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In its advisory opinion, the UN’s top court says Israel must support UN institutions, including UNRWA, with aid efforts.The United Nations court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has said Israel has an obligation to ensure the “basic needs” of the population in Gaza are met.The panel of 11 judges said on Wednesday that Israel is forced to support the relief efforts provided by the United Nations in the bombarded Gaza Strip and its entities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Paris’s Louvre Museum reopens after $102m jewel heistlist 2 of 3NYC working-class Muslims see progress in Mamdani, but…

Israel continues to hold 80 Palestinian doctors and medical workers from Gaza and 15 from the occupied West Bank.More doctors and healthcare professionals are mobilising and calling for action to demand the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia and at least 94 other Palestinian medics currently held captive by Israeli authorities.On Monday, in an event organised by Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW) and Amnesty International UK, doctors and healthcare workers protested outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the detained healthcare workers currently held in appalling conditions in Israel.The protest comes just…

Narcotics worth more than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out within 48 hours.The Pakistani navy, operating as part of the Saudi-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), has seized nearly $1bn worth of narcotics from two vessels sailing through the Arabian Sea.The CMF, the naval network overseeing the operation, said in a statement on Wednesday that last week, the Pakistani navy intercepted the dhows in two separate operations over 48 hours and seized narcotics worth more than $972m.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Saudi Arabia signs mutual defence pact with nuclear-armed Pakistanlist 2 of 3Pakistan FM says Trump’s…

Hamas says it is meeting its side of the truce agreement while Israel refuses to open the crucial Rafah border crossing.Israel and Hamas have exchanged the remains of more captives, but the Palestinian group says Israel is failing to uphold the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement by refusing to reopen the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt.The bodies of two more Israeli captives, one soldier and one civilian, were returned to Israel late on Tuesday, and identified early on Wednesday as those of Aryeh Zalmanovich, 85, and army Master Sergeant Tamir Adar, 38.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1…

Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, has described inhumane conditions in Israeli detention as rights advocates call for his release.Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) has obtained testimony from Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Ibrahim, whose case has become a symbol for the mistreatment of minors in Israeli jails.In an interview with a DCIP lawyer, published on Tuesday, 16-year-old Mohammed described the harsh conditions he has faced since his detention began in February, including thin mattresses, cold cells and meagre meals.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump claims Middle East countries offered to fight Hamas in Gazalist 2 of 3WFP says…

Netanyahu’s office says he will appoint the deputy head of the National Security Council, Gil Reich, as acting head.Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says he has been fired by Benjamin Netanyahu, as the Israeli prime minister’s office said Gil Reich would be appointed as acting head of the National Security Council (NSC).“Prime Minister Netanyahu informed me today of his intention to appoint a new head of the National Security Council,” Hanegbi said in a statement on Tuesday evening. “In light of this, my term as national security adviser and head of the National Security Council ends today.”Recommended Stories list…

More than 200 people have been hospitalised in recent weeks with respiratory issues blamed on a local chemical plant.A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters have brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a standstill as anger intensifies over a state-run chemical plant that residents blame for a pollution crisis.Shops, markets, schools, and cafes shut down in the general strike, halting economic activity in coastal Gabes on Tuesday in response to a call by the powerful UGTT labour union.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Tunisia pardons man sentenced to death over Facebook postslist 2 of…

US president renews his threats to Hamas, saying that the Palestinian group could face ‘FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL’ end.United States President Donald Trump has suggested that several countries in the Middle East have offered to send forces to Gaza to fight Hamas, renewing his threats to the Palestinian group amid the fragile ceasefire in the territory.“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and ‘straighten our…

WFP says food supplies remain well below daily target of 2,000 tonnes, calls for Israel to open more crossing points.The UN World Food Programme says that supplies to Gaza have ramped up after the US-brokered ceasefire, but are still far short of its daily target of 2,000 tonnes because only two crossings into the Palestinian territory are open.Approximately 750 metric tonens of food are now entering the Gaza Strip daily, according to the WFP, but this was still well below the scale of needs after two years of Israel’s devastating war that has reduced much of Gaza to ruins.Recommended Stories…

EuroLeague said the decision to allow Israeli clubs to play home games was in response to the October 10 ceasefire agreement.Basketball’s top European competitions are set to become the first to return to Israel since the October 7, 2023 attacks, after clubs agreed on Tuesday to resume EuroLeague and EuroCup games in the country from December 1, following recent ceasefire and peace initiatives in the region, the organisation said.Games involving Israeli teams have been held at neutral venues since October 2023 due to the conflict in Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UCL: Spanish giants Atletico travel to…