Update Syria’s military ‘temporarily’ withdraws from Aleppo to prepare for counteroffensive

Syria’s military ‘temporarily’ withdraws from Aleppo to prepare for counteroffensive

  • Syrian military confirms militants enter Aleppo, says dozens of soldiers killed
By Reuters ·

Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

  • Among the 32 killed, at least seven died in an Israeli strike on a house in central Gaza City
By Reuters ·

Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing a fragile ceasefire

Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing a fragile ceasefire

  • ‘Military infrastructure’ at the Syria-Lebanon border being used by Hezbollah for weapons smuggling
By AP ·

Special How researchers in Saudi Arabia are turning desalination waste into valuable resources graphic

How researchers in Saudi Arabia are turning desalination waste into valuable resources

  • Industry experts are working on technology to recover minerals from the highly saline waste liquid produced from desalination.
  • Brine, a byproduct from turning sea water into fresh water, can also be repurposed for energy production, KAUST professor says
By Tamara Aboalsaud ·

Gaza rescuers say 3 aid workers killed in Israel strike

Gaza rescuers say 3 aid workers killed in Israel strike

  • The agency said the aid workers killed were Palestinian employees of World Central Kitchen
  • The US aid group did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment
By AFP ·

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war

  • “You can’t give an invitation to just one part of a country,” the Ukrainian president said
  • “So legally, by law, we have no right to recognize the occupied territory as territory of Russia”
By AP ·

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

  • Police in the Chinese capital detained veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu in February 2022
  • ‘Sentencing Yuyu to seven years in prison on no evidence declares to the world the bankruptcy of the justice system in China’
By Reuters ·

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

  • Police in the Chinese capital detained veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu in February 2022
  • ‘Sentencing Yuyu to seven years in prison on no evidence declares to the world the bankruptcy of the justice system in China’
By Reuters ·