Iran calls for emergency OIC meeting over regional developments

DUBAI (Reuters): Iran has called for an emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over regional developments, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on Israel-Palestine conflict

The death toll in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict continues to worsen, as the number of deaths on both sides cross 1,100. Israel pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Sunday, killing hundreds of people in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in its history when Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more.

Gaza aid boat to press on ‘until last minute’: activists

Hamas fighters’ rampage through Israel towns on Saturday was the deadliest such incursion since Egypt and Syria’s attacks in the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.