Israel
Politics

Israel’s situation worsens as Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a judicial compromise

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promptly rejected a compromise proposal on Wednesday that was intended to end the impasse over his ambitions to reform the

Algeria
Politics

EU wants to have stronger energy relations with Algeria

The European Union’s foreign policy leader Josep Borrell on Monday during a visit to Algeria called for increased energy cooperation with Africa’s top gas exporter

Israel
Politics

Israeli friends of Netanyahu push on with law reform

The Israeli parliament on Monday adopted a bill that would make it harder to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the corruption charges against him,

Syria
Politics

Syria’s diplomatic relations to be restored by Tunisia’s Saied

The latest indication that full diplomatic contacts with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad may be about to resume is the Friday statement by

Israel
Politics

Netanyahu flown to airport after demonstrators block road

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to drive to the nation’s primary international airport on Thursday for a trip abroad and had to be

Turkey
Politics

Turkey: Women in Istanbul defy ban on protests, get tear-gassed

Thousands of women defied a ban on protests on International Women’s Day, 8 March, and rallied in Istanbul, a major city in Turkey, before police

Lebanon
Politics

Captagon tablets found in sunflower seeds with prisoner in Lebanon

An attempt to smuggle drugs disguised as sunflower seeds into a prison in the country’s north was thwarted by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces. Officials announced

Iran
Politics

Future negotiations will determine how much Iran will give to the IAEA: Grossi

Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear inspector, acknowledged on Monday that Iran’s concessions to him during his visit to Tehran over the weekend

palastine
Politics

Palestinians nervously observing Israeli anti-Netanyahu demonstrations

The increase of the furious mass demonstrations by Israelis is being closely watched by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories. As the government moves

Tunisia
Politics

Tunisia forbids opposition protests due to “plots”

Authorities in Tunisia announced on Thursday that they had forbade a demonstration by the main coalition of the country’s opposition, claiming that prominent members are