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Speakers at the Belt and Road Summit – including Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang – all said the same thing: that the city’s success rests on the rule of law.
US ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield accused Russia and China of vetoing resolution for ‘petty’ reasons, simply because it was written by the US.
The agreement is designed to boost cooperation in areas including trade and security, while delivering funding over the next three years to support Egypt’s economy.
If the death is confirmed, Marwan Issa would be the highest-ranking official from the Islamist militant movement killed by Israel in five months of war.
No casualties were reported from the building attack, and Israel’s military said the block was being used by Hamas to plan attacks on Israelis.
Egyptian officials had earlier said the negotiations reached an impasse over Hamas’ demand for a phased process culminating in an end to the war.
Hamas said it was pressing on with efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza with Israel, despite the absence of Israeli negotiators from talks in Egypt.
Days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended without a breakthrough, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal.
Hamas delegation on Sunday arrived in Cairo for the talks, billed as a possible final hurdle before an agreement that would halt fighting for 6 weeks but by early evening there was no sign of the Israelis.
Huawei is expanding cloud services to Egypt in March and will soon open an AI cloud computing centre in Hong Kong, its first outside mainland China.
Israeli prime minister claimed total victory in Gaza would come within weeks once the offensive begins.
According to the document, Israel would maintain security control over all land west of Jordan, including the occupied West Bank and Gaza – territories where the Palestinians want to create an independent state.
All European Union countries except Hungary warned Israel against launching an offensive in Rafah that they said would deepen the catastrophe of some 1.5 million refugees crammed into the city.
Israel warned that it will push on with its offensive during the Muslim holy month, including in the far-southern Rafah area.
Israel has threatened to invade Gaza’s Rafah by the start of Ramadan if Hamas does not return the remaining hostages by then.
Desert shelter area could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, sources said.
PM Netanyahu insisted he would seek ‘complete victory’, despite mounting calls to hold off on sending troops into the Gaza city packed with refugees.
South Africa asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive into the city required additional emergency measures.
Fears of a looming ground incursion grew among more than a million Palestinians trapped in the war-ravaged territory’s densely crowded far south.
Egypt fears Israeli operations in Gaza will push a massive wave of Palestinians fleeing across the border. Here’s what is at stake.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu held call with US president after Egypt threatened to suspend peace treaty with Israel if it sends troops into the Gaza border town.
Once a license to print money, Chinese initial public offerings have been tarnished by opaque finances, scandals and Didi Global’s sudden NYSE delisting in 2022.
There was no immediate public response from Israel, which has said it will not pull its troops out of Gaza until Hamas is wiped out.
Families displaced again and again by Israel’s military offensive on Gaza have been forced to seek refuge in the cemetery, the only place of relative safety.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Riyadh at the start of his first trip to region since Washington brokered an offer, with Israeli input, for first extended ceasefire of the war.
Whitney Wright faced accusations of promoting propaganda for Iran’s government after posting pictures which have since been removed at sites including the former US embassy in Tehran.
Proposal would pause fighting for an initial six weeks as Hamas frees hostages seized on October 7 in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, according to a Hamas source.
InvestHK says city could overtake Singapore for family offices, despite a big gap in numbers between the two jurisdictions at present.
Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out releasing Palestinian prisoners as part of any deal to halt fighting in Gaza, repeating his vow to keep fighting until “absolute victory” over Hamas.
Israel faces a growing risk of damaging its peace with neighbouring Egypt as its military pushes the offensive against Hamas further south in the Gaza Strip.