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June 29, 2020

US team discusses annexation plan with Israel officials

US President Donald Trump’s Special Middle East Envoy Avi Berkowitz yesterday began meetings with Israeli officials to discuss Tel Aviv’s plan to annex large parts of occupied Palestinian West...

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June 29, 2020

Amnesty to TripAdvisor: Remove listings in illegal settlements

As Israel prepares to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank including illegal settlements in defiance of international law, Amnesty International has called on TripAdvisor to urgently remove...

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June 29, 2020

Roads closed in Khartoum as Sudan braces for mass protests

Roads in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, leading to the General Command of the Armed Forces have been closed as a precautionary measure in response to calls by activists to...

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June 29, 2020

UK: Senior Labour lawmaker calls for ban on Israel settlement imports if annexation goes ahead

UK Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy has called for a ban on imports from illegal settlements in the West Bank if annexation goes ahead. Nandy claimed it would...

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June 29, 2020

BLM UK accused of anti-Semitism after airing support for Palestinians

Black Lives Matter UK (BLM UK) was accused of anti-Semitism by the UK’s Board of Deputies after tweeting solidarity with Palestinians as annexation looms. In a Tweet, the movement...

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June 29, 2020

Activists: Contact with Saudi political prisoners suspended for no reason

Contact with political detainees in Saudi Arabia has not been reinstated, the rights group Prisoners of Conscience said on Twitter. The group added that the specialised punitive court has...

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June 29, 2020

Lebanon: Interior Minister admits killing 2 during civil war

Lebanon’s Interior Minister, Mohamed Fahmi, has admitted he killed two men during the country’s 15-year civil war and claimed he was protected by now President, Michel Aoun, in a...

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June 29, 2020

Iran issues arrest warrant for US President Trump

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump and dozens of others for their role in the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani at the start of the...

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June 29, 2020

Turkey opens first ‘Chocolate Park’ on former rubbish dump

Turkey’s first “Chocolate Park” has opened its doors to visitors in the northern Turkish province of Ordu, on the Black Sea coast, the province’s press office reported. The amusement...

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June 29, 2020

Lebanon judge orders media ban on US envoy after attack on Hezbollah

A Lebanese judge has banned local media as well as foreign journalists working in the country from reporting comments made by the US Ambassador, starting tomorrow. Judge Mohammed Mazeh,...

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