Israel urges UN to drop probes on Palestinian territories
Israel has called on the UN Human Rights Council to end a commission which investigates rights breaches in the Palestinian...
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Renaming of Tehran street signals warming Egypt-Iran relations
Egypt-Iran relations seem to be improving as Tehran has decided to rename a street which previously honoured the assassin of...
594 killed in Syria’s provinces as clashes escalate
Clashes in Syria’s Sweida province have left at least 594 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights....
Bahrain to invest $17bn in US, eyes nuclear partnership
Bahrain’s Crown Prince declared on July 16th plans to invest over $17 billion in the US during talks with President...
Iraq inks deal with Kurds on oil exports and salaries
Iraq’s cabinet on July 17th struck a long-awaited crude oil deal with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, which would restore their...
UN: Displacement in occupied West Bank biggest since 1967
The United Nations has said that displacement in the occupied West Bank has reached record-levels not seen since Israel began...
Lebanon: Central bank bans deals with Hezbollah’s finance wing
The central bank of Lebanon issued an order on July 15th, prohibiting financial institutions from working with entities that are...
Israel: Minister urges for assassination of Syria’s al-Sharaa
The Minister for Diaspora Affairs in Israel, Amichai Chikli, has urged for Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa to be assassinated, claiming...
Israel’s assault on Syria denounced by GCC
Israel's attacks on the presidential palace and defence ministry of Syria have been denounced by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
Syrian forces retreat from the south, amid Israeli threat
Syria’s government officials and leaders in the Druze minority declared a ceasefire on July 16th, following sectarian clashes which prompted...
Israel to increase defence spending to address security threats
Israel will raise its defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) this year and in 2026, the finance and...
Egypt launches diplomatic talks to ease tensions in Middle East
Egypt has launched intensive diplomatic talks to de-escalate tensions amid the spiralling crisis in the Middle East, according to Middle...
ICC turns down Israel’s bid to drop Netanyahu’s arrest warrant
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have turned down Israel’s attempt to overturn arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin...
Iran intercepts ship suspected of smuggling fuel
Iran seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf of Oman, suspected of smuggling two million litres of fuel, according to...
There is no rush to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, Trump says
US President Donald Trump on July 15th stated he is in “no rush” to strike a nuclear deal with Iran,...
