Sweden has said it is resuming aid to the cash-strapped United Nations agency for Palestinians with an initial disbursement of $20m after receiving assurances of extra checks on its spending and personnel. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the main humanitarian agency in Gaza, faced an unprecedented مزید پڑھیں

At least 82 Palestinians were killed and 122 others injured in the last 24 hours as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The Israeli occupation committed 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 82 martyrs and 122 injured during the past 24 hours,” مزید پڑھیں

China believes that India’s move to add more troops at their disputed border is “not conducive to easing tensions”, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. India has freed up a contingent of 10,000 soldiers, previously deployed at its western border, to strengthen its disputed border with China, according to several media reports. The two مزید پڑھیں

Saudi authorities have executed five expatriates after they were convicted of raiding a company and killing a guard. The convicts, Pakistani nationals, had attacked the private sector firm, tied up two guards, assailing them and killing a Bangladeshi guard, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. After investigations, the five were referred to a competent court that مزید پڑھیں

International Women’s day is being celebrated across the world today (Friday) with plenty of special events being organised in Pakistan as well. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif highlighted the importance of women and recalled Pakistani women and their contributions towards the country. “Islam has provided equal rights to women for 14 centuries. Today, every woman is مزید پڑھیں

Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said on Tuesday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts. Otarola told media the recording was made in 2021, when he was not a government official, and was manipulated and edited مزید پڑھیں

Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank is facing widespread condemnation from several countries, including some of Tel Aviv’s staunchest allies. The country’s settlement-planning authority on Wednesday greenlit permits for nearly 3,500 new illegal settlement housing units in the occupied Palestinian territory, the first such approval since Israel’s war مزید پڑھیں

Talks on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse on Wednesday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and the Israelis pushed ahead with plans to build 3,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Negotiators from Hamas, Qatar and Egypt — but not Israel — are trying to مزید پڑھیں

Efforts to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed Tuesday but were “largely unsuccessful,” said the World Food Program (WFP). A 14-truck food convoy, the first one by the agency since it paused deliveries to the north on Feb. 20, was turned back by Israeli forces after a three-hour wait at the Wadi مزید پڑھیں

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Canada to force Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to stop issuing export permits for military goods and technology sales to Israel. The suit, launched by Palestinian-Canadians and the Al-Haq Palestinian non-governmental organization and the Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR), argues the sale violates Canadian مزید پڑھیں