Middle East

CAIRO, Oct 8 :Senior Hamas official Taher Al-Nounou confirmed on Wednesday that Hamas and Israeli negotiators have exchanged lists of hostages and prisoners as part of ongoing ceasefire discussions in Egypt, raising hopes for a potential…

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | October 7:  Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to discuss a U.S.-brokered peace initiative aimed at ending the war in Gaza. The discussions, described as the…

CAIRO, Sept 28 (V0M):Israeli tanks pressed deeper into Gaza City’s residential neighborhoods on Sunday, with local health officials warning that dozens of injured civilians remain trapped and unreachable due to ongoing fighting. Witnesses…

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (VoM): Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi has called on the international community to exert real pressure on Israel to return to the negotiating table over the Gaza war, stressing that the Palestinian cause must…

ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (VoM): More than 4.2 million people have been affected by monsoon floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province, with southern districts hit hardest, according to a rapid needs assessment released Friday by the United Nations…

JERUSALEM, Sept 21 (VoM): The Israeli army reported on Sunday that two projectiles were launched from northern Gaza, with one intercepted by air defense systems and the other landing in southern Israel. “Following the sirens that sounded a…

JERUSALEM, Sept 21 (VoM): Two senior far-right ministers in Israel’s government have urged the annexation of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, following Britain, Canada, and Australia’s landmark recognition of a Palestinian state. National…

BEIRUT, Sept 20: An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Tibnin, southern Lebanon, killed one person and wounded three others on Friday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry announced, marking the latest violation of the fragile ceasefire between Israel…

NEW YORK, Sept 20 (VoM): The UN Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a resolution aimed at maintaining sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear agreement, paving the way for the automatic reimposition of UN sanctions under the…

BAGHDAD, Sept 20 (VoM): Iraq’s counterterrorism service announced on Friday that a senior Daesh commander was killed in Syria during a joint security operation conducted with support from the US-led international coalition. The militant,…