Middle East
Rebuilding bombed Gaza homes may take 80 yrs: UN
Rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a UN report released yesterday.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY / Gaza mourns death of over 140 journos in Israeli attacks
At least 141 Palestinian journalists and media professionals have been killed and 70 others injured in Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip, the government media office said yesterday.
Doubts grow over Gaza truce deal
Doubts grew yesterday over the fate of a Gaza truce plan that, as the week began, had raised hopes of an end to nearly seven months of Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Heavy rain returns to desert UAE
Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates yesterday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change.
Rafah offensive ‘with or without’ Gaza truce
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday vowed that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza’s far-southern Rafah city “with or without” a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas.
Six killed in gun attack on Afghan mosque: govt spokesman
Six people were killed when a gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday
Gaza war protests at US campuses: More than 900 students arrested
Hundreds of students have been arrested across universities in the United States, with scuffles reported between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, as rallies for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel spread across US campuses.
‘We’re living in hell’
As garbage piles up and the heat rises in Gaza, flies and mosquitoes proliferate in crowded Rafah city and life becomes even more grim for displaced people living in tents.
Explainer: What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?
A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes
Israel decided to retaliate against Iran
Israel has clearly decided to retaliate against Iran for missile and drone attacks, Britain’s Foreign Minister David Cameron said during a visit to Jerusalem yesterday, the starkest warning yet of another volley coming in regional escalation.
Dubai reels from flood chaos after record rains
Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away yesterday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains.
Gaza ceasefire talks at ‘delicate phase’
Israeli air strikes hit a playground and busy market in Maghazi refugee camp. Another strike on Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood killed at least seven people and wounded 20 others.
Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains
US says new sanctions on Iran coming soon
The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone programme after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures
Iran’s attack on Israel: Archenemies trade war of words
Israel and Iran traded threats yesterday after Tehran’s first-ever direct attack on its arch-foe sharply heightened regional tensions.
Hezbollah claims drone attack on Israel
Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah claimed an attack on Israel using two explosive drones yesterday which Israeli local authorities said wounded three people.
Iranians anxious as Israel weighs strike response
The prospect of Israeli retaliation against Iran for its drone and missile attack on the weekend has alarmed many Iranians already facing economic pain and tighter social and political controls after protests in 2022-23.
UNRWA finds unexploded 1,000-pound bombs
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday it had found unexploded 1,000-pound bombs inside schools after Israel pulled troops out of southern Gaza’s main city Khan Yunis.
