Author: Gulf News Week
Statement comes hours after warring Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan rejected ceasefire proposal as biased.Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced an apparently unilateral three-month humanitarian truce in the country’s civil war.RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, made the announcement on Monday in a recorded address. The warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan did not immediately confirm that any agreement had been reached.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Sudan has vast oil, gold and agricultural resources. Who controls them?list 2 of 3Waves of Sudanese families flee expanding war,…
Syria’s Interior Ministry says the killers likely planted misleading slogans to inflame tensions.Syrian authorities have prolonged a sweeping curfew across parts of the western city of Homs after a weekend killing piqued sectarian tensions in the city.Officials first imposed the restrictions on Sunday evening, but extended them through Monday evening as security forces attempted to stabilise the situation, according to the state-run SANA news agency.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How far are Israel, Syria from a deal, after Netanyahu’s buffer zone trip?list 2 of 3Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heightslist 3 of 3Who…
Nearly 59,000 Iranians die prematurely due to air pollution in year to March, according to officials.Tehran, Iran – Iranians in the capital and many other cities across the country are breathing in toxic fumes as authorities resort to burning dirty fuel to produce electricity and cope with multiple ongoing crises.At 14 power plants, authorities for years have burned mazut, a dark residue of petroleum high in sulphur and other impurities, whenever they run out of natural gas to feed the electricity generators.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3IAEA passes resolution demanding nuclear access from Iran; Tehran rejectslist 2…
Rights observers condemned aid scheme for bypassing UN and deadly attacks at distribution sites.The Israeli- and United States-backed GHF organisation has announced it is ending its “mission” in Gaza.The group sparked controversy after it began distributing food in the Palestinian enclave in May.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3To end the starvation in Gaza, bring back UNRWAlist 2 of 3Palestine factions refuse foreign guardianship on Gaza as truce takes holdlist 3 of 3Palestinians in Gaza wait for ceasefire’s promises to become a realityend of listIt has been widely condemned for bypassing the United Nations and other humanitarian aid…
Despite mounting public pressure, the government is yet to open a national inquiry into the attack, which led to the devastating Gaza war.The Israeli military has dismissed several senior officers and censured others over the failure to prevent the Hamas-led attack in October 2023.The list of generals formally fired on Monday included those in charge of military intelligence, operations, and the southern command, which is responsible for Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israeli forces kill 24 Palestinians in Gaza; Hamas urges US to intervenelist 2 of 4No, there is no ceasefire in Gazalist 3 of 4Young man…
Hezbollah says Tabatabai was a member since group’s foundation and held several senior military roles.Israel has attacked the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, killing five people, including Hezbollah’s highest ranking military official.Sunday’s attack, which took place amid an uptick in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, was the first on Beirut’s southern suburbs in several months and the first without warning since last year’s ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was announced.Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, also known as Sayyid Abu Ali, was among those targeted and killed. This was the third attempt on his…
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire’. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.When on October 10, a “ceasefire” was declared in Gaza, many Palestinians breathed a sigh of relief. They had just endured two years of constant bombardment estimated to equal roughly six times the explosive force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, concentrated on an area less than half the size of the Japanese city..The devastation was all encompassing. All hospitals and universities had been bombed, most homes and schools destroyed and vital infrastructure, such as the sewage system and…
Al-Burhan says proposal ‘elimates’ the army and ‘maintains the RSF in its positions’.The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has rejected a ceasefire plan presented by the “Quad”, alleging that the United Arab Emirates’ involvement in the Quad is biased and that the proposal aims to eliminate the army.The UAE has long rejected accusations that it is arming and funding the RSF. In March, it slammed a Sudanese move to file a case against it in the International Court of Justice, calling the charges a “cynical publicity stunt”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Philippine President Marcos says seven arrested over corruption…
New resolution mandates employee vetting and data protection, with legal action threatened for offences ranging from fake Emiratisation to human trafficking. The UAE has rolled out strict new regulations for business centres, targeting illegal practices that undermine the labour market. The rules focus on ensuring these centres operate with greater transparency and accountability. Under the new directive, business centres—which provide services related to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre)—must now conduct pre-screening of their own staff before granting them access to official ministry systems. They are also legally bound to safeguard the privacy of all client data and…
Security forces flood southern neighborhoods as the killing of a couple, accompanied by sectarian graffiti, prompts fears of a deliberate plot to destabilize the community. HOMS, Syria – Syrian authorities have deployed heavy security and declared a curfew in parts of Homs, seeking to contain the fallout from the murder of a couple in the town of Zaidal—a crime investigators suspect was designed to provoke sectarian conflict. The bodies of the man and his wife were discovered in their home earlier today. The incident took a more sinister turn with the discovery of sectarian slogans at the crime scene, immediately raising…