What Is Hamas?
Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched an attack inside Israel over the weekend, killing hundreds and taking others hostage. Its unprecedented breach of the border sent fighters inside border communities and military installations, shocked Israel and its allies, and raised questions about the group’s capabilities and strategy. WHAT IS HAMAS? The group was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a...
Israel Occupies Gaza As Hamas Vows To Kill Hostages
Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies Monday in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war’s death toll rose to nearly 1,600 on both sides. Hamas also escalated the conflict, pledging to kill captured Israelis if attacks targeted civilians without warnings. In the war’s third day,...
Israel-Gaza War: US, UK, France, Others Back Jerusalem
Today, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America released the following joint statement following their call: Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united...
EU Halts Payments Of Development Aids To Palestinian
The European Union has halted development aid payments to the Palestinians and is placing 691 million euros ($728 million) of support “under review” after the Hamas assault on Israel. “All payments are immediately suspended. All projects are put under review. All new budget proposals, including for 2023 postponed until further notice. Comprehensive assessment of the whole portfolio,” European Union Commissioner...
Oil Prices Hikes As Hamas-Israel Attacks Fuel Supply Fears
Oil prices rallied while the dollar and yen advanced Monday after Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel at the weekend, sparking fresh concerns about tensions in the Middle East. The crisis fanned concerns about supplies of crude from the region at a time when supply worries are already high owing to Saudi Arabia and Russia’s output cuts. It has also...
It’s A “Complete Siege” Of Gaza, Israeli Defence Minister Orders
The Israeli defence minister has ordered a "complete siege" on Gaza, saying authorities would cut electricity and block the entry of food and fuel, two days after Hamas fighters unleashed a barrage of rockets and infiltrated southern Israeli towns during an unprecedented incursion from the Palestinian territory. Israel's military reported success on Monday in driving Hamas fighters out of communities that...
Pakistan Orders Evacuation Of All Afghan Asylum-Seekers By November
Pakistan's government has ordered all unauthorized Afghan asylum seekers - an estimated 1.7 million people - to leave the country by November. A spike in militant attacks along the two countries' border this year has escalated tensions. Pakistan has blamed border crossing attacks on Afghanistan-based operatives - charges denied by the Taliban regime. But it has fuelled resentment in Islamabad, which on...
Russian Reporter Who Protested On TV Jailed In Absentia
An exiled Russian reporter who protested against Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine live on state TV was handed over to eight years in jail in absentia on Wednesday for spreading “fakes” about Moscow’s army. Marina Ovsyannikova, 45, held up a protest placard during an evening news programme last March but was sentenced for a separate protest she made outside the Kremlin...
Canada Elects First Indigenous Provincial Leader
Canada’s province of Manitoba elected First Nations politician Wab Kinew as its leader on Tuesday, making him the first Indigenous person voted in to head a provincial government. Kinew, of the New Democratic Party, will take power with a majority government. “This is a great victory for all of us in Manitoba,” Kinew told a crowd of cheering supporters in provincial...
Kenya To Shut Down Private Orphanage Homes Over Trafficking Fears
Plans are ongoing to phase out all privately owned orphanages and children's homes in Kenya within the next eight years, a government minister has announced, citing fear of trafficking. "In the next eight years private homes will not exist. We need to prepare in order to absorb those children," Minister of Social Protection Florence Bore said on Sunday during an...
