The judge criticized the police, saying that there was no justification for the arrest of Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian over her remarks about October 7. Police argued that she 'uses conspiracies to advance measures against Israel'
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Card after card is being lost in the negotiations with Hamas – as the violent escalation in the West Bank gets out of hand ■ After the Gaza war, the Israeli army will have to attend to its munitions shortage and beef up its reservist units as Hezbollah might attempt a
Palestinian officials said Friday Israeli troops killed a teenager and an adult in the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli army said it killed a "number of terrorists" in a raid. Since early last year violence has flared across the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since
After years of high-level US pressure on its ally to show restraint, Israel's purported attack on Iran takes the region and Western-led diplomacy into uncharted territory. Iran and Israel have long waged a shadow war, marked by assassinations of Tehran's nuclear scientists and
Iranian officials appeared uninterested in entering into a fresh round of escalation with Israel and soft-pedaled on the severity of the Isfahan attack, which, in their view, did not invite reciprocation.
French authorities on Friday detained a man after receiving an alert from the Iranian consulate in Paris that someone had entered carrying an explosive.
Limited Israeli strikes and a muted Iranian response suggest the dangerous tit-for-tat retaliation between the two foes may be over, at least for now.
An international humanitarian relief effort in the form of a Freedom Flotilla Coalition was getting ready Friday to leave the western Turkish port of Tuzla and bring much-needed relief to residents of war-torn Gaza. At least three vessels carrying some 5,000 tons of food,
Oil prices briefly surged and stock markets slid Friday on reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran.
If the vote had passed it would have paved the way for Palestinian UN member status, bringing the occupied territory a step closer to independence.
Israel's long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran.
Several diplomats say their countries held talks with Israel in recent days about their strike on Iran, in an attempt to prevent a flare-up. One diplomat said that danger is not behind us, 'but there is room for cautious optimism'
TNA meets activists from Freedom Flotilla Coalition on the Akdeniz ship seeking to break the Israeli siege on Gaza, hoping to bring relief to its people
Israel struck air base near Iranian city of Isfahan, international media reports ■ Senior Iranian officials say strike caused no damage, no immediate retaliation is planned, state media reports ■ U.S., EU sanction far-right Israeli activists and NGOs ■ Ratings agency S&P Global
Israeli police arrested Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian at her home in Jerusalem based on accusations of inciting violence, terrorism and racism.
When record downpours sent water flooding into his Dubai home, Riaz Haq expected the levels to drop once it stopped raining. But instead of falling, the water kept rising higher. "We went to bed, the water was half-a-metre (half-a-yard)," the British lawyer said, recalling
Despite Friday's announcement of explosions in central Iran, many people appeared unfazed and planned rallies in the capital supporting last weekend's unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel still went ahead. "We're going to the park to play board games. Everything is just like
Ontario has banned the keffiyeh from being worn in its state legislature, alleging that the scarves are a ‘political statement’.
Modi is widely expected to resoundingly win this year's national elections in India, which began on Friday and continues in phases until June 1.
Three Filipino workers have been reported dead in the UAE and 20 in neighbouring country Oman, as the storm pounded the Gulf region in recent days.
Located in Europe's last divided city, a bookshop in Nicosia, Cyprus, has been weathering volatility since its inception in 1937.
The wife of four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome has gone on a social media tirade against Palestinians and Muslims.
The European Union and the United States have published new lists of radical Israeli individuals and groups to be sanctioned.
He might be 80 but Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist who has spent five decades chronicling the world around us, is not ready to hang up his camera yet. Salgado, known in particular for his work in the Amazon, insists there is still a need to "raise awareness"
Gazans in the besieged southern city of Rafah told AFP they believed Israel's reported strike against Iran on Friday was little more than a show -- and called for peace in the region. "As everybody knows, this is all staged and agreed upon in advance from both sides," resident
Activists have been demonstrating outside London's Science Museum urging it to drop its sponsor Adani Group, which has ties to Israeli weapons manufacturing.
Israel is yet to comment on the drone attacks over Iran's Isfahan province while Iranian officials have emphasised the lack of damage from the incursion
French authorities on Friday detained a man after receiving an alert from the Iranian consulate in Paris that someone had entered carrying an explosive, the capital's police authority said. "The man has exited the consulate and is being" interrogated by police, it said. A
This week we look at the Iranian attack on Israel, the most recent violent rampage of settlers in the West Bank, and the heavy flooding across the Gulf.
An Israeli missile attack targeted air defence positions in Syria's southern region, according to Syrian state media.
The case against Govrin dates back to 2022 when allegations of exploiting Moroccan women working at the Rabat office were leaked to the media.
Arab states have responded to an Israeli attack on Iran, a week after Tehran launched its own missile and drone strikes on Israel.
The motivation of the unidentified man remains unclear.
Israel's lackluster strike on Isfahan is at most a temporary measure, a place-holder. And it was ordered by Netanyahu, who made a career out of talking up the Iranian threat but when the moment of truth came, he had nothing to say or offer
Amid the devastating floods that have paralyzed the UAE, Emirates suspending check-in for travellers with onward connections through Dubai Friday.
Rain lashed the Gulf this week, causing football games being postponed, but the U-23 Asian Cup went ahead as planned in Qatar.
The limited nature of Israel's reported strike on Iran and the restrained immediate Iranian reaction shows both sides, in particular Tehran, are looking to de-escalate after weeks of tensions but the situation remains dangerously explosive, analysts say. There have been fears
According to reports, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority have already accepted the fact that Israel will enter Rafah, and have begun preparations for absorbing the displaced and managing civil affairs
Isra Hirsi said on X she has been suspended from Barnard College for 'standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide'.
Israel's very limited, calculated attack on Iran perhaps signals that Israel opted to avoid escalating regional tensions.
Weighing in on Tunisia's authoritarian slide under Kais Saied, Yusra Ghannouchi reflects on the first anniversary of her father Rached Ghannouchi's arrest.
After days of threats, Israel carried out an assault on Iranian soil early on Friday morning with Iranian media reporting a drone infiltration above Isfahan.
Iran's attack a week ago gave Israel a chance to return to the Western world's good graces; will Israeli restraint prove prudent? ■ It's becoming clear: The hostages won't return before the war ends ■ Gantz keeps going with Netanyahu ■ Not-so-instant karma strikes far-rightist
Leaders of European nations warned against further escalating the situation in the Middle East ■ Oman condemned Israel, Turkey said world should concentrate on 'stopping the massacre in Gaza'
The opening of a KFC branch in Algeria was already controversial because the North African country has traditionally opposed Western food chains.
Egypt's inaction over Israeli crimes in Gaza has fuelled accusations of complicity, writes Emad Moussa. But how has Egypt's stance changed through time?
The New Arab speaks to Jordanians to hear their views after their government assisted in downing Iranian drones and missiles heading for Israel.