Lebanon-based Hezbollah says seven of its fighters died, on Friday, describing them as being “martyred on the road to Jerusalem”. A Hezbollah official and a Lebanese security official confirmed that the fighters died in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. The news follows Syrian news outlets reporting, on Friday, that Israel had conducted airstrikes in the […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Arab Coordination Group (ACG) has pledged to increase support for its African partner countries ahead of the crucial COP28 climate change conference. To this end, ACG on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia announced it would allocate up to $50 billion to help build resilient infrastructure and inclusive societies in the African […]
Egypt, on Thursday, sent a convoy of 96 trucks carrying humanitarian aid via the Rafah border crossing to the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. The aid came in after the Israeli side had inspected them, an Egyptian source said on condition of anonymity. “The trucks contain medicines, medical supplies, tents, food, water and baby formula,” he […]
Israeli forces fought Hamas fighters through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday as the plight of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory worsened. Gaza residents said Israeli troops were inching their way closer to the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s biggest health facility. Israel believes Hamas has a command centre in that […]
Eight people died on Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a South Texas highway. The crash happened around 6.30 a.m. when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office. The State […]
Israel faced pressure from its closest allies on Wednesday over the plight of civilians in Gaza, where thousands streamed on foot out of the enclave’s north. The mass exodus of civilian Palestinians followed dwindling food and water and increased fighting in urban areas. More than 70 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have […]
From Our Correspondent The Senate, on Tuesday, urged the federal government to work with the United Nations towards immediate ceasefire in Israeli-Hamas war. The upper chamber of the National Assembly also urged the government to press for a two-state solution to end the conflict. Thousands of people, including women, children and aid workers died in the avoidable war. […]
Turkey’s Parliament announces boycotting products of companies support Israel Egyptian Authorities say they have allowed a dozen Palestinian children in Gaza, who have cancer, to cross the Rafah border, on Tuesday, for treatment in the country. According to the ministry, medics have transferred the 12 children to specialised cancer hospitals. Authorities, however, did not […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza “indefinitely” after its war with Hamas. Netanyahu also expressed openness to “little pauses” in the current fight, to facilitate the release of hostages. His comments, in an interview that aired, late Monday on ABC News, offered the clearest indication yet that Israel […]
From Our Correspondent Mr Felix Maduka, President-General, Anambra State Union in Côte d’Ivoire, has canvassed restoration of Igbo apprenticeship system to stem breeding of criminal elements in the society. Maduka made the call at the 2nd annual seminar of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement of St. Charles Luanga English Community, Adjame, Cote d’Ivoire TheNewsZenith reports […]