UN Palestinian agency must leave Jerusalem by January 30, Israel issues ultimatum
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees must end operations and leave all its premises in Jerusalem by January 30, Israel’s UN ambassador said Friday, affirming […]
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Sunset for sleepy Joe Biden
By Muhammad Al-Ghazali When the sun finally set on Joe Biden’s political career, he exited the stage like a wimp and the lapdog of the […]
Israel to free thousands of Palestinians as Gaza truce takes effect
Mediator Egypt said Saturday that Israel is to release more than 1,890 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages in the first phase of […]
Israel challenges ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Israel told the International Criminal Court on Wednesday that it will appeal against arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister. […]
Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon, Gaza after Netanyahu’s Iran strike success claim
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that what he called Israel’s “precise and powerful” strikes on Iran had been a success, as his country’s […]
Tensions surge as Israel conducts retaliatory attacks on Iran’s military sites
Israel bombed military targets in Iran on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, fulfilling a vow to avenge a missile barrage and stirring fears of […]
Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the whole Shebang, by Osmund Agbo
In the land where the Zagros Mountains meet the horizon and vast deserts tell tales of ancient times lies a country historically known as Persia. […]
Gaza war escalates as Hezbollah launches rocket attack on Israel
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on Thursday as tensions have soared amid the almost […]
Islamic Jihad spokesman sets conditions for release of Israeli captives
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of Islamic Jihad, has conveyed a message to Israel stipulating the terms for the release […]
Israel strikes Gaza again as negotiators struggle for truce
Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt, where negotiators were working to make good on […]
Israel deploys tanks to Rafah, seizes vital crossing
Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, an operation the United Nations said denied […]
When it comes to Israel, it’s never “America first”, by Osmund Agbo
In March 2014, about two years prior to the 2016 United States presidential election, all roads led to the Venetian, a 5-star resort in the […]
Starvation used as ‘war arm’ in Israel – EU
The European Union foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, has told the United Nations Security Council that “starvation is being used as a war arm” by […]
On Nigeria’s criminal abdication of responsibility on the Gaza crisis, by Muhammad Al-Ghazali
While studying for my postgraduate degree in International Relations at ABU in its glorious years, we were inundated with factual narratives of how the mid […]
Hamas antitank strikes show depth of ‘powerful’ arsenal facing Israel
Where once Israeli forces faced stones and molotov cocktails thrown by Palestinians, they now confront weapons such as laser-guided missiles and antitank