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Nine other countries, including France and the UK, also plan to recognise Palestinian statehood next week.Portugal has joined Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state.In a statement on Friday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the recognition will take place on Sunday, a day before a high-level conference on Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Panic in Gaza City as Israel advances on centre, ‘sandwiching’ populationlist 2 of 4Dutch MP sent out of parliament for wearing colours of Palestine flaglist 3…
Israeli forces kill at least 43 people across Gaza since dawn as death toll from man-made famine rises to 441.Israel is pounding Gaza City with some of the heaviest strikes in two years of war, according to witnesses, as it pushes ahead with an offensive to seize the territory’s largest urban centre.Avichay Adraee, Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, warned Gaza City’s beleaguered population on Friday that it would be deploying “unprecedented force” and told them to “take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands” moving south on al-Rashid coastal road – now the only permitted escape route.Recommended Stories…
France says arrest of Hicham Harb, 42 years after attack, made possible by upcoming recognition of Palestinian state.The Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested a key suspect in a deadly 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in a move that comes amid France’s preparations to recognise a Palestinian state.The terror attack on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Le Marais on August 9, 1982, killed six and left 22 others injured.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN approves video address by Palestine’s Abbas after US visa refusallist 2 of 3Western bids to recognise a…
India given scare by Oman but winning run continues after 21-run victory at 2025 Asia Cup.World champions India overcame a gutsy Oman team to win the last group match of the Asia Cup by 21 runs and stay unbeaten in the T20 tournament.India had already qualified for the Super Four stage and posted 188-8 after they elected to bat first at Abu Dhabi on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ratcliffe’s Man Utd visit before Chelsea clash not crisis talkslist 2 of 4Liverpool coy on Isak starting Merseyside derby – all to knowlist 3 of 4Russian, Belarusian athletes…
Naim Qassem says Saudi Arabia should open a ‘new page’ in relations as pressure on the Lebanese group ‘only benefits Israel’.Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem has appealed to Saudi Arabia to mend relations with the Lebanese armed group and build a common front against Israel.The remarks by the Hezbollah chief on Friday come as Israel has launched more attacks on the south of Lebanon.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3At Doha summit, Qatar’s emir says Israel not interested in ending Gaza warlist 2 of 3Captured state: Israel 20 years after disengaging from Gazalist 3 of 3Israel attacks Qatar: What’s…
UN General Assembly votes 145-5, allowing President Mahmoud Abbas to address the UNGA next week by video after the US denied him a visa.The United Nations General Assembly has voted to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address its annual gathering of world leaders next week by video link after the United States refused to grant him a visa to travel to New York in person.“The State of Palestine may submit a prerecorded statement of its President, which will be played in the General Assembly Hall,” said the resolution, which passed on Friday with 145 votes in favour, five opposed,…
Four countries vote to stop sanctions from being reintroduced, while nine vote against sanctions relief.The United Nations Security Council has voted not to permanently lift economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, delivering a major economic blow that Tehran claims is “politically biased”.A resolution on Friday to block the sanctions fell in the Security Council by a vote of four to nine, meaning European sanctions will return by September 28 if no significant deal is reached beforehand.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran considers nuclear inspection access, urges action against Israellist 2 of 3Iran pushes for IAEA…
Six-nation group in the Middle East reaffirms joint military system in light of Israeli attack on Qatar.The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Joint Defence Council held an emergency session in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, to discuss urgent regional security measures in response to the recent Israeli strike on a Hamas office in Qatar’s capital, which killed six people.GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi said the attack on the State of Qatar can be considered an attack on all GCC countries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3GCC to activate defence mechanism; Doha summit slams Israel’s Qatar attacklist 2 of 3Qatar’s emir…
UN report says ethnic violence has risen and civilians are bearing the brunt as war continues between Sudan’s army and RSF.Civilians are bearing the brunt as Sudan‘s vicious civil war extends and intensifies, the United Nations has warned, on the same day that dozens were killed in an attack in Darfur.More than 70 people were killed when paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone strike on a mosque in el-Fasher on Friday, Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and local rescuers said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3In besieged Sudan city, civilians face death if they try to escapelist 2…
Tehran says it has offered fair proposals and accuses the E3 of ‘political bias’ in seeking to revive sanctions.Iran has hit out at European states that have threatened to revive international sanctions over the monitoring of its nuclear programme.Tehran officials on Friday accused the European states, which have said they will reimpose international sanctions by the end of the month if Tehran does not meet conditions, of “political bias” and insisted that they have presented fair proposals to resolve the issue.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Ball still in Iran’s court,’ European powers say after nuclear issues calllist…