Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Biden declares ‘America is back’ as he announces major foreign policy shifts

By CNN,

President Joe Biden announced "America is back" on Thursday and declared that "diplomacy is back at the center" of US foreign policy as he said the US...

Joe Biden

Turkey says history will not forgive UAE for Israel deal

By Reuters,

Turkey said on Friday that history will not forget and never forgive the “hypocritical behaviour” of the United Arab Emirates in agreeing a deal w...

Israel , Turkey , UAE

Israel and UAE reach historic deal

By Robert Maina,

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that res...

Israel , UAE

He was an athlete in the best shape of his life. Then Covid-19 nearly killed him

By Tonny Ndungu,

When Ahmad Ayyad woke up, he was delirious. He didn't realize where he was, why there was a tube down his throat, or how long it had been since he las...

coronavirus

Ramadan prayers banned at Jerusalem mosque due to coronavirus

By Reuters,

Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemi...

Ramadan

At least 40 killed, over 200 injured at Iranian commander Soleimani’s funeral

By Reuters,

Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain Iranian military commander in his hometown on Tuesday...

Huge crowds in Iran for Soleimani funeral as new commander promises revenge

By Reuters,

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians thronged Tehran’s streets on Monday for the funeral of military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a U.S. drone...

Donald Trump , Iran , Qassem Soleimani

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)

Trump says new sanctions on Iran to start Monday, dials back rhetoric

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy...

angela merkel , Donald Trump , Iran , Mike Pompeo , sanctions , United States

Former Egyptian President Morsi Dies in Court

By VOA,

Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected head of state who was later ousted from power, collapsed and died d...

Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood , Ousted Mohamed Morsi

Palestinian shot dead by police after stabbing two Israelis in Jerusalem

By Reuters,

A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem on Friday, wounding one of them critically, before being shot dead by police, an Israeli police spokes...

israeli , Jerusalem , Palestinian , Ramadan , stab

Israel’s Netanyahu to ask for more time to form government: spokesman

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Israel’s president for more time to form a new government, a spokesman said on Saturday. In office for...

Benjamin Netanyahu , Israel

Israel kills Hamas commander in first targeted strike in years

By Reuters,

Israel killed a Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in what the military described as a targeted strike and Palestinians said was the first su...

gaza strip , Hamas commander , Hamed Ahmed Abed Khudri

U.S. may review ties with countries deemed anti-Israel: envoy

By Reuters,

The United States may review its ties with countries it deems as being anti-Israel after what a U.S. envoy said on Sunday was a shift in policy toward...

Mike Pompeo , President Donald Trump , State Department , United States

Israeli killed and two Palestinian gunmen dead as Gaza violence persists

By Reuters,

A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday and two Palestinian gunmen were killed in an Israeli strike as cross-border hostilities ...

Gaza , israeli , Rocket

Gaza militants fire rockets at Israel, prompting airstrikes

By Reuters,

Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel Saturday, and an Israeli airstrike killed one Palestinian as hostilities flared across the border f...

Gaza , Israel

Israel frees two prisoners to Syria after Russian mediation

By Reuters,

Israel released two prisoners on Sunday, sending them back to Syria in what Damascus described as Russian-mediated reciprocation for the repatriation ...

Israel

Israeli soldiers shoot blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian as he tried to flee

By CNN,

Israeli soldiers shot a blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of taking part in disturbances as he tried to ...

Israel Defense Forces , Israeli soldiers , Osama al-Badan

PM Benjamin Netanyahu faces tough Israeli election

By VOA,

Israelis are voting Tuesday in parliamentary elections with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decade-long hold on power at stake as he faces a tough...

Benjamin Netanyahu