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Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said five crossings must operate at full capacity to adapt to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.  Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the Israeli war on Gaza created a major humanitarian tragedy for the Palestinians. He stressed that Egypt is continuing its efforts to establish a ceasefire in Gaza and bring in more aid. In a press conference on May 20 with his Greek counterpart Georgios Gerapetritis, in Athens, Shoukry added that they are still working on reaching a ceasefire in Gaza and bringing in more aid into the Strip because the situation is worsening. He revealed…

France and Belgium announced on Tuesday their support for the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for the issuance of arrest warrants against top Israeli officials and Resistance leaders. The Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, stated on Monday that his office is filing applications for arrest warrants before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Yoav Gallant, making it the first action of its kind taken against any major US partner. Khan said that Netanyahu and Gallant bear criminal responsibility for a list of “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Gaza, including “extermination…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he rejects with disgust the ICC arrest warrant directed at him over war crimes in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his “disgust” on Monday after the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants against him and Security Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The ICC is also going after three senior Hamas leaders on allegations of war crimes. Meanwhile, Netanyahu denounced the warrant and defended the crimes being committed by the Israeli occupation forces. “I reject with disgust The Hague prosecutor’s comparison between democratic Israel and the…

Millions of people have taken part in a massive funeral procession for Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions who were martyred in a helicopter crash in a remote, mountainous area of Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. The funeral ceremony started on Tuesday morning and drew a massive crowd. The mourners marched alongside the coffins, draped with the national Iranian flag, in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz.  The participants shouted slogans to pledge allegiance with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as well as the principles of the Islamic Revolution, and vowed to stand firm against enemies. The mourners in…

The UN Security Council held a minute of silence to honor the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, according to Mozambique Ambassador to the UN Pedro Comissario Afonso, who presides over the council this month. The members of the UN Security Council rose around the table and remained minute of silence Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and accompanying officials have passed away in the tragic helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, according to an official statement by Iranian state media. After locating the helicopter carrying the Iranian President and accompanying officials on Monday morning, Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS)…

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, reiterated that “there can be no long-term solution in Gaza that is not fundamentally political.” “The new Palestinian Government, with eight ministers from Gaza, represents an important opportunity to support tangible steps towards unifying Gaza and the occupied West Bank politically, economically, administratively,” he added at a UN Security Council session. “The international community should provide support to the new Government to address its fiscal challenges, strengthen its governance capacity and prepare it to reassume its responsibilities in Gaza and, ultimately, govern the whole of the Occupied Palestinian…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed the Kingdom’s solidarity with Iran and its people following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash on Sunday. During a phone call with Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani on Monday, Prince Faisal expressed his condolences over the deaths of the president and his accompanying delegation. Raisi, 63, his foreign minister and seven others died when the aircraft he was traveling in went down on Sunday in a remote area of northwestern Iran, where the wreckage was only found on Monday morning Source:…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is on the verge of launching an initiative in space tourism, according to a top official.

RIYADH: A comprehensive and integrated approach is needed to ensure energy security amongst citizens, according to the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Economic Affairs Sector at the Arab League, Ali Al-Maliki.

South Africa’s Vodacom is in talks with French telecoms firm Orange for potential infrastructure deals in Africa, Bloomberg reported on Monday.