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Mauritania, on Tuesday, denied participation in an environmental training program hosted by Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. On Sunday, Israeli television channel, i24News, said Mauritania was among participants in a training program hosted by Israel to help African countries deal with desertification in the Sahara region. "Among the prominent...

British multinational oil and gas firm, BP plc, and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc) on Tuesday announced a joint bid to buy 50 per cent of Israel's NewMed Energy in a deal valued at about $2 billion, the Times of Israel reports. According to the report, the two...

A 27-year-old worker at a Madrid hotel hosting the Morocco team was arrested for an alleged hate crime after posting derogatory comments on Islam and racist slurs against the players on social media, Spanish police and the hotel said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Local police told Reuters the employee,...

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We all witnessed the great performance and deserved victory of the Moroccan team against the Brazilian team, which has won five World Cup trophies. The Moroccan win comes on the back of its excellent performance at the Qatar World Cup 2022 where it came fourth, making it the best...

As a child growing up in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasser, a shanty town also known as "Garbage City", Teresa Saeed spent her free time rummaging through the piles of rubbish strewn everywhere to find paper and materials to indulge her love of drawing and painting, Reuters reports. Now 34, she...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be invited to the White House soon, US Ambassador to Tel Aviv Tom Nides, has claimed. Speaking to Israel's Army Radio this morning, Nides said it could happen after the Jewish Passover holiday in early April. "I assume after Passover, obviously; no date...

Israeli authorities demolished 953 Palestinian structures in the Occupied West Bank last year, according to the European Union on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "In 2022, a total of 953 structures were demolished or seized throughout the West Bank, including Jerusalem," the EU Representative Office for the Palestinians said...

The Palestinian Latin Forum has participated in the second conference of the Palestinian National Union (UPAL) held recently in Barranquilla, Colombia. The conference lasted for three days and was attended by Palestinian and foreign delegations from various countries across Latin America, including Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia and...

The Israeli Defence Chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brought the country's political crisis to a climax is remaining in office until further notice, aides said on Tuesday, suggesting government indecision on how to proceed, Reuters reports. Beset by unprecedented nationwide protests at his nationalist-religious coalition's signature...

A Moroccan theatrical performer has set himself on fire in front of the Ministry of Culture building in the capital, Rabat, after he was forced into retirement, Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement, the Moroccan Ministry of Youth and Culture said it regretted the "tragic incident" and expressed its "full solidarity" with...

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The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to advance legislation to repeal two decades-old authorisations for past wars in Iraq, as Congress pushed to reassert its role over deciding whether to send troops into combat, Reuters reports. The vote was 65 to 28 to limit debate on the measure,...

The Israeli occupation authorities today posted a demolition order for a mosque in the south Hebron Hills area, Wafa has reported. According to Rateb Jabour of the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committees in Masafer Yatta, Palestinians living in the neighbourhood of Khashm Al-Daraj have to demolish the mosque but...

A group of British Jews have taken part in a rare interfaith initiative in Saudi Arabia where they were allowed to enter and plant palm trees in the sacred city of Madinah, the second holiest site in Islam after Makkah. According to the Jewish Chronicle (JC), the event, said...

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda" about the 1994 genocide, has arrived in Qatar after being released from prison in Rwanda last week, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Rusesabagina, a US permanent resident, was sentenced...

The Egyptian military court of appeals has upheld the life sentences and hard labour for 254 Egyptians and commuted the sentences of 24 who have been accused of joining the terror groups Hasm and Lewa El Thawra. The ruling means that their sentences can no longer be appealed, according...

The improved bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran will "strengthen regional solidarity", China's President Xi Jinping told Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The recent successful dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Beijing helped improve bilateral relations between the two...

Egypt plans to offer tourists a multi-entry, five-year visa for $700 in a bid to boost tourism, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities has announced. According to a report in Anadolu, Ahmed Issa told reporters on Monday that further moves have been approved to encourage foreign tourism. They include...

Last month, Israel's National Security Minister, the far-right extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, sought to facilitate the process for Israeli civilians to obtain firearms, citing a rise in applications since 2022 and the recent rise in Palestinian anti-colonial resistance against state and settler terror. "We have the duty to speed up...

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The number of divorces in the Sultanate of Oman is on the rise, an official at the Office of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate has revealed. Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Nasser Al-Sawafi pointed out that a majority of divorces happen for "trivial reasons". According to Al-Shabiba newspaper on Monday,...

The Arabic language edition of France-based Euronews has drawn ridicule on social media after a post on the news network's Facebook account mistakenly used an image of US Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf to announce the historic election of Scotland's Humza Yousaf as the new leader of the Scottish National...

Israel's embassies and consulates around the world yesterday joined a general strike intended to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend his government's plan to overhaul the judicial system, Israel's national trade union Histadrut announced. "The activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country and abroad will...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian yesterday praised the role played by Doha in the negotiations for a nuclear agreement and the prisoner exchange file with the US. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Abdollahian said: "Qatar is always moving in the right direction and has played a role in the...

