WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, forced women and children...
UNRWA said that shortages in the Palestinian territory had caused food prices to increase by 40 times, while the aid...
Erdogan's call for a ceasefire followed a proposal earlier Thursday by Russia's spiritual leader Patriarch Kirill for an Orthodox Christmas...The Turkish leader has used his good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and mediate an end to the war.
Erdogan has been able to maintain good relations with Putin by refusing to join Western sanction on Russia.
Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam has been accused of being a smuggling kingpin, running a camp in Libya where hundreds of East...The Eritrean, on Interpol's radar since 2019, earned a reputation for "particularly cruel and violent treatment of migrants", Interpol said.
Habtemariam was arrested in Ethiopia in 2020 but escaped custody after one year and was later sentenced in absentia to life in prison.
- With a black and white keffiyeh around his shoulders, 64-year-old Younis was met by a crowd singing the Palestinian national...
The 64-year-old Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the murder three years earlier of an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri wrote to the state prosecutor on Tuesday requesting a legal opinion on revoking the citizenship of the two men.
Lebanon has charged seven people for participating in an attack against United Nations peacekeepers that killed one Irish soldier in...UNIFIL urged Lebanon to ensure a swift investigation, the first violent death of one of its peacekeepers in nearly eight years.
UNIFIL, made up of some 10,000 peacekeepers, has been deployed since 1978 to act as a buffer between Lebanon and Israel.
AMMAN, JORDAN - The Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) organized the Jordanian-Bahraini Business Forum in Bahrain's capital, Manama, to increase...The Jordan Chamber of Industry stressed on the role of the private sector as a driver of the economy.
The JCI described the level of trade between Jordan and Bahrain as "below aspirations," amounting to less than US$300 million.
- The opposition's campaign "appears abstract and distant" to voters, especially in a country where the media is heavily controlled by...
The opposition's campaign "appears abstract and distant" to voters, especially in a country where the media is heavily controlled by the government, Western diplomat said
Rumors are swirling that Erdogan may push forward the election to late April or early May, giving the opposition even less time to prepare
- After November elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power last week, heading what analysts call the most right-wing government...
The key reform proposed, the "derogation clause", would allow parliament to annul a decision of the Supreme Court with a simple majority vote
Analysts say such a clause would also allow lawmakers to uphold any annulment of the corruption charges against Netanyahu
- The UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has met with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Abu Dhabi and discussed "fraternal...
Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was also present
Upon his arrival, the king was welcomed by the president and a number of Sheikhs
- Tehran, Iran - A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was shot dead outside his house in Tehran, state media reported Wednesday,...
Qassam Fathollahi was shot "four times in front of his house" in southern Tehran late Tuesday by "unknown persons".
Police had noted "signs of theft from the apartments around the scene" of the shooting, the report added.
Hours after Ben-Gvir's appearance at the sensitive site, Hamas and other militant groups held emergency meetings to discuss a "proportionate"...Jamal al-Fadi, a politics professor at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, said Hamas "does not want a new military escalation and is currently gauging American and Arab reactions".
Israel's left-wing daily Haaretz cautioned a key moment would come Friday, when thousands of Muslims gather at the compound for prayers.
