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Palestinian government submits resignation to Abbas

RAMALLAH: Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced his government, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, submitted its resignation, saying "new...

In call with Palestinian president, Alvi calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi held a telephone call with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, and urged the international community to make efforts for...

Biden urges calm in first call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

In Gaza, at least 144 people have been killed since Monday, including 39 children and 22 women.

Palestinian president slams US dropping ‘occupied’ in report

Nabil Abu Rudeineh called it "a continuation of the hostile approach of the American administration toward our Palestinian people and... contrary to all UN resolutions."

Palestinian prime minister, government resign

Abbas said in a statement that he accepted the resignation and that the government will 'continue its duties until the new government is formed.'

Palestinian leader says Trump’s Jerusalem ‘crime’ prevents US peace role

ISTANBUL: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Muslim leaders on Wednesday that a U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a crime which...

Palestinians say they won’t be blackmailed by US move to close PLO office

RAMALLAH/WASHINGTON: Palestinian officials expressed surprise on Saturday at a U.S. decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington unless the group enters...

Hamas leader urges Trump to seize ‘historic opportunity’

WASHINGTON: The leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas called on US President Donald Trump Wednesday to break with past approaches to Middle East...

Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House

JERUSALEM: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, in a first phone call between the two...

Trump to speak with Palestinian president Abbas

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will on Friday speak by telephone with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, the White House said. The midday (1700 GMT) phone...

Palestinian President gets warm reception at PM House

ISLAMABAD: President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who is in Pakistan on a three-day official visit, received a warm welcome at the...

Palestinian president due in Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: The President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day visit to Pakistan. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson,...

PM Nawaz expresses solidarity with Palestinian people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed its disappointment with the international community for having failed the just cause of Palestine for another year.

Six killed in Gaza as Palestinian-Israeli violence widens

GAZA: Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel on Friday in a wave of violence that has fuelled talk of a new uprising against Israel.

Abbas orders probe into Palestinian caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an investigation into a caricatures apparently depicting the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in an official Palestinian newspaper.

Obama says won’t let Islamic militants create caliphate – NYT

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to consider broader use of military strikes in Iraq to beat back Islamist militants, but Iraqi political leaders must first figure out a way to work with each other, the New York Times reported.

Israel, Palestinians battle as Egyptian-proposed Gaza ceasefire collapses

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after agreeing to an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks.

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