Lebanon votes in first election since Beirut blast, economic crisis

Lebanon votes in first election since Beirut blast, economic crisis

Issued on: 15/05/2022 – 07:05Modified: 15/05/2022 – 07:08 Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first election since the deadly Beirut port blast and the country’s economic collapse, making it a test of whether Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amid soaring poverty and public anger. The parliamentary election is a first

Palestinian militant group claims responsibility for killing Al-Aqsa mosque guard

Palestinian militant group claims responsibility for killing Al-Aqsa mosque guard

Issued on: 30/04/2022 – 11:53Modified: 30/04/2022 – 11:56 Israeli security forces reinforced their presence in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and made arrests after the killing of a guard at a Jewish settlement.  The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, one of the main militant groups present in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the murder which

Lebanese youths seek a brighter future abroad amid economic, political crises

Lebanese youths seek a brighter future abroad amid economic, political crises

Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 08:35 Almost three years into Lebanon’s trifecta of economic, social and political crises, Lebanese youths are desperate to move abroad. For them, leaving the country means finding better opportunities for the future. Studies show that this belief is on the rise among youth – and this, in turn, is expected to

Residents left in dire straits after Saudi govt bulldozes poor Jeddah neighbourhoods

Residents left in dire straits after Saudi govt bulldozes poor Jeddah neighbourhoods

Issued on: 20/04/2022 – 18:38 Over the past three months, the Saudi government has launched a massive demolition campaign targeting dozens of poor neighbourhoods in Jeddah, to make way for an urban development project. With very little time to leave and no compensation, hundreds of thousands of people are now in dire straits, with no

Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock

Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock

Issued on: 19/04/2022 – 11:08 Six months on from elections that failed to deliver a new president or prime minister, Iraq remains in a state of complete political deadlock. A dispute between the two largest political blocs has led to a boycott of parliament, meaning quorum cannot be reached. Ordinary Iraqis are feeling the economic consequences of this

Israel hits Gaza after rocket attack as Jerusalem tensions escalate

Israel hits Gaza after rocket attack as Jerusalem tensions escalate

Issued on: 19/04/2022 – 03:38 Israel carried out its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip in months early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave as tensions soar after a weekend of violence around a Jerusalem holy site. Warning sirens sounded in southern Israel Monday night after the rocket was

Israel intercepts rocket fired from Gaza as tensions soar

Israel intercepts rocket fired from Gaza as tensions soar

Issued on: 18/04/2022 – 20:53 Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel for the first time in months on Monday, in a potentially major escalation after clashes at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem and a wave of attacks and military raids elsewhere.  Israel said it intercepted the rocket, and there were no immediate

Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian during military operations in West Bank

Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian during military operations in West Bank

Issued on: 13/04/2022 – 10:12 Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian in the city of Nablus on the fifth day of military operations in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Wednesday. “The young man, Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Assaf, 34, died after being shot in the chest by the Israeli occupation army during

Afghan women rip down banners when Taliban refuse to talk about education

Afghan women rip down banners when Taliban refuse to talk about education

Issued on: 06/04/2022 – 18:27 They went to the meeting hoping to talk to the Taliban about Afghan women’s right to education. Around 400 women and girls, many of them of high-school and university age, showed up on April 1 at a sports hall in the central city of Bamiyan for what they had been

Israeli lawmaker quits, threatening Bennett’s fragile hold on parliament

Israeli lawmaker quits, threatening Bennett's fragile hold on parliament

Issued on: 06/04/2022 – 10:15 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his razor-thin parliamentary majority on Wednesday after a lawmaker from his nationalist party quit, leaving his government with a more precarious grip on power but in no immediate danger of collapse.  The walkout by Idit Silman, a step she said she took on ideological

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