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1.6 million exposed toacute food insecurity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Gaza Strip is facing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, noting that 1.6 million people in the Strip are exposed to extreme levels of acute food insecurity.Guterres...

Palestinians gather to receive food portions at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. — AFP

US strikes kill at least five IS members in Syria

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility. — AFP

Trump says Gaza stabilisation force is already running

A man watches as members of the Palestinian Civil Defence participate in a search and rescue operation at the site of a house that was partially destroyed during the war and collapsed on Tuesday, at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. - Reuters

ICC rejects Israeli attempt to block probe

Members of the Palestinian civil defence search for the bodies of the Salem family in the rubble of a building destroyed in 2023 in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 15, 2025. The United States, alongside Qatar and Egypt, secured a truce in Gaza that came into effect on October 10 and has mostly halted two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. More than 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the outbreak of the war, according to figures from the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers reliable. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

GCC integration to have a positive impact on travel and tourism

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Middle East tops in airlines' net profit margins

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Israel to demolish 25 residential buildings in West Bank camp

A Palestinian man holding the national flag gestures at the entrance of the Nur Shams refugee camp. — AFP

Pakistan Social Club reactivated

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Authorities warn of humanitarian disaster after Gaza storms; senior Hamas commander killed

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Gaza City, on Saturday. — Reuters

Nearly 795,000 displaced Gazans face flood risk

Palestinians ride a donkey-drawn cart on a rain-flooded street in Gaza City on Friday. — Reuters

At least 22 killed in collapse in Moroccan city

Rescuers work at the site of the collapse of two buildings in Fes, Morocco, December 10, 2025. REUTERS

Israel continues violations on Gaza truce

A displaced Palestinian child carries a water container as she walks at a tent camp in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/

Syria marks one year since Assad toppled

The first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus

Israel, Qatar and US hold trilateral meeting in New York

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Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens

A Sudanese woman stands at a camp for displaced people, North Darfur. — Reuters file photo

Qatar, Egypt call for next steps in Gaza ceasefire

A Palestinian girl carries a bag of bread as others gather in the yard of the UNRWA Deir Al Balah Joint School, west of Deir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. — AFP
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