Beirut: An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon early on Monday killed a field commander in the heavily-armed Lebanese group Hezbollah, as the United Nations warned that shelling was spreading and urged a halt to the violence. Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been exchanging fire across Lebanon’s southern frontier in parallel with the Gaza war, … Read more
LONDON: The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has joined the mayor of London in calling for the UK to halt arms sales to Israel, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday. Anas Sarwar is the latest senior member of the party to call for an immediate ban on weapon sales to Israel after Sadiq … Read more
LONDON: Conservative peer Nicholas Soames, Winston Churchill’s grandson, has backed calls for the UK to halt arms sales to Israel following an airstrike that killed three British aid workers in Gaza, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Soames said the gravity of the situation meant the UK had to send a strong message about Israel’s actions … Read more
LONDON: Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the government to halt arms sales to Israel, saying it could make Britain complicit in genocide in Gaza. Their call was also backed by two of the country’s leading intelligence experts, who argued that Britain … Read more
CHICAGO: Arab and Muslim American campaigners on Wednesday claimed further successes in their efforts to persuade Democrat voters to withdraw their support for US President Joe Biden’s reelection bid. The results of Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary in Wisconsin, traditionally a key swing state in presidential elections, showed what campaigners hailed as a significant decline in … Read more
Jakarta: In November, a month after the Israeli military began its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Michelle Santoso posted her first attempt at making Palestinian maqluba on Instagram. In the video, the Chinese Indonesian chef walks into the frame carrying a heavy pot, before turning it upside down to reveal layers of rice, vegetables … Read more
Attack on Rafah ‘not the way’ to defeat Hamas, US envoy tells UN Security Council NEW YORK: The US has again urged Israel to abandon plans for a major ground operation in Rafah, where more 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are hemmed in after months of fighting in Gaza. “We share Israel’s goal of defeating Hamas,” … Read more
NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council on Monday condemned “in the strongest terms” Houthi strikes against international maritime traffic in the Red Sea and demanded that all such attacks “cease immediately.” The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November and say their assaults will … Read more
Eddie Howe refuses to point fingers at Newcastle United players after slump at Chelsea LONDON: Eddie Howe is refusing to point fingers at his Newcastle United players after their latest error-strewn Premier League show at Chelsea. Mistakes from Sven Botman, Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff littered another poor away-day show as the Magpies were well-beaten … Read more
VICTORIA, Texas: A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the US on humanitarian grounds, dismissing a challenge from Republican-led states that said the program created an economic burden on them. US District Judge … Read more