- "We find that the shots that killed Abu Akleh came from Israeli security forces," UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina...
Several single bullets were fired as an unarmed man attempted to approach Akleh's body and another uninjured journalist sheltering behind a tree, said Shamdasani.
Shots continued to be fired as this individual eventually managed to carry away Abu Akleh's body, she added.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a joint cooperation agreement in maritime transport with the Republic of Djibouti which...
The maritime transport pact between Saudi Arabia and Djibouti aim to strengthen relations at the strategic level
The agreement aims to open new horizons for cooperation in various fields between the two countries
- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is set to travel to Tehran on Friday for a surprise visit that...
Josep Borrel is due to meet Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials.
News of his previously unannounced visit comes after Amir-Abdollahian said last week that Iran still believed the negotiations could succeed.
- Iran said Thursday that it remains "serious" about reaching a revived nuclear deal with major powers that end economic sanctions...
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his country was serious about reaching a lasting agreement and called for similar realism from the US side
Russia was a party to the original 2015 deal the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA that gave Iran relief from international sanctions in return for UN-monitored limits
- The world body said it will broker new talks between rival institutions from war-torn Libya next week to try to break...
The world body said it will broker new talks between rival institutions from war-torn Libya next week to try to break a deadlock on the rules for long-awaited elections
Presidential and parliamentary elections, originally set for December last year, were meant to cap an UN-led peace process following the end of violence in 2020
- Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, an ex-senior figure in the Ennahdha party which is the...
The arrest comes with Saied's opponents fearing a slide back to the authoritarianism seen under long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Jebali led the Tunisian government from December 2011, a year after the start of the country's revolution, until his resignation in early 2013
- Many governments refuse to acknowledge that they ordered any interference in communications, and sometimes put pressure on telecommunications companies to...
The UN said "the dramatic real-life effects of shutdowns on the lives and human rights of millions of people are vastly underappreciated".
The #KeepItOn coalition, which monitors shutdown episodes across the world, documented 931 internet shutdowns between 2016 and 2021.
- Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, has said UAE is keen to enhance efforts...
Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri was speaking at the 32nd Meeting of the GCC Agricultural Cooperation Committee.
Participants at the meeting also discussed nontariff barriers and the GCC’s cooperation with Jordan and Morocco.
- The 66-year-old billionaire, who had been widely expected to keep his job, secured 54 votes during parliamentary consultations, giving him...
President Michel Aoun asked him to form a new government, a task analysts fear could take weeks, if not months, despite the economic emergency facing the country.
His nearest rival for the post of prime minister-designate was former ambassador to the United Nations Nawaf Salam, who only received 25 votes.
- The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for...
IMF's regional chief Jihad Azour has said Tunisia "needs to urgently tackle its fiscal imbalances", replace generalized subsidies with transfers targeting the poor.
But Noureddine Taboubi, head of powerful UGTT trade union confederation, rejected "the painful options they're talking about".





















