Voter registration closes for West Bank municipal elections: Palestinian official
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(RAHNUMA): Voter registration closed across the West Bank on Sunday ahead of municipal elections on April 25, when Palestinians will cast ballots to elect 420 local councils, a rare democratic exercise in the Israeli-occupied territory. Voting will also take place in central Gaza for the Deir Al-Balah council, a spokesman for the Ramallah-based […]
Israel retrieves remains of last Gaza hostage, military says
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israel has retrieved the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war. The remains of police officer Ran Gvili’s have been identified and will be returned for burial, the […]
Jordan and Syria sign natural gas supply agreement
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic signed an agreement in Damascus for the latter to receive natural gas via Jordanian territory to support the country’s electricity sector and address energy shortages. Sofian Bataineh, the Jordanian director-general of the National Electric Power Co., and Hashem Saleh, the deputy CEO of the Syrian Petroleum Co., signed […]
UN says 3.3 million war-displaced Sudanese return home
KHARTOUM(RAHNUMA): More than three million Sudanese people displaced by nearly three years of war have returned home, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday, even as heavy fighting continues to tear through parts of the country. Since April 2023, Sudan has been locked in a devastating war pitting the regular army against the paramilitary […]
Syrian forces foil attempt to smuggle rockets and missiles into Lebanon
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Security forces in the Syrian Arab Republic foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons into Lebanon on Monday. An Interior Ministry official said officers intercepted and seized a vehicle during a raid in Al-Jarajir village, in the An-Nabek District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. It contained nine Konkurs guided missiles, 68 rocket-propelled grenade charges, two […]
