video Update Lebanon PM says expanded strikes suggest Israel rejects truce

Lebanon PM says expanded strikes suggest Israel rejects truce

  • Lebanon’s caretaker PM Mikati on Friday accused Israel of blocking progress in negotiations
  • US envoys had been working to secure truces on both fronts ahead of US election next Tuesday
  • Numerous airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs
  • UN says war puts Lebanon’s heritage sites ‘in deep peril’
video By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon health care

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon health care

  • ‘… We are again and again and again emphasizing that health care is not a target; health workers are not a target’
By AFP ·

Update 47 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli strikes in central Gaza, Palestinian news agency says

47 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli strikes in central Gaza, Palestinian news agency says

  • Israel’s assault on Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians and reduced most of the enclave to rubble
By Reuters ·

Saudi Arabia to host global symposium for sea turtle conservation in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia to host global symposium for sea turtle conservation in Jeddah

  • Symposium organized by General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS)
By Arab News ·

Update UN chief condemns Sudan’s RSF, Britain to push for Security Council action

UN chief condemns Sudan’s RSF, Britain to push for Security Council action

  • The current war has produced waves of ethnically driven violence blamed largely on RSF paramilitaries
  • Activists accused the RSF of killing at least 124 people in a village in El Gezira State last month
By Reuters - AFP ·

Trump meets with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, but top community leaders skipped the event

Trump meets with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, but top community leaders skipped the event

  • Metro Detroit is home to the nation’s largest concentration of Arab Americans, with a large chunk of them living in Dearborn
  • The city is a Democratic bailiwick many supporters are upset with the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war
  • But many community leaders say that while Harris has never earned their endorsement, they are still overwhelmingly opposed to Trump
By AP ·

Finland’s under-secretary of state says ‘more can be done’ to boost economic cooperation video

Finland’s under-secretary of state says ‘more can be done’ to boost economic cooperation

  • Finland’s exports to Kingdom are currently €350m annually
By Lama Alhamawi ·

Israel moves to sever ties with Haaretz following publisher’s ‘freedom fighters’ remarks

Israel moves to sever ties with Haaretz following publisher’s ‘freedom fighters’ remarks

  • Publisher Amos Schocken delivered harsh criticism of Israeli policies, prompting government to call for restrictions on newspaper
By Arab News ·

Israel moves to sever ties with Haaretz following publisher’s ‘freedom fighters’ remarks

Israel moves to sever ties with Haaretz following publisher’s ‘freedom fighters’ remarks

  • Publisher Amos Schocken delivered harsh criticism of Israeli policies, prompting government to call for restrictions on newspaper
By Arab News ·