Major West Bank annexation move not imminent, Israeli minister signals
An Israeli minister played down on Tuesday the likelihood of major moves to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on July 1, the...
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As Israel threatens West Bank annexation, Gazans recall settler withdrawal
Vineyard owner Haidar al-Zahar recalls with joy the day in 2005 when Israel removed its settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip, part of a...
Lawmakers in Europe call on Israel to ditch annexation plans
Any Israeli move to annex parts of the West Bank would be “fatal” for Middle East peace hopes and must be prevented, if necessary with countermeasures,...
Syrian air defences respond to Israeli attack on southern and eastern Syria
Syrian air defences responded to Israeli strikes on the airspace of the southeastern part of the country near the city of Sweida and in the...
Iran to send black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner to France
Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis, the countries said on Monday. Iran shot down the Ukraine...
France accuses Turkey of hostile acts (Update)
France accused Turkey’s navy on Wednesday of acting in a hostile and unacceptable manner towards its NATO allies to prevent them from enforcing a United...
US hits Syria with toughest sanctions yet to push Assad to end war
By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis The United States on Wednesday imposed its most sweeping sanctions ever targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to choke off...
In rare appeal to Israeli public, UAE warns against annexation
Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank, a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote...
Half of Israelis support West Bank annexation, poll finds
Half of Israelis support annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, although they are divided over whether to take the step without U.S. support, an...
UAE says Israel should back off threat to annex West Bank
A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Monday that any unilateral move by Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be...
Six killed in Saudi Arabia in shooting incident
Saudi Arabian police in Assir, a region close to the Yemeni border, are investigating after a shooting incident in which six citizens died on Tuesday,...
Israel’s Netanyahu says he won’t miss West Bank annexation opportunity
Israel will not miss a “historic opportunity” to extend its sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, calling the...
Israel’s Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu opens on Sunday in a Jerusalem court, where he will become the first serving Israeli prime minister to face...
Khashoggi family forgive killers, clearing way to legal reprieve
The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they had forgiven the men who murdered their father, paving the way for a legal...
Lebanese central bank to intervene to protect Lebanese pound, PM says
Lebanon’s central bank will intervene in the market starting on Thursday to protect the Lebanese pound, whose declining value has forced up the price of...
Israeli court tells Netanyahu he must appear at start of trial
An Israeli court rejected on Wednesday a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be absent from the opening of his corruption trial next week,...
Afghan mosque attack kills eight worshippers breaking fast-officials
Gunmen opened fire in a mosque in central Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, killing eight worshippers breaking their Ramadan fast and wounding five others, officials said....
Netanyahu’s new Israeli government approved, eyes West Bank annexations
By Jeffrey Heller Israel’s parliament approved on Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government, ending more than a year of political deadlock, but he...
Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Hamid Shalizi and Ahmad Sultan Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16...
France pushing for tough EU response to any West Bank annexation
France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of...
