Author: Steven Sahiounie

CAIRO, January 14. /TASS/. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is visiting Egypt, has called for respecting Yemen’s sovereignty and refraining from adding oil to the flame amid the current situation in the Middle East.

DUBAI, January 14. /TASS/. A strike has been delivered on a Houthi facility in the Hodeidah province in northern Yemen, the Sky News Arabia television channel reported, citing local sources.

Israeli forces have killed at least five more Palestinians, including three teenagers, in violent raids across the occupied West Bank.

David Cameron pointed out that London and Washington “did not rush into these strikes” and had repeatedly warned the Houthis of the consequences of attacking ships in the Red Sea

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the protection of health centers in central and southern Gaza as the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment is nearing 24,000. 

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says Israeli regime has committed horrific crimes and forcibly displaced Palestinians during its genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Pope Francis on Sunday called all forms of war a “crime against humanity,” stressing that war is “not the way to resolve” conflicts. “War itself is a crime against humanity. People need peace. The world needs peace,” Pope Francis said during his Sunday Angelus prayer, according to Vatican News. “At the beginning of the year, we exchanged wishes for peace, but weapons have continued to kill and destroy,” he lamented. The pontiff urged “people who have power over these conflicts” to realize that war is “not the way to resolve them.” “We must educate for peace,” Francis said. “It seems…

The State of Palestine rejected and condemned the latest statements made by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, pledging to continue the genocidal war in defiance of both the international community and the role of the International Court of Justice. The same objectionable sentiment was also echoed by other officials, including Israel’s representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan, who called for the UN to be put on trial before the Court. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in a statements , stressed that states that have enabled, encouraged and participated in Israel’s genocide are also complicit in these attacks against…

In a post on X, Israel Katz said he held a “constructive conversation” with UAE foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “I emphasised the importance that Israel attributes to our relations with the UAE,” Katz wrote. “We agreed to continue working together to strengthen our bilateral relations and to promote peace and security for the benefit of all people of the region.” The UAE did not immediately comment on the content of the call. The Gulf nation signed an agreement to normalise ties with Israel in September 2020, but has been among the Arab nation condemning operations in Gaza.…

Israeli soldiers detained two sisters of Saleh Al- Aruri , a top leader of Hamas who was killed in Lebanon this month, Palestinian sources and the Israeli army said on Sunday.The killing of Aruri, the deputy chief of Hamas, in a suburb of Beirut on January 2 was widely attributed to an Israeli drone strike, fueling fears that Israel’s war in Gaza could widen into a regional conflict.The Israeli army said on Sunday it had detained the two women in the occupied West Bank “after they incited to terrorism against the state of Israel,” without elaborating.The brother-in-law of Aruri, Awar…