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UAE schools announce spring break for three weeks

Schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced a three-week long spring break, which will begin on March 25, as per the UAE school calendar approved for the 2024-2025 academic year.…
Joe Biden’s top middle east advisor to visit Israel, Egypt

Tel Aviv: With the ceasefire mooted by the US, Egypt and Qatar in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel not gaining traction, US President Joe Biden’s top advisor is scheduled to…

8 patients die due to oxygen shortage in besieged Gaza hospital

Gaza: Eight patients have died in a major hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis city after days of power outage and oxygen supply shortage due to continuous Israeli strikes on the facility,…
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 29,000: Ministry

Gaza: The Palestinian death toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 29,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry announced. According to a press statement from the Ministry on…
Statehood key to regional stability, says Palestinian presidency

Ramallah: The Palestinian presidency has said that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital was essential for resolving the conflict and ensuring stability in the region. The statement by Presidential…
Israel’s economy sweats under heat from war with Hamas

London: Israel’s output contracted sharply in the final three months of 2023, falling for the first time in nearly two years, as the war with Hamas takes a heavy toll on the…
2 Palestinians killed, Israeli soldier wounded in West Bank raid

Ramallah: Two Palestinians were killed and an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded in a gun battle during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli…

IDF closing in on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is closing in on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, widely believed to be the mastermind behind October 7 massacre in southern Israel, leading to the death…
Iran’s supreme leader urges Iranians to vote in crucial elections

Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called for a high turnout in the elections for parliament and a clerical body scheduled on March 1. Khamenei made the appeal in a meeting…
Iranian gas pipelines damaged in ‘terrorist blasts’ resume operation

Tehran: Iran’s National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has announced the nationwide natural gas transfer pipelines that were damaged in recent “terrorist blasts” have been repaired and become operational. “The repair work of…
Citadel in Syria’s Aleppo reopens after post-earthquake restoration

Damascus: Syria’s Culture Ministry has announced the reopening of the historic citadel of Aleppo to visitors following the completion of initial restoration work on damage sustained during the major earthquakes in February…
Jordan foils drug smuggling attempt, 5 killed

Amman: A military source at the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) said on Sunday that the JAF has thwarted an attempt to infiltrate and smuggle large quantities of narcotics coming from Syrian territories…
40 Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in Gaza

Gaza: At least 40 Palestinians were killed and many others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted residential homes in the central Gaza Strip, the media reported. Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua news…
Hamas accuses Israel of impeding efforts to reach ceasefire

Gaza: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has accused Israel of impeding efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. In a press statement sent to Xinhua news agency, Haniyeh said on Saturday,…
Senior Yemeni military official found dead in apartment in Cairo

Cairo: The Yemeni embassy in Egypt announced on Sunday that a senior Yemeni military official was found dead in his apartment in Cairo. “The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen to the…