Israeli authorities on Wednesday said they have given the go-ahead for flag-waving Jewish nationalists to march through the heart of the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City later this month, in a decision that threatens to re-ignite v…
Pakistan opens talks with IMF seeking more cash to aid economy
Pakistan opened long-delayed talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday, seeking the release of more funds from a $6 billion rescue package agreed in 2019 to help shore up the South Asian nation’s battered economy. Pakistan has alrea…
US reopens embassy in Kyiv after closure forced by war
The United States reopened its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday after closing it for three months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said. “The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended their homeland in the fa…
Rwanda genocide fugitive ‘died in 2002’: UN prosecutors
One of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Pheneas Munyarugarama, died in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2002, UN prosecutors said on Wednesday. Munyarugarama, a local army commander, “died of natural caus…
Afghanistan’s Taliban mediate ceasefire between Pakistan, local militants
The Taliban in Afghanistan have mediated a temporary ceasefire between Pakistan and a local Pakistani Taliban militant group following talks between the two sides in Kabul, an official said on Wednesday. The Pakistani Taliban – known as the Tehreek-e-T…
US committed to ‘help Saudi Arabia defend its territory’
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s commitment to “help Saudi Arabia defend its territory” during a meeting with Saudi vice defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during a meeting on Tues…
Egypt recruiting children ‘to fight IS militants’ in Sinai
Egyptian children are being recruited to fight for pro-government militias in the North Sinai where an Islamic State group insurgency is raging, The New Arab’s Arabic sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Wednesday. Images circulated online show c…
Yemen: Talks on now to extend ceasefire, says UN envoy
With just two weeks left in a two-month ceasefire in Yemen, the UN envoy to the war-torn country said on Tuesday that talks with the government and Houthi rebels are going on right now and he hopes the truce will be extended. But Hans Grundberg was war…
Israel arrests Palestinian students ahead of elections
Occupying Israeli forces arrested eight students who are part of a Hamas-affiliated union at the West Bank’s Birzeit University on the eve of student council elections. The eight were detained after Israeli authorities sent threatening texts to familie…
Iraq records increase in Congo fever infection, death toll
Iraq so far has recorded more than fifty cases of the Crimean-Congo or hemorrhagic fever as well as 12 deaths, Iraqi health officials confirmed. Southern Dhi Qar province has been mostly affected, recording 29 infections and six deaths as of May 6, acc…