Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has divested from Israel’s Bezeq because it provides telecoms services to the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, it said late on Tuesday.
The decision comes after the fund’s ethics watchdog adopted a new, tougher interpretation of ethics standards for businesses that aid Israel’s operations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The fund has sold all its stock in the company.
US officials said Monday the State Department has authorized the sale of $1.4 billion worth of military aircraft and equipment to the United Arab Emirates, ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit this week. The proposed sale to the Gulf state involves six CH-47F Chinook helicopters and other equipment for $1.32 billion that would “support the foreign…
The Israeli military said Tuesday it had struck a hospital in southern Gaza housing Hamas militants, ending a brief pause in fighting to facilitate the release of a US–Israeli hostage. The military said in a Telegram post that “significant Hamas terrorists” had been “operating from within a command and control centre” at the Nasser Hospital…
Russia is “completely ignoring” a 30-day ceasefire proposed by Ukraine and European powers that was to have begun on Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. Writing on X, Sybiha said he had spoken to European ministers meeting in London, and they had discussed steps that could be taken against Russia, including new sanctions against…
The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan spoke by phone on Monday, the Indian army said, as New Delhi reopened airports and shares rose in both countries following a ceasefire that paused days of intense fighting last week. There were no reports of explosions or projectiles fired overnight, with the Indian army saying Sunday…
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about trying to find peace at talks he has proposed in Turkey but his spokesman said he could say no more about the talks after Ukraine demanded the Kremlin chief attend. Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine aimed at ending the war,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he wanted US counterpart Donald Trump to join peace talks with Russia in Turkey, but the Kremlin was silent about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would attend. The negotiations, planned to take place in Istanbul on Thursday, would be the first direct meeting between Ukrainian and Russian officials since the early…
