Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US senator has released a statement calling on the US to restore funding to UN’s Palestinian relief agency, after it paused the funding last week amid Israeli allegations that some of its staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel. “Obviously, it’s not acceptable for any of the 13,000 UNRWA employees in Gaza to be involved with Hamas, and the allegations against the 12 people charged must be investigated. However, we cannot allow millions to suffer because of the actions of 12 people,” Sanders said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that 1.1 million people in Gaza are…

Sweden ’s International Development Cooperation Agency will pause the humanitarian funds that would have been paid to the UNRWA. Johan Forssell, the minister for international development cooperation and foreign trade, is quoted in various Swedish media outlets as saying that the money will instead go to other humanitarian organisations which operate in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon. Several countries including the US, the UK and Australia have withdrawn their financial support for the UNRWA after allegations that some of its staff were involved in Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Sweden joins fellow Nordic country Finland in halting the funds, whereas Norway will…

The Syrian al-Watan newspaper reveals that the first ambassador from the UAE since 2011 has arrived in Syria. Emirati ambassador Hassan Ahmed al-Shahi arrived in Syria on Monday evening to become the first ambassador of his country to Syria since 2011. According to the Syrian newspaper al-Watan, al-Shahi will head the Emirati diplomatic mission after nearly 13 years without an ambassador from the Gulf state there since the start of the war on Syria. The Charge d’Affaires, Counselor Abdul Hakim al-Nuaimi, had been handling the diplomacy between the two countries since the reopening of the embassy in Damascus. Al-Shahi served as…

A woman was killed and others were injured today in the ongoing Israeli targeting of the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). The occupation’s armored tanks shelled areas near the Al-Amal hospital and the PRCS headquarters in Khan Yunis, where thousands of displaced persons sought refuge, killing a woman and injuring nine others, reported the Society. PRCS noted that its headquarters in Khan Yunis remains surrounded by Israeli forces. In the meantime, medical sources confirmed that the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis also remains under Israeli…

SINGAPORE: Oil prices gained on Tuesday following a more than 1 percent drop the previous session as escalating geopolitical tensions in major producing region the Middle East fueled supply concerns, according to Reuters.

The industrial sector particularly shone, achieving a 5.3 percent annual growth rate in valid licence capital

Britain’s economic prospects and the Conservative Party’s record during its time in office since 2010 are frequent topics of political debate

A total of 25,647 new economic licences were issued last year (2023), and 75,778 licenses were renewed, a growth of 3.5%

The dollar index was 0.1% higher at 103.55

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