video Gaza ceasefire to start early Sunday morning

Gaza ceasefire to start early Sunday morning

  • Qatar foreign ministry makes announcement on social media
  • Israel to free 737 prisoners during the first phase of the truce deal
video By Agencies ·

Lebanon’s new president stresses urgency of Israeli withdrawal from south under truce deal

Lebanon’s new president stresses urgency of Israeli withdrawal from south under truce deal

  • The ceasefire requires Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days
  • UN to exert utmost efforts to secure an Israeli withdrawal within the set deadline under the ceasefire terms
By Reuters ·

Special Ban on UNRWA will make plight of Gazans much worse and undermine ceasefire, agency’s chief warns

Ban on UNRWA will make plight of Gazans much worse and undermine ceasefire, agency’s chief warns

  • Philippe Lazzarini tells Arab News we are witnessing a ‘crisis of impunity’ and international humanitarian law is becoming irrelevant in absence of ways to address this impunity
  • UNRWA’s mandate and capacity to provide services ‘far exceed any other entity’ and they could only be transferred to a functioning Palestinian state institution, he says
By Ephrem Kossaify ·

Saudi customs tackle 2,124 smuggling cases in single week

Saudi customs tackle 2,124 smuggling cases in single week

  • The crackdown included more than 350 cases linked to prohibited substances
By Arab News ·

Dozens injured, trapped in a ski lift accident in the north of Spain

Dozens injured, trapped in a ski lift accident in the north of Spain

  • Around 80 people remain trapped, hanging in the chairlift at the ski resort of Astun
  • The cause of the cable failure remains unknown
By Reuters ·

US Navy veteran evacuating Afghans wins $5m in CNN defamation suit

US Navy veteran evacuating Afghans wins $5m in CNN defamation suit

  • The settlement will avert a second phase of the trial that would have determined any punitive damages
By Reuters ·

TikTok ban: Last-minute reprieve or rule of law?

TikTok ban: Last-minute reprieve or rule of law?

By Zaira Lakhpatwala and Gabriele Malvisi ·

US Navy veteran evacuating Afghans wins $5m in CNN defamation suit

US Navy veteran evacuating Afghans wins $5m in CNN defamation suit

  • The settlement will avert a second phase of the trial that would have determined any punitive damages
By Reuters ·

TikTok ban: Last-minute reprieve or rule of law?

TikTok ban: Last-minute reprieve or rule of law?

By Zaira Lakhpatwala and Gabriele Malvisi ·