Archives for December, 2023

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a memo that the tour was working to extend talks on a merger deal with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund beyond a year-end deadline, calling negotiations active and productive

PGA works to extend 'active and productive' Saudi merger talks

Agence France-Presse

More than 4,360 dead in Syria war in 2023: monitor

Agence France-Presse

Smoke billows over the Gaza Strip on Friday amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas

Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war

Agence France-Presse

Netanyahu defends Israel's unparalleled 'morality' in Gaza war

Agence France-Presse

People watch New Year's fireworks from the water at Rio's Copacabana Beach

Fireworks, war and quakes as world tumbles into 2024

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians were inspecting the damage on Saturday following an Israeli strike on the Zawayda area of the central Gaza Strip.

Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war

Agence France-Presse

Fans of both teams welcomed the returning players, waving Turkish flags and pictures of Ataturk

Erdogan plays down row over Saudi-hosted Super Cup

Agence France-Presse

Pioneering Arab television Tele Liban has the region's oldest audiovisual archive in the region which it hopes will earn Lebanon a place on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

Lebanon targets UNESCO register for pioneering TV archive

Agence France-Presse

Smoke billows over the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas

Gazans 'exhausted' as Israel-Hamas war rages on

Agence France-Presse

An Israeli military helicopter firing a missile towards Gaza amid battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas

US approves 'emergency' sale of munitions to Israel

Agence France-Presse

People hold hands as they inspect buildings hit during Israel's bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023

South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza

Agence France-Presse

Smoke billows over the Palestinian territory of Gaza during Israeli bombardment on December 29, 2023

Israel-Hamas war forces more Gazans to flee south

Agence France-Presse

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. - Iran's president will host his Russian and Turkish counterparts for talks on the Syrian war in a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SAVOSTYANOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

What is behind Iran-Russia de-dollarization deal as sanctions bite?

The long-awaited agreement was one among several solutions the two countries have sought to salvage their battered economies, which remain cut off from key international banking systems.

Breaking | Last Updated: December 30, 2023, 9:22 am

Turkey’s Super Cup in Saudi Arabia canceled over reported Ataturk row

The competing Turkish teams refused to take the pitch after Saudi authorities banned posters and banners of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secularist modern Turkey.

Smoke billows over the Palestinian territory of Gaza during Israeli bombardment on December 29, 2023

Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal

Agence France-Presse

Interview

Syrian Kurdish commander tells Washington not to sell F-16s to Turkey

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, SDF commander-in-chief Mazlum Kobane called on the United States to shore up flagging Kurdish faith in Washington and block any new F-16 sales to Turkey.

Mazlum Kobane

Mazlum Kobane

SDF commander in chief