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Capital

East Jerusalem

Head of State

President Mahmoud Abbas

Head of Government

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosts a welcome ceremony for Jordan’s King Abdullah in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

China-Middle East relations

China and Jordan call for Strait of Hormuz to get back to normal

The two sides also criticised Israel’s ‘dangerous escalatory actions’ following King Abdullah’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing.

24 Aug 2026 - 10:33PMvideocam

The Netherlands

Netherlands withdraws from ‘no longer’ neutral Eurovision

24 Aug 2026 - 8:40PM

Malaysia

‘I hate Americans’: Malaysian politician’s anti-US rant draws backlash

24 Aug 2026 - 3:47PM

Israel-Gaza war

East African troops prepare for Gaza peacekeeping role in US-backed plan

Delegations from Burundi and Uganda visited Israel to discuss joining Donald Trump’s International Stabilisation Force.

24 Aug 2026 - 2:22PM

Military vehicles at a logistical support and staging facility to support the International Stabilisation Force under the direction of Trump's "Board of Peace", near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, in August. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Turkey issues ‘genocide’ warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla

Israel’s interception of the flotilla carrying some 430 activists in May sparked an international outcry.

22 Aug 2026 - 3:12AMvideocam

Israel

Netanyahu casts Turkey as Israel’s new villain amid tough re-election fight

The Israeli PM has escalated tensions with Turkish President Erdogan over Syria in a bid to ‘unify’ his voter base around him.

20 Aug 2026 - 9:36AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel admits its troops killed 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza

The Palestinian girl died after being trapped in a car for hours while begging for help, in one of the highest-profile incidents in the war.

20 Aug 2026 - 4:40AM

People hold a giant portrait of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed during the war in Gaza, on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, in January. Photo: AP

Cambodia

Declining aid threatens landmine clearing efforts in Southeast Asia

Aid cuts and shifting geopolitical priorities leave Cambodian and regional demining groups struggling to remove deadly wartime relics.

19 Aug 2026 - 12:35PM

Israel

Israeli military ‘paralysis’ on settler violence exposed in West Bank siege

The government’s support for extremist settlers puts the military in an ‘impossible situation’, observers say.

18 Aug 2026 - 11:56PM

Middle East

Kushner talks with Israel, Hamas end without breakthrough on Trump Gaza plan

Netanyahu has rejected a US-backed agreement that would see Hamas surrender its arms in exchange for Israel withdrawing from Gaza.

17 Aug 2026 - 11:54PM

Jared Kushner speaks during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on February 19. Photo: TNS

Israel-Gaza war

Far-right Ben-Gvir urges Israel to kill ‘30 to 40 every night’ in Gaza

The national security minister does not have power to order strikes but is one of the most influential people in Israel.

17 Aug 2026 - 12:21PM

Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a parliamentary session on July 16. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

US envoy Kushner meets Hamas leader in push for Gaza road map

Israeli PM Netanyahu last week rejected the US-backed 15-point plan in a rare public show of defiance against the Trump administration.

17 Aug 2026 - 2:22AM

Music

Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting

No country was singled out, but five countries boycotted this year’s competition over Israel’s participation.

13 Aug 2026 - 4:06AM

Israel-Gaza war

1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week

The attack comes days after Netanyahu publicly rejected a Trump-backed ceasefire deal.

13 Aug 2026 - 1:42AM

Extensive destruction is seen in on Tuesday the northeastern area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, where homes and buildings have been reduced to rubble following months of war and military operations. Photo: dpa

Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas

Israeli leader dismisses 15-point document for the future of war-torn Gaza in the latest break with the White House.

10 Aug 2026 - 3:26PM

Israel

‘Hopeless’: Palestinian Christians leave West Bank as hardships mount

Christians leave due to the deterioration of the humanitarian and economic situation in the West Bank, clergy members say.

8 Aug 2026 - 11:48AM

China-Middle East relations

Where do China-Israel ties stand after closure of Chengdu consulate?

Amid recent bilateral friction, Beijing has no intention of maliciously damaging relations with Middle East country, analyst says.

7 Aug 2026 - 10:27PMvideocam

South Korea

After Singapore gig, Massive Attack runs into trouble in South Korea too

The British band is facing backlash over a video caption that said the US supported the bloodbath.

7 Aug 2026 - 9:39AMvideocam

Massive Attack performs with guest vocalist Elizabeth Fraser at the 2026 Pentaport Rock Festival in Incheon, South Korea, on August 1. Photo: Incheon City

United States

New UK foreign minister dodges questions on his past Trump remarks

Ed Miliband in Washington ignores shouted inquiries about calling the US president an ‘idiot, a racist and a misogynist’.

6 Aug 2026 - 12:55PM

Israel

Netanyahu says Israel didn’t agree to US-backed Gaza plan

The Israeli leader has received guarantees that the Israeli army would only need to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms.

5 Aug 2026 - 8:13PM

Singapore

Massive Attack’s Singapore ban tests legal limits of artistic freedom

Singapore concertgoers urge leniency for the band’s pro-Palestine acts on stage but lawyers say that a line has to be drawn.

4 Aug 2026 - 5:11PMvideocam

Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall from Massive Attack stand with a Palestinian flag onstage at the end of their performance in Singapore on Wednesday. Photo: Social media/Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ conditions Israel’s Gaza withdrawal on Hamas disarmament

US-backed panel seeks to calm Israeli pushback over framework for war-torn enclave.

4 Aug 2026 - 3:20PM

A Palestinian boy stands beside a marker designating the 'Yellow Line' set by the Israeli military in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Strikes kill 18 in Gaza as Israeli minister says no deal to halt attacks

Military offensive continues despite Trump-backed plan to disarm Hamas and implement lasting ceasefire.

3 Aug 2026 - 9:32AM

Singapore

Massive Attack barred from Singapore for unfurling Palestinian flag on stage

The two band members who held the flag on stage were given ‘stern warning’ and banned from re-entering Singapore, police say.

3 Aug 2026 - 1:24PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Trump hails ‘great breakthrough’ after Hamas disarmament deal

Agreement calls for group to surrender its weapons and Israeli troops to withdraw from Gaza under a broader peace framework.

1 Aug 2026 - 5:08AM

Hamas has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is designated a terrorist organisation by the US and several other countries. Photo: EPA

Singapore

Singapore police investigate Massive Attack over Palestinian support at gig

Viral videos show the British band holding a Palestinian flag on stage while the crowd cheers during their concert in Singapore.

31 Jul 2026 - 11:37AM

Massive Attack holds up a Palestinian flag during its concert in Singapore on Wednesday. Photo: Reddit/blushie157

Middle East

Trump’s irritation over leak signals strains as Netanyahu visits White House

The US president criticised leaked talking points on Iran’s nuclear site before meeting with the Israeli prime minister.

29 Jul 2026 - 9:28AM

Israel-Gaza war

Gazans uprooted as Israel expands ‘yellow line’ military zone

Residents and Hamas officials say Israel has moved forward the yellow block markers, triggering new waves of displacement.

28 Jul 2026 - 5:45PM

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