Joint ministerial meeting discuss GCC-Brazil ties

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the current President Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), chaired the joint ministerial meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the GCC States and the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira, which was held at the […]

PM chairs GCC-India ministerial meeting

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, President of the GCC 161st Ministerial Council Meeting, chaired Monday the joint ministerial meeting for the strategic dialogue between the GCC and the Republic of India, at the GCC General Secretariat in Riyadh.The meeting discussed cooperation relations between the GCC […]

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14

Syrian state media said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising an earlier toll of five dead and 19 wounded.’The number of martyrs resulting from the Israeli aggression on a number of sites in the vicinity of Masyaf has risen to 14 martyrs and 43 wounded including […]

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14: new state media toll

Syrian state media said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising an earlier toll of five dead and 19 wounded.’The number of martyrs resulting from the Israeli aggression on a number of sites in the vicinity of Masyaf has risen to 14 martyrs and 43 wounded including […]

Israel’s Gantz says military focus needs to shift to Lebanon

Former war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Sunday said Israel should shift its focus toward Hezbollah and the Lebanese border, warning that ‘we are late on this.’Hezbollah have been trading near-daily cross-border fire, with the Lebanese group saying it is acting in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas in the ongoing war in Gaza.’We have […]

UN Official affirms need to support reconciliation, hold elections in Libya

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, affirmed the need to support reconciliation process, transitional justice, and holding elections in Libya.This came during a meeting the UN official held with deputies in the Libyan Presidential Council Abdullah Al Lafi and Musa Al Koni.According to a statement issued by the Media Office of the […]

Israeli strike kills senior rescue service official in Gaza as fighting rages

An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia yesterday killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said.The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi’s death raised to 83 the number of its members killed […]

AFP photographer wins top prize for Gaza coverage

Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'Image Association announced Saturday.The 44-year-old, who has worked for AFP in the Palestinian territory since 2003, thanked the jury for the award in a recorded video message aired at the ceremony […]