Is Musk’s million-dollar US voter lottery legal?
Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk's offer of a million dollars to one registered voter in a swing state every day...Geostrategy
Israeli attack kills 73 in north Gaza as Netanyahu says Hezbollah tried to kill him
War in the Middle East continues as Israeli attack kills 73 in northern Gaza while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says...Geostrategy
Palestinians honor ‘sister’ Shireen Abu Akleh, reject joint probe
In a sign of Abu Akleh's stature among Palestinians, she received what was described as a full state memorial at...The EU has urged an "independent" probe while the United States demanded the killing be "transparently investigated", calls echoed by UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
An initial autopsy and forensic examination were conducted in Nablus in the Israel-occupied West Bank hours after her death, but no final conclusions have been disclosed.
Emir of Qatar arrives in Tehran to boost relations
Qatar's ruler met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran Thursday, state television reported, as talks falter on bringing Washington back...Washington unilaterally abandoned the nuclear deal under then-president Donald Trump in 2018 and reimposed sweeping economic sanctions
Unlike some of its Gulf Arab neighbours, Qatar has maintained close relations with Iran and the two countries share the world's largest natural gas
Syrian refugees in Turkey: Political tool in crisis times
With the lira's value tumbles to historic lows and annual inflation runs at nearly 70 percent, the refugee question regularly...Political parties in Turkey spar over sending 3.7 million Syrian refugees back to their war-torn homeland while the refugees have no appetite to return
Majority of the Syrian refugees have settled in Turkish society since 2012, and only 1 percent live in the shelter camps built for those who escaped civil war
Uneasy NATO wait ahead for Finland and Sweden
Once a country has decided to apply for NATO membership, the 30 members of the alliance must agree unanimously to...Boris Johnson Wednesday signed a Political Declaration of Solidarity, including military means with Finland and Sweden
NATO's 30 member states would ratify the decision of granting membership to Finland and Sweden for the Western military alliance
Oman-India Joint Commission to discuss Free Trade Agreement with GCC
A meeting of the Oman-India Joint Business Council, under the umbrella of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and...A meeting of the Oman-India Joint Business Council, under the umbrella of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Oman Chamber will be held Friday
At this meeting, ministers from both sides will interact with the business communities, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said
Spain, Morocco agree to reopen enclave land borders
The move helps draw a line under a major diplomatic standoff on the back of coronavirus restrictions that together closed...The borders closed last year when Spain allowed the leader of a Western Saharan independence movement to be treated in a Spanish hospital
Around 10,000 migrants crossed the Moroccan border into Ceuta as border forces looked the other way, in an apparent punitive gesture by Rabat
Russia slaps sanctions on Western energy firms
The sanctions include a ban on transactions and the entry into Russian ports of vessels linked to the affected companies.The sanctions target 31 companies, most belonging to the Gazprom Germania group of subsidiaries of Gazprom
The sanctions also affect Poland's EuRoPol GAZ SA, the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline
Iran arrests two Europeans for ‘destabilizing society’
Iran's intelligence ministry announced Wednesday that two Europeans had been arrested on accusations of seeking to "destabilize the country", without...The two detainees had attempted to get close to the teachers' union, the ministry said
Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch called for the release of almost 40 teachers arrested in events surrounding nationwide demonstrations on May 1
Veteran Al Jazeera journalist killed ‘in cold blood’ during Israel raid
Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian Christian, was a prominent figure in the channel's Arabic news service. While the Qatar-based channel said...An AFP photographer at the scene reported that Israeli forces were firing in the area and then saw Abu Aqleh's body lying on the ground.
Al Jazeera called on the international community to hold the Israeli forces accountable for their "intentional targeting and killing" of the journalist.
Despite public anger, Lebanon vote set to entrench status quo
Lebanon's elections Sunday won't yield a seismic shift despite widespread discontent with a graft-tainted political class blamed for a painful...The small country's political system has long distributed power among its religious communities, entrenching a ruling elite that has treated politics as a family business
By convention, the Lebanese president is a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of parliament a Shiite
