Hamas to stick on truce conditions amid renewed Cairo talks
"The demands ... are complete ceasefire, withdrawal of the occupation forces from Gaza, the return of the displaced to their...Geostrategy
UN chief troubled by reports Israel using AI to identify Gaza targets
According to a report in magazine +972, Israel has used AI to identify targets in Gaza -- in some cases...Geostrategy
Murder of city official fuels anger over Iraq impunity
Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most...Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, was shot dead
He was on foot supervising a survey of unauthorised construction in Karbala when his killer pulled out a gun and shot him at close range
Israeli foreign minister arrives in Morocco
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to meet on Wednesday with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, and open a diplomatic...Yair Lapid is expected to meet with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita
Israel and Morocco normalized ties last year after then US president Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s contested sovereignty in Western Sahara
Only serious reforms will get Lebanon foreign aid: Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Cabinet, however, reiterated its solidarity with the country whose people are looking at a deepening economic crisis.Lebanon’s economic crisis has been described by the World Bank as one of the 10 worst of its kind since the mid-1800s
The World Bank also said the crisis has the potential to be among the top 3 of all time
UAE sends 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Comoros
An aircraft loaded with the supplies, which also included 600,000 injection needles, left the UAE for Comoros on Tuesday.With a population of nearly 890,000, Comoros has seen 4,031 cases of Covid-19 infection
A total of 147 of these infections resulted in death, most of them in January-February this year
Facebook bins anti-vaccine campaign
Influencers who caught onto the sham turned out to be the undoing of a deceitful influence campaign orchestrated by marketing...The company said it removed 65 Facebook accounts in July and 243 accounts at Instagram that were linked to the campaign.
Anti-vaccine campaign targeted primarily India and Latin America, but also took aim at the United States.
MENA connectedness ranking rising: Survey
The UAE is the highest ranked in the region, and the fourth country globally, in terms of overall global connectedness.Ranks third among the world’s seven regions and is well above the global average.
UAE is the highest ranked in the region, and the fourth country globally, in terms of overall global connectedness.
Lebanon migrant workers need ‘urgent’ help
78 percent of the country's population lives in poverty, higher than last year's figure of 55 percent.78 percent of the country's population lives in poverty, higher than last year's figure of 55 percent.
Many migrant workers want to leave but they have no means to do, says UN.
CIA chief visits Israel amid Iran tensions
A spokesman for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave no details of the agenda for the CIA chief's talks in IsraelA spokesman for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave no details of the agenda for the CIA chief's talks in Israel
But the Walla News website said he would discuss Iran's nuclear programme
Trial over Iran 1988 mass murder begins in Sweden
Swedish court officials believe Tuesday's case is the first of its kind against someone accused over the killings.Hamid Noury, 60, is accused by Swedish prosecutors of "intentionally taking the life of a very large number of prisoners sympathetic to or belonging to the People's Mujahedin
Swedish court officials believe Tuesday's case is the first of its kind against someone accused over the killings
Between the Holocaust and Israel: the Jews jailed on Cyprus
Between August 1946 and February 1949, more than 52,000 Jews taken off 39 boats were detained in a dozen camps...Between August 1946 and February 1949, more than 52,000 Jews taken off 39 boats were detained in a dozen camps in Cyprus
The British wanted the cramped camps to be a "deterrent" aimed at "breaking the power of the 'Hebrew resistance movement' in Palestine"
