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January 29, 2025 5:55 PM

UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid freeze or new Israeli law

The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon said on Wednesday that the agency had not been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S. foreign aid funding or by an Israeli ban on its operations. "UNRWA cu...

January 27, 2025 8:03 PM

Israeli air strike kills two militants in West Bank, Hamas says

An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants in the city of Tulkarm on Monday, Hamas said, underscoring Israel's renewed focus on armed groups in the occupied West Bank since the start of the ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas, the Palestinian milit...

January 24, 2025 1:17 PM

Southeast Asian cities among world’s most polluted, ranking shows

Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world on Friday according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho Chi Minh City ranked second-most polluted, followed by Phnom Penh and Bangkok fourth and fifth, respectively. In the ...

January 23, 2025 1:55 PM

Hamas’ tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace

In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. The group's gunmen are guarding aid convoys on Gaza's dusty roads, and its blue-uniformed police onc...

 

Last updated on: 22nd Jul 2025