Hamas armed wing says fired ‘large rocket barrage’ at Tel Aviv
Rocket sirens blared in Tel Aviv for the first time in months, with an AFP correspondent reported hearing at least...Geostrategy
Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian state
The announcement is the second diplomatic blow this week after the International Criminal Court prosecutor said he would seek arrest...Geostrategy
Erdogan: Turkey will ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN...Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
Turkey in April 2016 signed the landmark agreement on limiting the dangerous emissions that contribute to global warming
Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government
Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration...Dbeibah's transitional administration took office in February with a mandate to guide the country to elections on Dec 24.
Speaker Aguila Saleh earlier this month ratified an electoral law seen as bypassing due process and favoring eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Canada elects PM Trudeau for third term
The 49-year-old Trudeau won the election, but did not get simple majority, which could make things difficult for him, just...The elections were tough for Trudeau, despite his conservative opponent being a relative newcomer to the arena
Trudeau had called snap elections, hoping to sail through thanks to his handling of the Covid-19 threat in Canada
US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
Tunisian president Saied promises to name a PM
On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecutionOn July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
He has since renewed the measures for a second 30-day period, and has not responded to calls for a roadmap for lifting them
Asian markets stabilize but Evergrande fears linger
The battle in Washington to raise the US debt limit was also fuelling concern that the government could miss payments...Dubai led declines among stock markets in the Gulf on Monday, as its main share index fell 1.2 percent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which plunged more than three percent Monday, edged up 0.2 percent.
Lebanese parliament approves new government
Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration...Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration card programme to protect the poorest
Billionaire Mikati was designated as premier in July after his two predecessors failed to form a government
France to host international conference ahead of Libya elections
The ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who...France is asking for the elections to be held and for the "departure of foreign forces and mercenaries
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush has not rule out postponing the elections
‘Apathy and despair’ as Iraq looks to October election
The polls were initially scheduled for 2022, but moved forward to June this year, then postponed to October.Respondents have said only the candidates’ faces are newer while the political ideals are unchanged
Issues like constant power cuts and non-upgradation of infrastructure are also weighing on voters’ minds
Morocco party alleges violations at polls
Moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party said it would swtich to the 'natural' position as opposition.The party, which was thrashed in recent elections, said a 'massive use of money' and 'manipulation of reports' led to 'results that do not reflect country's political map.
Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit has said the voting process took “under normal circumstances” apart from isolated incidents.
