KUALA LUMPUR: McDonald’s Malaysia today said it will withdraw its brand defamation legal suit against pro-Palestinian group Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Malaysia. Last December, Gerbang Alaf Restaurants Sdn Bhd, the licensee of McDonald’s in Malaysia, demanded BDS Malaysia to issue an apology over alleged defamatory statements and RM6 million in special damages. McDonald’s Malaysia managing
As Israeli forces launch a new raid on the hospital, besieging around 30,000 people, we take a look at the site that has been at the centre of Israel’s campaign in Gaza Around 30,000 Palestinians are currently under siege at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, following an overnight raid by the Israeli army on Monday. The military launched the raid,
SEPANG: The Transport Ministry has issued a stern warning against a port operator for allowing a container belonging to an Israeli shipping company to leave the premises. Its minister Anthony Loke said his ministry received a report that the port operator mistakenly allowed the container owned by ZIM to exit the premises. Loke did not
Finding shelter in the Gaza Strip, whether in a basic tent on the street or in an overcrowded classroom, has become a luxury for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians. Israel‘s offensive has rendered Gaza almost uninhabitable in just four months. The Israeli army has destroyed or damaged more than half of the buildings in Gaza and continues to steadily shrink safe or liveable
At least 10 civilians and three Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said it fired dozens of rockets at a town in northern Israel in response to air raids that killed at least 10 civilians and three Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon. “Islamic
Relatives of those captured by Hamas say they hope probe could lead to arrest of group’s leadership abroad A group of Israelis whose relatives are being held captive by Hamas in Gaza have travelled to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to file a complaint against the Palestinian group. The delegation, organised by the Hostages and Missing
The head of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said any agreement with Israel must guarantee a ceasefire, the Israeli army’s full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the completion of a serious prisoner swap deal. This came during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in the Qatari capital, Doha, yesterday. Haniyeh added in
Sen. Bernie Sanders was the only senator to vote against the bill’s passage in all 10 procedural votes it underwent. The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would send an additional $14 billion in assistance to Israel’s genocidal assault of Gaza and permanently defund the foremost humanitarian aid group for Palestinians in Gaza and
Israel is deliberately eliminating top scientists, doctors and academics in Gaza, the loss of whom will leave an incalculable impact on Palestinian society in Gaza. They are especially targeting those qualified in rare specialisms who have left a gaping hole behind them, which will be extremely difficult to fill. Repeated Israeli threats didn’t deter renowned Palestinian writer, poet,
Around 2,500 American soldiers are still stationed in Iraq as part of a mission to fight the Islamic State group. This could soon come to end. In the coming days, Iraqi and US officials will begin formal talks that could lead to the termination of the US military presence in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Thursday.