Almodóvar urges Spain to cut ties with Israel over Gaza

Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar urged Madrid to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel Wednesday over the war in Gaza, calling the conflict a "genocide". The "All About My Mother" director called on Spanish Prime...

Microsoft fires workers over protest against ties to 'Israel'

Microsoft faces backlash after firing employees who protested its support for the ongoing Israeli genocide in occupied Palestine through its cloud services. Two Microsoft employees have been dismissed following their participation in a sit-in at...

Bahrain receives credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to the Gulf kingdom

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani received on Wednesday the credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to Bahrain, Shmuel Revel, the Bahraini state news agency reported. Bahrain, which normalized ties with Israel in 2020, said...

Microsoft fires staff who protested its role in Israel’s Gaza genocide

Microsoft has sacked two employees who staged a sit-in at company president Brad Smith’s office to protest its collaboration with Israel as it wages a genocidal war on Gaza and ongoing apartheid in the occupied West Bank. The workers, Anna Hattle...

Bishops show support for Palestinian Christian woman accused by Israel

(Photo: Getty/iStock) A number of Anglican bishops have written a letter of support for Layan Nasir, a Palestinian Christian woman who was held in detention by Israel for eight months despite not being charged or convicted of any crime. Nasir, who...

Netanyahu makes history as first Israeli leader to recognize Armenian genocide

In a historic move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become the first leader of an Israeli government to officially recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire 110 years ago as a genocide, according to local Israeli...

Egypt refuses to play Zambia due to Israeli coach

Egyptian outlets reported Wednesday that the national team’s coaching staff, led by head coach Hossam Hassan, turned down a proposal from a sports marketing company to hold a friendly against Zambia in November. According to the reports, the...

Bishop calls on Government to end all trade with Israel

In a statement posted on social media, Bishop Doran said: “I deplore the man-made famine and the latest genocidal attack by the Israeli Defence Forces on the civilian population of Gaza city. "I encourage all our people to pray for peace and I...

Germany’s declaration to stop sending weapons to Israel: symbolic gesture or major shift?

While German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s announcement on Friday, August 8 to halt arms deliveries to Israel grabbed international headlines as a shocking policy reversal, the declaration’s fine print tells a different story. What appeared to be a...

Rare gold coin of Egyptian Queen Berenice II discovered in Jerusalem

A tiny but extremely rare gold coin, showing the portrait of the Hellenistic Queen Berenice II of Egypt (246–222 BCE), has been discovered during excavations in the City of David National Park, conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority. A...

Cricket star Usman Khawaja pushes Anthony Albanese to punish Israel over the Gaza war after PM's last-minute backflip

Cricketer Usman Khawaja met with Anthony Albanese to push his strong opinions on how Australia should react to the war in Gaza after the prime minister staged a last-minute backflip on Thursday. The Test opener's one-on-one meeting with the PM was...

Majdal Shams children honoured in football match with Israeli legends

The 12 Druze children and young adults murdered last July when a Hezbollah missile hit a football field in Majdal Shams were honoured on Wednesday in an emotional exhibition match. Majdal Shams is one of four towns in the Golan Heights and home to...

China calls on Israel to halt military operations in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on Israel to immediately halt its military operations in Gaza. The Gaza conflict has dragged on for nearly 700 days, plunging Gaza into a living hell, with 2 million Gazans...

Israel puts Cyprus Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A New Frontline in the Eastern Mediterranean

Cyprus, long known as a tourist haven and a divided island frozen in time since 1974, is fast becoming a geopolitical powder keg. As NATO member Turkey expands its military presence in the occupied north, Israel is responding in its own way — by...

world Israel asks global hunger monitor to retract report of famine in Gaza

JERUSALEM — Israel asked a global hunger monitor on Wednesday (Aug 27) to retract an assessment which found that Gaza City and surrounding areas are suffering from famine and that it will likely spread, dismissing the report as "deeply flawed"....

Pressure piles on Israel over truce

A condolence tent is set up on Tuesday in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital for journalists killed in an attack by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. ABDALLAH F.S. ALATTAR/ANADOLU/GETTY IMAGES The international community should pressure...

King Warns of the Dangers of Escalation in the West Bank

His Majesty King Abdullah II and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held talks in Astana on Wednesday, focusing on ways to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation across various fields.اضافة اعلان At the outset of the...

Pakistan condemns Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital

ISLAMABAD: As hostilities in Palestine continues unabated, Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the deadly Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, which killed at least 21 people, including four journalists and a rescue...

Israeli civil rights org. calls for investigation into IDF West Bank chief for suspected war crimes

Morning Digest: Secondary, tertiary effects of U.S. tariffs on economy pose challenges, says Finance Ministry report; at least two children dead, 17 injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school, and more

Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters Secondary, tertiary effects of U.S. tariffs on economy pose challenges, says Finance Ministry report The immediate impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Indian exports may appear limited, but their secondary...