By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week under his plan to end the war in Gaza were not in line with a draft presented to him by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. The group had proposed a full…
The Israeli military has largely dismantled a humanitarian flotilla seeking to break its siege on Gaza, arresting hundreds of activists from dozens of vessels, but one yacht continues to plough onwards towards the Palestinian enclave. As of the early hours of Friday morning, the Polish-flagged Marinette, which reportedly has a crew of six, is the…
ISTANBUL Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that the world is entering a “polycentric era” where no single power can dictate rules, warning Europe against militarization, expressing conditional support for US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposals and placing responsibility for the continuation of the Ukraine war on Western states. “Discussions at the Valdai forum provide…
An official from Hamas says the Palestinian group will respond “soon” to United States President Donald Trump’s proposal to end Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza. Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nazzal told Al Jazeera Arabic on Thursday that the group was discussing Trump’s plan with the goal of stopping Israel’s war on Gaza and…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli navy soldiers boarded vessels and detained dozens of activists aboard a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, but 12 hours after the military began intercepting the vessels, several boats continued sailing and were nearing the besieged territory on Thursday, activists said. Supporters of the flotilla took to the streets…
A tracker following the vessels participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla shows a single boat entering the waters around Gaza, as others were intercepted by the Israeli military. The boat, named Mikeno, is seen on the tracker heading towards Gaza. It was not immediately clear if the vessel was intercepted and escorted, had evaded the…
Greta Thunberg has been detained after the Israeli military (IDF) intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla as it approached Gaza‘s coast on Wednesday evening. A spokesperson for the flotilla told Newsweek that “more than 90 participants, including Greta, have been abducted by the Israeli military forces.” None of the detained activists has been released, and no…
Israel has intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, which had been attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, and had garnered global attention as one of the biggest naval aid missions to the Palestinian enclave. The Global Sumud Flotilla – carrying more than 40 civilian boats and about 500 activists – was boarded by Israeli forces…
(Reuters) -The international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza said unidentified vessels approached some of its boats before dawn on Wednesday as it got closer to a zone where Israel has imposed a naval blockade on the war-stricken strip. The Global Sumud Flotilla consists of more than 40 civilian boats carrying about 500 people,…
Celebrity sisters, a rapper and an actress are among the 34 Malaysians sailing with a seaborne mission seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and deliver urgent aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave. The Global Sumud Flotilla, which set sail in August, aims to spotlight conditions in a territory where more than 65,000 people have…