Real negotiations, reconciliation and commitment are needed to resolve Middle East conflict: Vivian

JERUSALEM – For there to be a lasting solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, all parties must continue to talk to one another and commit to end the cycle of violence, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Nov 6....

DLMDD launches scent and sound branding in the Middle East

Multisensory branding has arrived in the Middle East, with the pairing of scent alongside sound to strengthen emotional recall. UK-based sonic branding agency DLMDD is among the first to test the idea locally, unveiling a scent-and-sound offering...

Iran Edge Bahrain in Islamic Solidarity Games Opener Josserand’s Men Go the Distance in Five-Set Defeat

TDT | Manama Email : hussainm@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain’s men’s volleyball team made a strong start to their Islamic Solidarity Games campaign but narrowly lost to Iran 3–2 (25–21, 22–25, 25–16, 22–25, 15–7) at Riyadh’s Boulevard Arena yesterday....

Israeli Strikes Kill 239 in Gaza Since Ceasefire Began, Health Officials Say

Health officials in Gaza said 239 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire began, despite ongoing cross-border clashes and fragile calm. Gaza’s health authorities said on Monday that 239 Palestinians have been killed in...

Israeli West Bank raids leave Palestinian boy and grandmother dead

Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank resulted in the deaths of a Palestinian boy and an elderly woman in two separate assaults on Thursday. Troops stormed a house in al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya, northwest of Ramallah, assaulting a family. During the...

Israel identifies hostage remain returned by Hamas from Gaza as Tanzania student

Israeli authorities identified the remains of Tanzanian stundent Joshua Loitu Mollel, killed in the October 7 Hamas attack,among hostages recently returned from Gaza under a US-brokered ceasefire. Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the...

Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas

Israeli authorities have confirmed that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student. The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains were identified as those of...

Israel identifies latest hostage remains from Gaza

Israeli authorities have confirmed the latest remains of a hostage returned from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed in the Hamas-led attack that started the war. The development on Thursday was the latest step...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in West Bank's Jenin

Israeli forces on Thursday shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, Murad Fawzi Abu Seifen, in the town of Yamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the town was raided by...

Israel accused of blocking thousands of truckloads of Gaza aid month after Trump’s ceasefire began

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Israel: Hamas transferred captive’s remains in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military said Wednesday that Hamas has handed over remains believed to be of a deceased hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza, the latest step forward under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The military said in a...

Turkey’s LGBTQ community warns of existential threat in bill policing biological sex

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Florence, a drag queen and DJ, has a warning before taking to the stage in an Istanbul nightclub: if Turkey passes a new law policing biological sex and morality, it will “threaten our very existence.” Discussing the...

Türkiye prepares research and development roadmaps for innovation

ANKARA Türkiye is preparing roadmaps for research and development (R&D), innovation platforms and research infrastructures in critical areas to establish an effective science, tech and innovation ecosystem in the country, in line with the 2026...

Iraq War vet running for US Senate says he won’t mourn Dick Cheney

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 surrounded by his family following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Left-wing U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner indicated that...

Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as Tanzanian student

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023 in the Hamas-led attack that started the...

Türkiye detains 179 suspects in nationwide crackdown on counterfeit alcohol

ISTANBUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities detained 179 suspects in a major nationwide crackdown on illegal and counterfeit alcohol, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Thursday. In a statement on the social media platform X, Yerlikaya...

Iraqis mark former US VP Dick Cheney's death with bitter silence

Cheney, Vice President from 2001 to 2009 under George W. Bush, was a leading advocate for the Iraq invasion, arguing Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction—claims later discredited. [Getty] Dick Cheney's death has reignited sharp...

Turkmenistan to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Afghanistan

The Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Care will send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which was devastated by the recent earthquakes. The proposal was announced at a meeting of the Foundation on...

Health Ministry reports one killed, three wounded in Israeli strike on Toura in Tyre

Israel kills two more Palestinians for crossing illegal separation wall in Gaza

The Israeli military has killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in yet another violation of a fragile ceasefire agreement with the Hamas resistance group. In a statement on Wednesday, the occupation’s army said that the Palestinian men were...