Author: Abdul Quddoos

After years of high-level US pressure on its ally to show restraint, Israel’s purported attack on Iran takes the region and Western-led diplomacy into uncharted territory. Iran and Israel have long waged a shadow war, marked by assassinations of Tehran’s nuclear scientists and attacks on Israel by the clerical state’s allies in the Arab world such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, but the United States has put a top priority on preventing a wide-scale war. The deadliest-ever assault on Israel, carried out on October 7 by Iranian-backed Palestinian militants Hamas, shook Israel and solidified its resolve, with President Joe Biden’s administration resigned…

Three stonemasons have died after a section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan in Tunisia collapsed on Saturday. Officials say a 30m section of the wall near the Gate of the Floggers crashed to the ground. Two others were also injured in the accident and are said to have suffered fractures An investigation has been opened into the accident. Authorities say it could be linked to recent heavy rain. Moez Tria, a spokesperson for the Civil Protection Department said a perimeter had been set up to stop people from walking under part of the wall which…

Stephen Flynn asked Rishi Sunak to condemn the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people”. The PM told the SNP Westminster leader that Israel had “made it clear” it would operate within international law, and the UK urged it to not harm civilians. Biden meets Netanyahu as Gaza hospital blast overshadows Israel visit Source : BBC

Even before the deadly blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, Joe Biden’s full-throated support for Israel had convinced Palestinians and millions of other Arabs that the United States was more than simply Israel’s most important supporter. They believed the Americans were also complicit in everything Israel was doing in Gaza, including killing children. The bitter dispute over who was responsible for the attack will not change many minds. Twelve days of war have ramped up hatred and division. Israel produced a detailed rebuttal of accusations that it had attacked Al-Ahli. It displayed evidence that it said proved a missile fired…

A total of 81 Greek citizens returned home late yesterday from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories as the situation continues to escalate. The citizens, who went to the region on two organised tours, were waiting at Ben Gurion Airport, the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “For the remaining individual visitors, efforts are being made to ensure their safe return at the earliest possible time,” the statement added. The Gaza-based resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, firing a barrage of rockets and infiltrating towns around the besieged enclave. In retaliation, the…

Bulgaria, Türkiye and Romania will soon organize mine search and clearing operations in the Black Sea, Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said Friday. “Some very small details need to be concretized before the operation begins. This operation will increase the security in the territorial waters of our countries,” Tagarev said at the international conference on “Achieving Peace in Ukraine” held in Bulgaria’s capital of Sofia. Tagarev said the participation of Ukrainian forces in mine-clearing operations is not foreseen. “The biggest threat to Bulgaria’s national security is Russia,” he said, adding that Russia is an aggressive country, attacking Georgia in 2008,…

The Iraqi Minister of Trade, Atheer Al-Ghurairi, confirmed on Tuesday the Iraqi government’s eagerness to increase the volume of trade exchange with Saudi Arabia, indicating that Iraq is currently witnessing fundamental economic changes. Al-Ghurairi’s remarks took place during his speech at the second ‘Made in Saudi’ Expo held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where Iraq is participating as a guest of honor. The Iraqi Trade Minister stressed that the Iraqi government supports the private sector to play a bigger role in economic development and the creation of appropriate work environments and job opportunities. Al-Ghurairi explained that the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council,…

Google is introducing five new updates to the Chrome address bar to make it easier to search the web, the tech giant announced on Wednesday. The changes include smarter autocompletion, automatic typo corrections, searches within bookmark folders, suggestions for popular sites and an improved visual layout. The Chrome address bar will now autocomplete URLs based on words you have used in the past to search for a website. Previously, the address bar would only autocomplete URLs if you starting typing them from the beginning. For instance, if you wanted to navigate to Google Flights, you had to start typing out…

The extraordinary general meeting of Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) has approved the final price for the nitric acid and ammonium nitrate project with Technomont, according to a bourse disclosure. In accordance with the terms concluded with Technomont, the total value of the joint venture (JV) stands at $297 million, equivalent to EGP 1.60 billion. The board members of Kima greenlighted the Italian company’s offer to implement a project with a daily production capacity of 600 tonnes of acid and 665 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. In fiscal year (FY) 2022/2023, the EGX-listed firm posted an 83% year-on-year (YoY) hike in net…

Zambia received medical supplies from Egypt on Monday, which the government said will significantly improve people’s health and well-being. The arrival of the medicines and medical supplies follows an agreement signed between the two countries earlier this year for the bulk supply of essential medical supplies for $24m. Zambian Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo, who received the first batch of medicines and medical supplies procured from Egypt, said that the procurement of bulk supplies of medicines and medical supplies demonstrates the government’s commitment to providing equitable access to affordable and quality healthcare for all citizens. She also noted that the…