Palestine

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized

In an exclusive interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot said the move was part of a long-planned initiative between France and...

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain briefing reporters at the foreign ministry on 26 June 2025. Photo: UNB
Foreign Policy

Foreign adviser leaves for New York to attend UN high-level conference on Palestine

A child holds a pot as Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Middle East

Israel resumes airdrop aid to Gaza: IDF

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for bilateral talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, at Villa Borsig in Berlin, Germany July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
World+Biz

Infuriating Netanyahu, France's Macron says to recognise Palestinian state in September

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Middle East

France says UN conference to work on post-war Gaza, Palestinian state recognition

Children walk as Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

One in 10 children screened in UNRWA clinics are malnourished, UN Palestinian refugee agency says

A view shows a part of the fence, which was set by the Israeli authorities, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman/File Photo
Middle East

US aware of reported death of American after beating by Israeli settlers

Palestinians walk behind a closed gate at the entrance of Turmus Ayya village near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo
Middle East

West Bank town becomes 'big prison' as Israel fences it in

Jordan refuses to play Israel over Gaza war, forfeits match
Sports

Jordan refuses to play Israel over Gaza war, forfeits match

Palestinians forcefully displaced from the occupied West Bank. Photo: UNB
Middle East

Israeli law enabling forcible transfer of Palestinians a war crime: UN

Palestinians walk past a burning car hit in an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Middle East

Gaza rescuers say 18 killed by Israeli fire

Palestinians, who were injured last night while trying to get access to humanitarian aid, arrive at the al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Photo: AP/UNB
World+Biz

More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

A Palestinian girl runs past the ruins of destroyed buildings along the Gaza City shoreline on Monday, June 9, 2025. Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi via UNB
Middle East

Israeli fire kills 41 in Gaza, many near an aid site, medics say