‘No power can force the people of Gaza out of their eternal and everlasting homeland that they have inhabited for thousands of years. Palestine, including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, belongs to the Palestinians,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan۔ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Sunday that no power can force Gazans out of…
The Active Investor Plus visa initially brought in about NZ$1 billion ($570 million) annually by attracting wealthy individuals. However, stricter rules introduced in late 2022 caused applications to plummet. New Zealand is revamping its “golden visa” program, removing the English language requirement and easing other restrictions to attract wealthy investors and boost its post-recession recovery….
Gaza’s civil defense agency reported that Israeli forces shot dead three civilians on Sunday, while the military said it fired “warning shots” and hit Palestinians who had approached its troops in the territory. The incident occurred in Gaza City amid a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in effect since January 19. During the truce,…
Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel’s prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory. Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks, which some Israeli media characterized as a joke, came with the region already on edge after US President Donald Trump proposed taking over the territory and displacing Gazans…
Police said they detained a man in Dublin on Sunday following a “serious incident” as local media reported that “up to four people” had been stabbed. Reports said there was a heavy police and emergency service presence at the scene in the Stoneybatter area of the Irish capital after what appeared to be a random…
German police are investigating six cases of drones flying over an air base in the north of the country where Ukrainian forces are trained, a military spokesman told AFP on Sunday. A series of drone sightings over military and industrial sites in Germany in recent months has sparked alarm and the government said last month…
An Israeli delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gaza truce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, as Israel’s military withdrew from an important crossing point in the enclave, as agreed under the truce with Hamas. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed US President Donald Trump’s widely criticized plan to move Palestinians out of the war-battered Gaza Strip, saying Israel is willing to “do the job.” In a Fox News interview aired late Saturday as the premier was wrapping up a visit to Washington, Netanyahu defended Trump’s proposal, which has…
President Donald Trump said in remarks airing Sunday that Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of US government jobs, will help find “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” in federal agencies. Speaking in a Fox News interview set to air before the Super Bowl football championship, Trump said the American people “want me…
US President Donald Trump’s plan for a quick settlement in Ukraine must not only stop the war but also ensure that there can no longer be any more Russian aggression, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Zelenskyy said Ukraine wanted no repeat of the experience of peace accords and talks that failed to…
US President Donald Trump heads to the Super Bowl on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so in person, despite a complicated relationship with the National Football League and a controversial history mixing politics and sports. Trump will watch the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in the Superdome in New…
“Lebanon faces a unique window of opportunity, where Hezbollah is weakened and no longer in a position to derail reform efforts or enforce its will on the country’s decision-making process,” one analyst says Lebanon announced the formation of a new cabinet on Saturday after nearly three years of political paralysis, amid one of the worst socioeconomic crises…
Egypt will host a summit of Arab nations on February 27 to discuss “the latest serious developments” concerning the Palestinian territories, its foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The “emergency Arab summit” comes as Egypt has been rallying regional support against US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt…
Turkey’s spy chief Ibrahim Kalin has held talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart to discuss the fight against “terror” groups and the situation in Syria, state news agency Anadolu reported. Kalin met with Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib as well as security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Anadolu…
