Israel will send negotiators on Friday to truce talks in Paris, Israeli media said, as Gazans hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict. Israel’s Channel 12 television reported on Thursday that the war cabinet approved sending negotiators,…
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on a UK-owned cargo ship and a drone assault on an American destroyer on Thursday, and they targeted Israel’s port and resort city of Eilat with ballistic missiles and drones. The statement by a Houthi representative on social media site X came shortly after the group’s leader…
The DAP would like to bring about meaningful policy changes even though the its support base may be in disarray and it is forced to work with its former nemesis, Umno. “Do we want policies in line with party or be the opposition?,” said Howard Lee Chuan How, a federal lawmaker from the DAP. “Party…
Knesset voted in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration to oppose unilateral recognition of the Palestinian state with 99 ayes out of 120. Their position is that accords with Palestinians must be reached via direct negotiations and not one that is dictated by the international community. “The Knesset came together in an overwhelming majority…
An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing two people, Syrian state media and a security source said. A military source cited by Syrian state TV said the strike at around 9:40 a.m. (0740 GMT) wounded a number of other people, identifying the dead…
The United States and Russia will present arguments on Wednesday in proceedings at the U.N.’s highest court examining the legality of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, Reuters reported. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, was asked in 2022 by the U.N. General Assembly to issue a non-binding opinion…
The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas. Thirteen council members voted in favor of…
In the hope of broadening the party’s appeal in Selangor, a Pas leader is now regurgitating the party’s old ‘Pas for All’ slogan of the Nik Aziz era. Pas has, of course, been incredibly successful in winning the Malay-Muslim vote. It emerged from the 2022 election as the largest single party in parliament. It also…
Almost every day child sexual abuse cases are being reported by the media and that too with increasingly graphic details of what happened to the child, to the extent of revealing too much information. In cases where a family member is involved, it becomes easier to guess the victim when the media exposes the perpetrator….
The US will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said on yesterday, Reuters reported. Biden, speaking to reporters as he departed on a trip to California, did not give details. The latest sanctions on Russia…
