Ex-Mossad chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor to drop Israel investigation – report
Former head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen, reportedly pressured former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to close the investigation of Israeli war crimes, The…
Category: Middle East
IDF tanks roll into central Rafah in unprecedented thrust into city
Several Israeli tanks have reportedly reached Rafah city center on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told Reuters. The tanks were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a central…
Israeli forces press Rafah offensive despite global outcry
Israel pounded Rafah with airstrikes and tank fire on Tuesday, pressing its offensive in Gaza’s southern city despite international condemnation of an attack…
Israeli strikes kill 42 in Syria’s Aleppo province
BEIRUT: A war monitor said Israeli air strikes Friday on Syria’s Aleppo province killed at least 42 including 36 Syrian soldiers, the deadliest…
Israel’s Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top…
US condemns Israeli settlers’ killing of Palestinian as terrorism
The US State Department has condemned as terrorism the killing of a Palestinian by suspected Jewish settlers, in sharpened language that appeared to…
Iran opens registration for candidates in next year’s parliament election, the first since protests
DUBAI: Iran on Monday began registering candidates for parliamentary elections in March, which will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country…
Tunisia train derailment kills two, injures 34 Tunisia train derailment kills two, injures 34
DUBAI: Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in eastern Tunisia on…
Fighting resumes in Sudan’s capital as three-day cease-fire expires
DUBAI: Clashes broke out in several parts of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday as a 72-hour cease-fire — which saw several reports of violations…