Category: 3. Middle East

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes more steps to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza, including agreeing to a ceasefire.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that the United Kingdom will recognise the state of Palestine by September unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end its war on Gaza and commits to a lasting peace process.

Israel has violated Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, but EU member states have failed to reach consensus on suspending the deal, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica said Monday, Anadolu reports.

Speaking…

By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Washington is ramping up pressure on Beirut to swiftly issue a formal cabinet decision committing to disarm Hezbollah before talks can resume on a halt to Israel’s military operations in Lebanon,…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday the UK will formally recognise the State of Palestine in September unless Israel takes various “substantive steps” in Gaza, including agreeing to a ceasefire.

The potentially landmark move, part of a…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will recognise the state of Palestine in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza and meets other conditions, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday called on Israel to urgently improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, warning that initial steps are welcome but insufficient, Anadolu reports.

Speaking at a…

Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank – Awdah Hathaleen was standing by a fence in the Umm al-Kheir community centre when he was shot in the chest by an Israeli settler on Monday.

The beloved 31-year-old activist and father of three fell to the…

Israel is “closer than ever” to reoccupying the Gaza Strip and rebuilding settlements there, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

“We are closer than ever to rebuilding Gush…

On the morning of June 25, the crackling sound of machinegun fire startled Hamisa and her family as they were having breakfast in Sudan’s North Kordofan state.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just stormed her village, Kazkeel, on…