Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to bring home the captives from Gaza. Calls for a Gaza ceasefire are growing louder in Israel. Three-quarters of a million people came out in major cities on Saturday, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a deal to bring home the…
Petition by ex-antiquities minister asks for the return of the bust, saying it was removed from Egypt illegally in early 1900s. Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin. Nefertiti’s…
The Algerian leader, who is backed by the country’s army, secures 94.7 percent of the votes, authorities say. Algeria’s incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, has been re-elected to the position with an emphatic vote, says the country’s electoral authority. “Of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid…
Is there an attempt to chill debate on Palestine and Israel on both sides of the Atlantic? The United States, and the West in general, are in a “dire period” of repression of speech on Palestinian freedom or criticism of Israel, argues Dima Khalidi, founder of Palestine Legal. Khalidi tells…
Abdallah Bou Habib discusses rising tensions along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel as fears of a regional war grow. Lebanon is grappling with rising tensions along its southern border with Israel, sparking fears of a broader regional war. The ongoing war on Gaza, now in its 11th month, has further…
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets on Saturday in a new wave of protests to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a deal with Hamas to free captives held in Gaza. An estimated 750,000 people hit the streets across Israel, including Tel Aviv and Haifa,…
The Houthis have not released footage for the latest attack, but have shown downing US drones with missiles before. The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen, in the latest attack by the group, which has disrupted shipping trade through the crucial Bab…
Standing outside her home in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, Saja Bawaqneh found herself in a familiar spot – the same one where her father had been shot and killed by Israeli forces a few years earlier. This time, she was waiting for an Israeli army officer to…
The president is expected to win five more years in the vote with no surprises anticipated. Voting has closed in Algeria’s presidential election in a poll where the incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is tipped to stay on for a second term. Voting began at 8am (07:00 GMT) and was scheduled be…
At least 61 people have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza in the last two days as Israel’s war on the besieged enclave enters its 12 month with little sign of respite for the Palestinian territory. Israeli air raids killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday, hospital…
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