Author: Steven Sahiounie

In a landmark ruling, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have unanimously ordered Israel to take immediate and effective action to guarantee the delivery of basic food supplies to the beleaguered Palestinian population in Gaza. The ICJ issued its order on Thursday, citing the deteriorating conditions of life in Gaza, where famine and starvation are rapidly spreading as a result of the stifling Israeli blockade. The judges emphasized that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer merely at risk of famine but are already experiencing its dire consequences. According to the ICJ order, at least 31 individuals, including 27…

President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed this evening Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib at the Presidential Compound in Ramallah. During the meeting, the President briefed the Belgian guest on the latest developments regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire. He emphasized the importance of concerted efforts by the international community to implement the resolution issued by the UN Security Council regarding the ceasefire in Gaza, and to compel Israel to comply with the orders issued by the International Court of Justice, as well as to facilitate the entry of humanitarian, relief, and medical aid into…

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit held talks in Cairo on Thursday with the British minister of state for the Middle East and North Africa, Lord Tariq Ahmad, about the conflict in Gaza. Aboul Gheit thanked the UK for its “supportive vote” this week in favor of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, his spokesperson Gamal Roshdy said. The secretary-general also called for the urgent implementation of the resolution on the ground to halt the Israeli military campaign, and underscored the “critical necessity of immediate humanitarian aid access to Gaza” to alleviate the…

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi received a phone call from the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin on Thursday, Jordan News Agency reported.The two ministers discussed the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the prompt delivery of sufficient, sustainable aid to the enclave.They also stressed the significance of implementing Security Council Resolution No. 2728, adopted on Tuesday, which called for a ceasefire during Ramadan.Israel bombed at least four homes in Rafah on Wednesday, raising new fears of a long-threatened ground assault.Safadi highlighted the necessity of upholding international law and humanitarian principles. Talks also touched upon ongoing…

Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, according to news agencies and a war monitor. The fatalities included six members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), as it raised the death toll to 42 and said dozens of people were injured. The attacks at about 1:45 am on Friday (22:45 GMT on Thursday) targeted several areas in Aleppo’s countryside, Syria’s Ministry of Defense said. It did not provide casualty figures, only saying that a number of civilians and military personnel were killed…

GDP growth in the world’s largest economy was pegged at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the final three months of 2023, said the Commerce Department in its latest report

This achievement is significant as the country recorded a rate of 7.7, a record number in the history of the report

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to Gaza as part of new provisional measures issued in a genocide case brought by South Africa. The ICJ unanimously adopted an order for the unhindered provision by all parties of “urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance, including food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation requirements, as well as medical supplies and medical care to Palestinians throughout Gaza, including by increasing the capacity and number of land crossing points and maintaining them open for as long as necessary”. Israel should carry out…

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused Israeli forces of directly shooting at and executing 13 children in and near al-Shifa Hospital in just one week. The monitoring group, citing its teams on the ground, said some of the fatal shootings occurred as victims’ families were inside their homes amid Israel’s continuing raid on al-Shifa, and others while the victims were attempting to escape via routes designated as safe. In one testimony, Islam Ali Salouha told Euro-Med that Israeli forces on Sunday shot at and killed his sons – nine-year-old Ali and six-year-old Saeed Muhammad Sheikha – on a corpse-strewn…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the resistance forces and the people of Gaza are already the victors of the war with Israel and their resistance is a “divine phenomenon”. “By the grace of God, you will see the final victory of the people of Gaza,” Ayatollah Khamenei told Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziyad al-Nakhala in Tehran on Thursday. Nakhala and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh have travelld to Iran after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after several previous bids were vetoed by the US. “The height of…