UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | Scores of delegates walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall in protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium to address the general debate of the 81st session. Netanyahu used his speech to defend Israel’s military actions in Gaza and elsewhere …
Read More »Why are Israel, Britain at odds?
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday announced a series of retaliatory measures against Britain over its latest moves targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The measures include closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem, removing British representatives from the U.S.-led International Gaza Support Center, …
Read More »Trump says Israel, Lebanon leaders to visit White House over “next week or two”
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House “over the next week or two.” “I think we’re going to have a meeting,” Trump told reporters at the White House, noting the …
Read More »IDF preparing to resume hostilities after inconclusive Iran-US talks
TEL AVIV | TASS | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing to resume military operations against Tehran after the negotiations between the United States and Iran “collapsed,” The Times of Israel reported, citing what it called a coordinated leak by Israeli defense officials to three major TV channels. Channel 12 reported, …
Read More »How escalation in Middle East spills over, impacts global economy
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | With U.S.-Israel joint military strikes on Iran entering the fifth week with no clear path to resolution, the economic aftershocks are spreading far beyond the Middle East. What began as a geopolitical flashpoint has evolved into a systemic economic shock, reverberating through energy markets, industrial …
Read More »Ugandans in Israel under consular watch
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Airspace restrictions caused by the ongoing Iran–Israel conflict have made it impossible for the Ugandan government to evacuate its citizens stranded in Israel, the State Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Esther Anyakun, has said. Speaking to journalists at the Government Media Centre on …
Read More »Global trade growth to slow in 2026 with further pressure from Middle East conflict
GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Thursday that global trade growth is set to slow in 2026 after a stronger-than-expected performance in 2025, warning that the ongoing Middle East conflict could add further pressure on global trade. In its latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics …
Read More »Netanyahu reappears
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Thursday that Iran has lost its uranium enrichment and missile production capabilities. Netanyahu said that these were two of the three goals of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, and that the third goal, toppling …
Read More »Iran vows to kill Netanyahu, blocks U.S ships on Strait of Hormuz
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict entered its 16th day on Sunday, with U.S. and Israeli officials vowing prolonged attacks against Iran, Tehran warning of killing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and targeting Ukraine in retaliation, and many regional countries reaffirming calls for de-escalation and dialogue. Tehran also …
Read More »Will Yemen’s Houthis join the war to support Iran?
SANAA | Xinhua | More than 10 days after the United States and Israel launched large-scale attacks on Iran, Yemen’s Houthi movement, one of Tehran’s main regional allies, has largely remained on the sidelines, despite issuing repeated threats and expressions of solidarity with Iran. Analysts say the restraint suggests that …
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