NEW YORK, Nov 2 — A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip is set to resume on Saturday after being postponed over escalating violence, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stressed that he cannot tolerate those who sow seeds of hatred among races in Malaysia.

BANGKOK, Oct 31 — Thailand has expressed deep concern over the escalation of armed conflict in the Middle East, particularly in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and surrounding areas, which has resulted in a significant loss of life and property among innocent civilians on all sides.

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 22 — United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, in the first big US push for a Middle East ceasefire since Israel killed the leader of Hamas last week — and the last attempt before a presidential election that could upend US policy.

JERUSALEM, Oct 20 — The United Nations (UN) peace envoy for the Middle East condemned the continued attacks on civilians on Sunday, after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza's Beit Lahiya killed dozens late on Saturday.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/CAIRO, Oct 20 — Israel has struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel, while a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's holiday home.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has said it is checking the possibility that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Israel's most wanted enemy, was among three militants killed during an operation in the Gaza Strip.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 7 — Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defence minister declared all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran.

PARIS, Oct 7 — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested in cities around the world on Sunday on the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.

KHAN YOUNIS, Oct 6 — In the ruins of his two-storey home, 11-year-old Mohammed gathers chunks of the fallen roof into a broken pail and pounds them into gravel which his father will use to make gravestones for victims of the Gaza war.

CAIRO, Sept 20 — Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the Gaza Strip today, medics said, as tanks advanced further into northwest Rafah near the border with Egypt.

CAIRO, Sept 7 — Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, local medics said today, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory.

GENEVA, Sept 1 — Health authorities in the Gaza Strip have confirmed the first case of polio in the Palestinian enclave in 25 years last month.

CHICAGO, Aug 24 — Disappointed Pro-Palestinian activists said Kamala Harris' speech to close the Democratic convention in Chicago failed to demonstrate any break from the status quo, after a week in which the most divisive issue facing the party was mostly ignored.

CHICAGO, Aug 20 — Thousands of mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Chicago, the United States (US), on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention yesterday, in a show of anger against the Biden administration's support for Israel in the Gaza war.

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 — United States (US) President Joe Biden has said that no party in the Middle East should undermine efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that he claimed was now in sight, but he warned that it was "far from over." Key Quotes "No one in the region should...

RAMALLAH, Aug 14 — Israel said its forces had hit Palestinian militants in Tamoun in the occupied West Bank today while Hamas said its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces in nearby Tubas city after one was killed in an Israeli raid.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 11 — Malaysia welcomed the joint statement by the leaders of the United States (US), Egypt, and Qatar on Thursday (August 8), underscoring the urgency for the conclusion of a ceasefire deal and bringing immediate relief to the people of Gaza.

CAIRO, Aug 11 — An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said yesterday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Malaysia has proposed four key measures to support the Palestinian cause, including the establishment of a group of eminent persons tasked with assessing and identifying measures to implement the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion.