[ad_1] Jerusalem, Undefined: Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza’s electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the Palestinian militants. Israel’s decision comes a week after it blocked all aid supplies to the war-battered territory, a…
[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday said he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza, a week after Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The move has echoes of the earliest days of the war when Israel announced a “siege” that included an electricity cutoff to Gaza….
[ad_1] US Department of State did not renew the waiver. Baghdad, Iraq: Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity and gas from neighbouring Iran, a spokesperson for the US embassy in Baghdad said Sunday. “On March 8, the US Department of State did not renew the waiver…
