Hamas is not in a hurry to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip at any cost, Khaled Meshaal, head of the movement’s political bureau abroad, said yesterday. Meshaal explained in a newspaper interview that “Hamas officials are in no hurry to reach a ceasefire...

Amnesty International yesterday called on the Tunisian authorities to immediately release 97 members of the Islamist opposition party Ennahda following their arrest on 12 and 13 September on charges of conspiracy against state security and other anti-terrorism laws....

At least 11,001 Palestinian students have been killed and 17,772 injured since the Israeli offensive against Gaza and the occupied West Bank began on 7 October, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education said. In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry detailed...

The Palestinian Permanent Mission to the UN submitted a first draft resolution, Tuesday, to the General Assembly demanding Israel end its presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories within 12 months, Anadolu Agency reports. The move came after the...

Deadly pager detonations across Lebanon are “extremely concerning”, a UN official said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. “This story was unfolding just before the briefing. We’re obviously very much aware of what we’ve seen in Beirut and other parts of...

A mass explosion of pager communication devices in Lebanon has caused substantial damage to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities, a former Israeli military commander said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. “This is an opportunity to alter the current...