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January 9, 2023

Netanyahu supports controversial judicial overhaul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported a controversial judicial overhaul that was described by his predecessor, Yair Lapid, as an attempt to undermine Israel’s judicial system. “The justice...

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January 9, 2023

B’Tselem: Last year, Israel killed largest number of Palestinians in West Bank since 2004

In 2022, Israeli occupation forces killed the largest number of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2004, Israeli rights group B’Tselem said yesterday. Some 146 Palestinians were killed...

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January 9, 2023

Cargo ship runs aground in the Suez Canal

A cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal today and was later freed by three tugboats. The MV Glory was carrying over 65,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine...

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January 9, 2023

Israel praises UAE inclusion of Holocaust in school curricula

Israel yesterday praised the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s decision to include studies on the Holocaust in the secondary school curriculum, describing the move as “historic”. “In a historic decision, the UAE...

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January 9, 2023

Israel: Ben-Gvir orders probe into celebration of prisoner’s release

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has ordered Police Chief Kobi Shabtai to investigate the celebrations held in honour of the release of Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis. Younis...

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January 9, 2023

Tunisia: president’s supporters accused of attempting to control phosphate industry

The announcement by Tunisia’s minister of social affairs that a company has been established to transport phosphates in the country has sparked accusations that supporters of President Kais Saied...

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January 9, 2023

PLO official: Israel has 1 week to stop punitive measures against PA

A member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Azzam Al-Ahmad, said Israel has one week to stop its punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority officials...

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January 9, 2023

Qatar sees increase in foreign reserves

Qatar Central Bank’s international reserves and foreign currencies liquidity increased by 9.6 per cent in December 2022 on a year on year basis, Anadolu news agency has reported. The...

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January 9, 2023

Israel: senior officer slams plan to modernise army

A senior Israeli army officer has criticised the plan of outgoing Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi to transform the Israeli armed forces into a “deadly, effective and innovative army”,...

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January 9, 2023

4 bodies found after building collapses in southern Egypt

Rescue units in Egypt yesterday recovered four bodies following the collapse of a five-storey house in the Assiut Governorate in the south of the country, rescue teams continue to...

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