Gaza officials say 39 Palestinians killed while trying to get aid, seven die of hunger in past day

The Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday that 83 people were killed and 1,079 wounded by IDF fire in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including 39 who were killed and more than 849 who were wounded while waiting for humanitarian aid.

Thousands expected for pro-Palestine bridge march. Here's what you need to know

Sydney Harbour Bridge will be closed for hours on Sunday for a pro-Palestinian march which organisers have described as "historic", after they won a legal battle against police over the plans. Authorities have warned of disruptions in the CBD from...

'Must not abandon our children to Hamas': Tens of thousands protest across Israel for Gaza deal

Iran, Pakistan committed to supporting each other on global stage: Defense chief

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh says Iran and Pakistan share a common understanding of the need to support each other on the international stage. Nasirzadeh made the remarks while speaking to reporters following a...

Euro-Med: Israeli Occupation has destroyed 97% of Gaza’s Livestock

[Sat, 02 Aug 2025 23:15:06 +0300] Gaza – SABA: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported on Saturday that the Israeli occupation has nearly annihilated Gaza’s livestock, with approximately 97% destroyed through direct bombing or...

Egyptians to vote in Senate election dominated by pro-gov't bloc

Egyptians will cast their votes this week in Senate elections widely viewed as a formality, with the ballot dominated by a pro-government coalition and lacking substantial opposition. The two-day vote beginning on Monday will elect 200 of the 300...

Turkey Begins Pumping Azerbaijani Gas to Syria

The flow of Azerbaijani natural gas to Syria via Turkey began today, Saturday, August 2. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said that electricity exports to Syria are conducted through eight different points, with an initial plan to...

Israeli settlers kill one, injure in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers kill one, injure seven in occupied West Bank

Tuberville on bill to ban Chinese, Iranian students from American colleges: 'We're funding our own demise'

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) warned that the United States was funding its own "demise" by allowing students from hostile countries like China and Iran to study at American colleges and universities. Tuberville argued in favor...

‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, says Award-winning Israeli writer

An award-winning Israeli author has characterized the occupying regime’s war in the Gaza Strip as “genocide,” expressing deep sorrow at having to use the term. David Grossman made the remarks in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica...

Palestinian recognition is a political gesture, not a strategy

The UK and France, the two countries most responsible for Israel’s creation, are set to punish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for their abuses in Gaza by recognizing a Palestinian State. Would it make a blind bit of...

Turkiye starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output

Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar (2nd right), Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov (right), Syrian energy minister Mohammed al-Bashir (2nd Left) and Director General of Qatar...

Israel-Palestine conflict: Is the New York Declaration a ‘paper solution’?

Like much of the international community, India was quick to embrace the goals and objectives of the highly proclaimed New York Declaration that seeks to resolve the vexed Israeli-Palestinian conflict. India's permanent representative to the...

Israel army chief warns of combat 'without rest'

Iranian President Pezeshkian in Pakistan to strengthen bilateral ties

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is welcomed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: West Asia News Agency Handout via Reuters Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan...

Housing minister reviews Sawary project, inspects infrastructure works in New Borg El Arab

Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Sherif El-Sherbiny has inspected the progress of utility infrastructure works for industrial land and the construction of a bridge over the high-speed electric train route in New Borg...

It's just slogans: Israeli hostage families confront US envoy

2025-08-02T12:48:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met on Saturday with families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in a gathering marked by growing frustration over what they...

Hamas refuses to disarm and end war without an independent Palestinian state

Nothing in Gaza has changed since US envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit, with hospitals receiving dozens more casualties from aid sites. Another seven hunger-related deaths have been reported in the last day. The American plan is to disarm Hamas and stop...

US-Israel strategy aims to end Gaza war, disarm Hamas: Witkoff

On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy assured the relatives of hostages held by the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas that he was working with the Israeli government on a strategy that would successfully end the Gaza war....