The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said on Monday that his visit to Tunisia was a chance to "reaffirm our attachment to the values of democracy, inclusion and the rule of law." Gentiloni made his comment following the conclusion of his two days in Tunisia that began...

The Lebanese army yesterday received the sixth batch of Qatari financial aid aimed at supporting the army amid the crisis facing the country, Anadolu reported. A statement issued by the Lebanese army command said the aid presented by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, comes...

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Amnesty International has accused the West of double standards in its dealing with human rights abuses. The rights group makes the allegation in its Annual Report for 2022 released on Monday. "The West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine also underscored its own double standards, and its inconsequential reactions...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani yesterday reiterated the need to help Tunisia overcome the difficulties it faces and address its financial situation by securing a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so as not to leave the country in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. Italian news agency AKI quoted...

An Egyptian court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents of Warraq Island demanding that the Egyptian government compensate them for expropriating their lands. In the lawsuit, lawyer for the families Ghanem Salih Ghanem argued that the Egyptian government's decision to expropriate the properties without proper compensation or...

Confrontations have taken place between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinians as troops made a number of arrests in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem overnight. Fighting also took place in Jenin. Those arrested are accused of taking part in acts of popular resistance against the occupation forces and illegal...

A 24-year-old Algerian writer who calls herself 'The Blurred Girl' has caused a stir in Algeria and France after her books achieved a large number of sales and reads on the Internet. The Algerian writer, who writes under the pseudonym Sarah Rivens, quickly became one of the most read Algerian...

The National Salvation Front in Tunisia started a sit-in protest yesterday in solidarity with the "political" detainees held in connection with the so-called "conspiracy against state security" case, Arabi21 has reported. The leader of the Front, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, said that the protest would not end until the detainees...

Nearly 60,000 Syrians have voluntarily returned to their homeland after the February earthquakes, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said yesterday. Responding to recent reports about an influx of refugees from Syria, Akar stressed that his country's Syrian borders were "strictly protected against illegal crossings." "The allegations of illegal crossing...

The agreement to renew relations between Riyadh and Tehran was not just a matter that concerned the two countries, or which helped benefit the region; for Israel it was as important as an internal affair. Israeli political, partisan and media officials were all talking about the repercussions of such...

Few can claim to have produced a wealth of scholarship and achieved mastery over Middle Eastern history, but Roy Mottahedeh's insatiable curiosity for the past has left us with a treasure trove of works. Reading essays that he has written over the past fifty years and collected together in...

Given the slow and selective investigations of alleged war crimes in Palestine and Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court's speedy warrant to put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for alleged crimes in Ukraine begs questions about it becoming a partisan institution. Based in The Hague, the ICC is an...

Twenty years have passed since the US-led invasion of Iraq, with its harsh consequences, severe developmental setbacks and its alienation from its Arab neighbours which conspired against it, as well as its resort to the embrace of Iran. These twenty years have destroyed the civilisation of an ancient country...

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) yesterday warned that the Israeli ban on the entry of spare parts for medical equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip risks the lives of thousands of Palestinians. "A poor healthcare system, and the lack of medical supplies and equipment has led to...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the French Ambassador to Ankara, Herve Magro, to protest against the French Senate hosting members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Anadolu Agency quoted Turkish diplomatic sources as saying that the ministry expressed its "strong condemnation of hosting YPG members, and...

By his own admission, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a "fascist homophobe". This declaration, which he made on 16 January, should be enough to illustrate and emphasise the violent nature of the latest political coalition concocted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December. Although Smotrich is not the...

Pakistan yesterday strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque, expelling Muslim worshippers and violating the sanctity of "one of the holiest sites for Muslims". A statement posted on the official page of Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said: "Such reprehensible attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces, during the holy month...

Member of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad, Sami Abu Zuhri, said yesterday that Israel's expulsion of worshippers from Al-Aqsa Mosque is new proof that Israel has been waging a religious war on Palestinians. In a statement, Abu Zuhri said: "Today's raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque and expelling worshippers confirmed the Israeli...

Israel is facing "external" and "internal" threats, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevi, atold active and reserve servicemen yesterday. In a public letter, Halevi said Israel "has never known such days of external threats combined with an internal storm." While tens of thousands of Israelis were storming the streets...

Israel's Labor Party has proposed a bill to dissolve the 25th Israeli Knesset as part of efforts beingexerted to undermine the government's planned judicial overhaul, Quds Press reported yesterday. In a televised speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday declared his plan to delay the judicial overhaul in order to give a...

Israel's extremist Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich called on supporters of the right-wing government to take to the streets in support of the authorities, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. Smotrich's call came following the massive demonstrations staged throughout Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu sacked Gallant after he criticised the...

The United States will not back away from its nearly eight-year-old deployment to Syria, where it is battling the remnants of Daesh, despite attacks on US forces there last week by Iran-backed militia, the White House said on Monday, Reuters reports. A one-way attack drone struck a US base...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday announced the suspension of legislation on the planned judicial overhaul to avoid "civil war". "When there's an option to avoid civil war through dialogue, I take a time-out for dialogue,"  Netanyahu said in televised remarks. This came after 12 weeks of mass protests...