Wisdom Motor has supplied three hydrogen-powered bus models to Abu Dhabi. Photo: Aileen Chuang
Iran

Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany on January 13

The 3 European nations had accused Iran of growing its stockpile of high-enriched uranium to ‘unprecedented levels’.

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Britain, France and Germany had accused Iran of growing its stockpile of high-enriched uranium to “unprecedented levels”. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Gaza hospitals turned into ‘death traps’ by Israeli strikes: UN

A UN report details numerous attacks on medical facilities, resulting in significant casualties and damage, leaving Palestinians with limited access to healthcare.

War and conflict

Syria appoints foreign Islamist fighters, including Uygurs, to military: sources

Appointments include Uygur fighters from a group that China labels a terrorist organisation.

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Israel

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, following a ‘final warning’ to Houthis to halt attacks.

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Fragments of a Houthi ballistic missile launched from Yemen at Israel in the central Israeli town of Bet Shemesh, near Jerusalem. Photo: AFP
US Politics

US sets state funeral, day of mourning for late president Jimmy Carter

US President Joe Biden has designated a national day of mourning for late president Jimmy Carter.

AFC Cup

Qatar’s continental defence, Saudis named World Cup hosts in big 2024 for Asia

The past 12 months saw the continent awarded another crack at welcoming the globe’s biggest footballing event.

Russia

Syria’s new leader says elections could take 4 years, hopes Trump lifts sanctions

In an interview with Saudi media, Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed a path to elections and the importance of ties with Russia and Iran, key allies of the Assad regime.

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Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks to the media after the ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, on December 23. Photo: Reuters
Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery, Israel hospital says

Medical procedure comes as Israeli PM, 75, manages multiple crises including the war in Gaza and his trial for alleged corruption.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 9. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel targets Gaza City hospital with missile, killing 7: Palestinian officials

Israeli said Al-Wafaa Hospital was not being used at the time of the attack and was instead functioning as a Hamas command centre.

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Africa

Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration

The war has reportedly created famine conditions for 638,000 people, with a further 8.1 million on the brink of mass starvation.

Turkey

Turkey announces US$14 billion regional development plan for Kurdish southeast

The plan aims to reduce the economic gap between the southeast and the rest of the country, amid new hopes of ending a 40-year insurgency.

(FILES) A protester holds up a placard bearing a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) – jailed in Turkey since 1999 – during a demonstration caling for his release in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on February 15, 2023. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Syria’s Jewish community continues to dwindle post-Assad

Syria was once home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities, with numbers shrinking dramatically after Israel was created in 1948.

Bakhour Chamantoub, 74 (right) the head of the Jewish community in Syria and one of the people who refused to leave Syria. Photo: AP
Turkey

Jailed Kurdish leader says ‘ready’ to support Turkey peace drive

Abdullah Ocalan is the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party and has been serving a life sentence since 1999.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s PM Netanyahu to undergo prostate removal surgery, his office says

Netanyahu on Wednesday was ‘diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement’, his office said.

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