Israel expands Gaza offensive; toll 50,933

Israel said on Saturday it planned to expand its military offensive in Gaza after seizing a new corridor as part of a broader effort to take large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory.It also announced a sweeping evacuation order for tens of thousands of residents of Khan Younis and surrounding areas in southern Gaza.Israeli defence […]

Iran says seeks ‘real and fair’ deal in nuclear talks with US

Iran seeks a “real and fair” agreement with Washington on its nuclear programme, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday, setting the stage for a diplomatic showdown this weekend in Oman.Long-time adversaries Iran and the United States are set to hold talks today aimed at reaching a deal on Tehran’s nuclear […]

Gaza’s water crisis deepens

Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said.Many now have to walk, sometimes for miles, to get a small water fill after the Israeli […]

6 Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis

Six Palestinians, including three children and two women, were martyred and several others injured early this morning in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential home in southern Gaza.Medical sources in Gaza reported that the victims were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a house in Al-Katiba area, north of Khan Younis city.Meanwhile, Israeli artillery continued shelling […]

Fifty years on, Lebanon’s civil war fighters working for reconciliation

Near the front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon’s civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again. The war killed 150,000 people, destroyed the country and left an indelible mark on the Lebanese psyche.Years after it ended in 1990, […]