What exactly happened at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital during Israel’s military siege? LONDON: Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza’s largest hospital complex this week after an intensive 14-day military operation, purportedly against Hamas, leaving behind ruined buildings and charred bodies in the sprawling complex. However, accounts of what happened vary. The Israeli army carried out … Read more
DUBAI: Israeli forces have been accused of intentionally, and without provocation, attacking a Doctors Without Borders aid shelter housing 64 people in Al-Mawasi, Gaza, on Feb. 20 killing two relatives of a staff member and injuring seven others. The attack came despite Israeli forces being informed of the precise location of the shelter, Doctors Without … Read more
Conservative grassroots in UK angered by MP’s suspension over Islamophobia scandal LONDON: UK Conservative Party supporters at the grassroots level have expressed anger over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s suspension of an MP embroiled in an Islamophobia row, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Lee Anderson was suspended last week after claiming in a TV interview that … Read more
PARIS: French prosecutors have recommended that cement maker Lafarge stand trial on charges of terrorism financing over its past activities in Syria, a source close to the case told AFP Friday. France’s anti-terror prosecution unit (PNAT) wants to put the company and nine of its former managers in the dock, the source said. Lafarge has … Read more
Gates Foundation CEO urges billionaires to increase philanthropic contributions in annual letter LONDON: In his annual letter published on Thursday, Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, urged philanthropists to increase their donations and take immediate action to address the unparalleled struggles countries face in combatting poverty, diseases, and inequality. The Gates … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden took office vowing to negotiate an end to a bloody war in Yemen and to remove US troops from harm’s way.He enters his reelection year by launching strikes on the country instead, but his administration hopes calm can return.Experts say the Biden administration and Yemen’s Houthi insurgents, as well as the … Read more
Chinese automaker Geely says a delivery delay to Europe will likely hurt its electric vehicle sales, the latest company to warn of disruption A multinational force is being formed to patrol the Red Sea, but details have yet to emerge and shipping companies continue to avoid the area OSLO/PARIS, Dec 22 : Some of the … Read more