Israel plans 2,500 new settler homes in West Bank
Israel’s defence minister said on Thursday he plans to seek approval next week for the construction of some 2,500 new homes in Jewish settlements in...
Middle East
Palestinians demand full investigation into Israel at Hague court
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to launch a full investigation into accusations of Israeli human rights...
Iraq sentences Belgian to death as Islamic State fighter
Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a Belgian on Tuesday to death by hanging as a senior foreign fighter for Islamic State, a rare case in...
Hospitalised Palestinian president Abbas has lung infection
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is suffering from a lung infection and could remain in hospital for several days, Palestinian medics and officials said on Monday. Abbas, 82,...
Turkey may ban some Israeli goods because of Gaza violence
President Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey might consider imposing a ban on imports of some Israeli goods over the killing of Palestinian protesters by...
Saudi activist faces threats after women drivers arrested
A Saudi Arabian activist jailed for daring to drive said on Monday she had received fresh death threats after the arrest of fellow campaigners, which...
Saudi air defences destroy ballistic missile fired from Yemen
Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement over the southern city of Jazan, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday. Earlier, the...
Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc wins Iraq election
A political bloc led by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won...
German newspaper drops cartoonist after Netanyahu drawing
German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it had ended its decades-long collaboration with cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch after he depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using “anti-Semitic...
Saudi Arabia arrests activisits ahead of lifting of driving ban
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least five people, mostly women who previously agitated for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom’s male...
