Shipping firms chart return to Red Sea amid US military push

IANS | December 27, 2023 4:14 PM

Cairo, Dec 27 (IANS) Global shipping firms, including Denmark-based Maersk and Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co, are looking to resume operations in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden after the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and the Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) enhanced safety around the Suez Canal.

Locals complain of IDF stopping ambulances in Gaza

IANS | December 27, 2023 11:31 AM

Tel Aviv, Dec 27 (IANS) The local people of Gaza have complained that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have prevented ambulances of Palestinian Red Cross and Red Crescent from getting near the injured in Tulkarem where an alleged Israeli drone attack killed six people and injured several others.

1 killed, 18 wounded in US airstrikes in Iraq

IANS | December 26, 2023 5:35 PM

Baghdad, Dec 26 (IANS) A security member was killed and 18 people were wounded on Tuesday in US airstrikes on Iraqi security sites south of Baghdad, the Iraqi government said in a statement.

Cambodia's exports to RCEP members up 27% in 11 months: Report

IANS | December 26, 2023 5:01 PM

Phnom Penh, Dec 26 (IANS) Cambodia exported $7.21 billion worth of products to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) members in the first 11 months of 2023, up 27 per cent from $5.67 billion in the same period last year, a Ministry of Commerce report said on Tuesday.