Israel tensions ease as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul
TEL AVIV: Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial…
Category: Middle East
Israeli government in chaos as judicial reform plans draw mass protests
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defense chief…
Saudi development fund and UNDP discuss developing cooperation
RIYADH: The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development, Sultan Al-Marshad, met with Nahid Hussein, the resident representative of the UN Development Programme…
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns Israel’s decision to allow re-settlement in northern West Bank
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly condemned a decision taken by the occupying Israeli authorities to allow re-settlement in the areas of the…
10 dead in new attack by Houthis in Yemen
JEDDAH: At least 10 Yemeni government soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a renewed Houthi militia offensive in the contested central province of…
Kuwait pledges $90m to support earthquake survivors in Turkiye, Syria
NEW YORK: Kuwait has pledged $90 million to support survivors of the earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria in February. The pledge is…
Palestinians and Israelis clash at UN over Netanyahu actions
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinians and Israel clashed over the future intentions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far right-wing government at a UN Security…
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel will not revive settlements evacuated in 2005
JERUSALEM: Israel has “no intention” of reviving West Bank settlements evacuated nearly two decades ago, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…
Syria says Israel attacked Aleppo airport, no casualties
DAMASCUS: An Israeli airstrike early Wednesday targeted the international airport of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, causing material damage in the second…