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Israel-Gaza war

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Open questions | China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

Prominent academic Pan Guang gives his view on Beijing’s role in conflict mediation, its engagement with the Global South, and belt and road security.

Academic Pan Guang gives his view on Beijing’s role in conflict mediation, its engagement with the Global South, and belt and road security

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UN food agency suspends Gaza movement after vehicle hit by bullets

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US slaps new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

Opinion | China’s soft power is making its mark as US doubles down on military might

While the US seems focused on military alliances, Beijing is holding out a vision of economic collaboration and trust between civilisations.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (second left) attend the China-Africa Leaders’ Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the Brics Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 24, 2023. Photo: AP

Anti-Israel boycott in Malaysia costs Starbucks operator US$8.8 million

Berjaya Food reported a fourth quarter net loss of US$8.8 million due to Middle East conflict impacts, leading to a 35 per cent revenue drop and share decline.

Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9, Palestinian officials say

Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ October 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing war there.

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Israel military rescues Hamas hostage, father of 11, from Gaza tunnel

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was found alone in tunnel under Gaza after 326 days of captivity.

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, right, and Brigadier General Itzik Cohen talk after his rescue. Photo: Israeli Defence Forces via AP

My Take | What Albert Camus might think about Palestinian suffering and the West’s responsibility for it

Zionism has followed the twisted logic of a long line of modern ideologies that ended up committing mass murder.

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Israel, Hezbollah trade heavy fire

Israel and Hezbollah trade most intense fire in months – then pull back

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, and Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack.

A Hezbollah UAV being intercepted by the Israeli air force over northern Israel on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Inside Out | Post-pandemic global supply chain turmoil might still ruin Christmas

North American rail and port woes are adding to a long list of challenges facing global shippers, while China is developing new trade routes.

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Railway freight trucks loaded with shipping containers sit idle near Roberts Bank Superport in Delta, British Columbia, on August 23, amid Canadian railway labour disputes. Photo: AFP

Gaza talks resume in Cairo as suffering worsens under Israeli bombing

Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo, as the UN reported worsening humanitarian conditions.

West Bank anti-eviction encampment rallies Palestinians, Israeli allies

Flanked by smartphone-wielding peace activists, members of an evicted Palestinian family marched onto land seized by armed Israeli settlers.

Accepting nomination, Harris vows ‘America, not China’ will win 21st century

Vice-president says opponent is easy to manipulate: ‘Trump won’t hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat himself’.

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US Vice-President Kamala Harris addressing the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, accepting her party’s presidential nomination. Photo: AFP

Bullets found in bodies of Israeli hostages recovered from Gaza

Israeli military says it also found four bodies, thought to be Hamas militants, alongside the captives, that showed no gunshot wounds.

Rimon Buchshtab mourns during the funeral of her husband Yagev Buchshtab, who was found dead in Gaza, at the Kibbutz Nirim cemetery in Israel on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Biden, in call with Israel’s Netanyahu, stresses urgency of Gaza ceasefire

The two leaders spoke after US Secretary of State Blinken’s whirlwind Middle East trip ended without a deal between Israel and Hamas.

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Violence spikes as Israeli army, Hezbollah trade fire on Lebanon border areas

Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been locked in hostilities for the last 10 months in parallel with the Gaza war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Blinken wraps up Middle East trip with Gaza ceasefire deal still elusive

Mediators have pinned their hopes on a US ‘bridging proposal’ to narrow gaps between Israel and Hamas.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press in Doha, Qatar, on Tujesday. Photo: Reuters

12 dead in Israel strike on school shelter in Gaza housing displaced Palestinians

The Israeli military said the school was targeted because it housed a command-and-control centre.

Hamas says ‘misleading’ Biden remarks ‘green light’ for Israel to continue war

Hamas said US President Joe Biden’s remarks saying the Palestinian Islamist movement was backing away from a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel were “misleading”.

Gaza war protesters break through security fence near Democratic convention

Several protesters who had managed to get through the fence on the opening day of the convention in Chicago were arrested.

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Police in riot gear confront protesters breaking through the perimeter fencing on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Centre in Chicago, Illinois on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

US says Netanyahu supports Israel-Gaza truce talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to get behind the US proposal and said Israel’s PM backed new ceasefire talks.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday. Photo: dpa

Blinken pushes ‘last, best chance’ to secure Israel-Gaza truce, release hostages

‘It is time for it to get done’, said the top US diplomat on his ninth visit to the region since the war began.

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Pro-Palestinian delegates to push Democratic convention for Israel arms embargo

‘Delegates Against Genocide’ will exercise freedom of speech at Democratic convention during which Harris will be nominated for president.

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Three UN peacekeepers lightly injured in south Lebanon ‘explosion’

Three United Nations peacekeepers suffered light injuries on Sunday after a blast near their vehicle close to Israel-Hezbollah fighting.

People walk near UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon on August 9, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Israel strikes Gaza, Blinken in Tel Aviv to help close ceasefire deal

Israeli delegation to travel to Cairo on Sunday for further talks; US Secretary of State Blinken expected to meet Netanyahu on Monday.

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A Palestinian man carries children wounded in an Israeli strike at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

From 8 colas a day to 4 zero-alcohol beers, Egyptian exemplifies new trend

Non-alcoholic beers such as Corona Cero, Moussy and Fayrouz see growth in the Middle East, with customers viewing them as healthier than cola – and US soft-drink brands as pro-Israel amid Gaza war.

China’s post-Gaza war ambitions will have to include Israel eventually: experts

Beijing’s diplomatic efforts since conflict’s outbreak have been weighted towards its Arab partners and disregarded by Tel Aviv.

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Israel-Gaza war
On October 7, 2023, armed Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, firing thousands of rockets and breaking through the Gaza-Israel barrier. At least 1,200 Israelis were killed in the attacks, which included an assault on a music festival, and hundreds more civilians and soldiers were taken hostage. In response, the Israeli government declared war on Hamas. The resulting barrage of artillery on Gaza and a subsequent blockade of aid caused the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and led to an international outcry. 
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27 August, 2024
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