Middle East

The United Nations' top court has ordered the Israeli regime to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire. The judges have not ruled on the merits of the genocide allegations, which may take years to decide. The International Court of Justice delivered on Friday its interim ruling on the emergency measures requested by South Africa in

Gaza/Jerusalem: A UN training center sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people was hit on Wednesday, January 24, causing “mass casualties” as buildings blazed, a senior UN relief official said as Israeli forces advanced through southern Gaza’s main city. Israeli forces also cut off southern Gaza’s main hospitals in their assault on Khan Younis, Palestinian officials said, and closed the

South Africa expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule this Friday on whether it will grant emergency measures to stop the Israeli genocidal campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip, a report says. News website News24, citing two sources close to the matter, reported on Wednesday that a South African government delegation had touched down in The Hague in anticipation of the judgment

A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that more than half a million people face the risk of death from starvation in the besieged Gaza Strip after more than three months of US-backed Israeli genocide in the territory. Osama Hamdan, who represents the movement in Lebanon, made the remarks at a press conference in Beirut on Monday. "Due to the high number of

Israel has killed at least 190 people in a time span of 24 hours in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed the death toll in the city of Khan Younis on Monday. Israel targeted a house adjacent to Nasser Hospital. Video footage showed people digging graves inside the hospital complex due to the large number of casualties. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for

Israeli forces have destroyed at least 1,000 mosques and a number of churches during their ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip while desecrating dozens of cemeteries, the territory's officials say. The Palestinian Information Center quoted Gaza's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs as providing the information in a statement on Sunday. "The Israeli occupation forces have

An independent human rights body says the Israeli regime has killed at least 94 university professors, hundreds of teachers, and thousands of students during its ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor provided the information in a statement on Saturday, the 107th day of the onslaught. "The Israeli army has targeted academic, scientific, and intellectual figures in

Amid an ongoing genocidal war by the Israeli regime against the Gaza Strip, the United Nations says the regime's forces likely detained thousands of Gazans during the onslaught, subjecting them to torture and humiliation. Ajith Sunghay, the UN's human rights representative in the Palestinian territories, made the remarks to a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, speaking via video-link from the

Saudi Arabia has lifted the three-year entry ban on expatriates who failed to return before the expiry of their visas, local media have reported. Saudi newspaper Okaz reported that the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has instructed all departments to allow expatriates, who failed to return before the expiry of their exit and re-entry visa. According to Okaz, the directive came into

The US military has launched new strikes on Yemen, marking the fourth time in a week that it has illegally bombed the war-torn country. The Yemeni Saba news agency reported early Thursday that the aerial assault hit the provinces of Hudaydah, Taʿizz, Dhamar, al-Bayda, and Saada. It added that British aircraft were also involved in the act of aggression. In a statement, the US Central Command