Lebanon’s MPs fail to elect new president in voting ‘farce’
.Speaker calls another vote on Oct. 20 amid warnings of ‘presidential vacuum’ .Thursday’s session was adjourned due to lack of quorum and agreement…
Category: Middle East
‘Look At Us’: Film festival turns spotlight on Palestinians’ plight
.Annual event will see 43 productions screened in Gaza Strip, West Bank .Organizer says he hopes to ‘remind the world of our suffering’…
Iranian doctors accuse medical officials of covering up cause of Amini’s death
.Amini died on September 16, three days after being arrested by morality police in Tehran .At least 201 people, including 23 children, have…
2 Palestinians killed in Israeli West Bank raid: Palestinian ministry
Two Palestinians were killed Friday during an Israeli raid in the flashpoint city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health…
Japan lauds agreement between Israel and Lebanon on maritime boundary
.Japan hopes for ‘constructive engagement of the parties concerned toward its finalization and implementation’ Japan praised Lebanon and Israel after they reached a…
Iran-backed Houthis deliberately blocking Yemen peace process: Minister
.The group is deliberately blocking the peace process with the intention to bring Yemen back to a state of war, BinMubarak says The…
Israeli police, Palestinians clash in east Jerusalem
.Police said they arrested 23 people following the confrontations, half of them minors .The uptick in violence in the flashpoint city comes amid…
Iraqi military says 9 rockets target Green Zone amid crisis
.At least five people were wounded in the attack — three were civilians and two were military personnel At least nine rockets targeted…
Raisi accuses US of seeking to destabilize Iran
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday accused the United States of resorting to a “policy of destabilization” against the Islamic republic which is…