World / Middle East

One Palestinian martyred, two others injured in drone strike on Jenin in West Bank 01 Feb 2025 - 07:56 pm

Ramallah:A child was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike in Jenin, the West Bank, on Saturday. The Palestine News...

183 Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire agreement 01 Feb 2025 - 03:42 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation authorities released 183 Palestinian prisoners today as part of the fourth tranche in the first phase of a prisoner exchange...

Bus with released Palestinians reaches West Bank town 01 Feb 2025 - 01:33 pm

Beitunia, Palestinian Territories: A bus carrying Palestinian prisoners arrived at the West Bank town of Beitunia where the inmates disembarked after they were...

Hamas releases three Israelis in exchange for 183 Palestinians 01 Feb 2025 - 11:53 am

Doha, Qatar: The Palestinian group Hamas has handed over three Israeli captives to Red Cross today, February 1, 2024, in the fourth swap...

WHO calls for resumption of urgent medical evacuation from Gaza Strip 01 Feb 2025 - 08:49 am

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called for resuming urgent medical evacuation from Gaza, noting that some 15,000 injured people need...

Hamas to release three Israeli detainees tomorrow as part of exchange deal 31 Jan 2025 - 07:42 pm

Gaza: The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced that it will release three Israeli detainees tomorrow, Saturday, as part of a prisoner exchange deal...

Jordan resumes flights to Syria after 13-year hiatus 31 Jan 2025 - 07:38 pm

Amman: Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) today stated that it will resume direct commercial flights between Amman and Damascus, after a 13-year hiatus, and...

Israeli occupation releases 110 Palestinian prisoners as part of ceasefire agreement 30 Jan 2025 - 09:08 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday released 110 Palestinian prisoners as part of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza between...

Jordanian Foreign Minister stresses importance of UNRWA's role in delivering aid to Gaza 30 Jan 2025 - 08:55 pm

Amman: Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi stressed Thursday the importance of consolidating the ceasefire in Gaza and delivering immediate and sufficient aid to...

Hamas hands over detainees as third exchange begins 30 Jan 2025 - 01:40 pm

Doha, Qatar: The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday handed over Israeli woman hostage Agam Berger, a soldier, as a third hostage-prisoner exchange...

Five people injured in Israeli drone attack on Southern Lebanon 29 Jan 2025 - 07:11 pm

Beirut:Five people were injured Wednesday following an Israeli drone attack on the southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the Israeli...

EU pledges 3 billion euros for Jordan in new 'strategic' partnership 29 Jan 2025 - 04:04 pm

Brussels, Belgium: The European Union on Wednesday promised 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) of financing and investments for Jordan as part of a...

Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops 28 Jan 2025 - 08:02 pm

Damascus: Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in...

OIC expresses rejection of schemes to displace Palestinian people 27 Jan 2025 - 06:21 pm

Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its rejection and condemnation of the schemes that aim to displace the Palestinian people from...

Iraq sees drop in unemployment, poverty rates 27 Jan 2025 - 06:18 pm

Baghdad:The Iraqi Ministry of Planning said unemployment and poverty rates have fallen over the past three years to 14 and 17 percent respectively,...

Palestinians return to North Gaza after forced displacement by Israeli aggression 27 Jan 2025 - 12:04 pm

Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians who were forcibly displaced to central and southern Gaza due to Israeli aggression began to return to theNorthon Monday...

Israeli forces kill 15 in south Lebanon on pullout deadline 26 Jan 2025 - 10:09 pm

Burj al Muluk, Lebanon: Israeli army fire killed 15 people in south Lebanon on Sunday including a soldier, health officials said, as residents...

Egypt sends 310 more aid trucks to Gaza as truce holds 26 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm

Cairo: Egypt sent another 310 humanitarian aid trucks to the Gaza Strip on Sunday through theRafah border crossing,amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered...