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Israeli occupation forces blocked Palestinian students from attending school in the town of Tuqu, in the occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency. Mousa Al-Sha'er, head of the Tuqu municipality, said Israeli occupation forces obstructed school children from reaching classes after preventing them from taking the...

READ: 74 Palestinian prisoners killed due to medical negligence...

Sudan's ousted President, Omar Al-Bashir, admitted that he was primarily responsible for the 1989 coup, recounting the events that preceded it. Al-Bashir made his statements before a court in the capital, Khartoum, yesterday, according to the official Sudanese television station. After recounting the events in detail about the atmosphere...

The head of Libya's National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, welcomed on Tuesday evening the US decision not to reopen the agreement made in 2008 with Tripoli, according to which the issue of the bombing of an American passenger aircraft 34 years ago today over the small Scottish town...

The Houthi group called on Egypt to distance itself from the ongoing struggle for power in Yemen which has been ongoing for eight years, vowing to inflict pain on those who hurt Yemen. Commenting on Egypt's assumption of command of international missions in the Red Sea, Hussein Al-Ezzi, deputy...

Qatar has estimated that it will make $17 billion in revenue after hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar News Agency (QNA) has reported. With 1.2 million visitors and the sale of three million tickets for matches, the immediate revenue will be linked directly to visitor spending. No host...

A couple's pet dog was accidentally flown to Saudi Arabia rather than her owner's home in Nashville, Tennessee, on a British Airways (BA) flight. The five-year-old black Labrador named Bluebell had been adopted in London, England, but was to join her family on their move to the US. However...

The Free Destourian Party in Tunisia called on President Kais Saied to abolish the results of the parliamentary elections, vacate the seat of president and call for early presidential elections. The party, which lawyer Abir Moussi heads, addressed Saied saying: "You cannot deny or be ignorant that you have...

Algerian Sports Minister Abdel Razzak Sabkak announced on Tuesday that the new football stadium currently under construction near Algiers will be named after the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, Anadolu news agency has reported. Sabkak made the announcement at a press conference. The new stadium will have a...

Seventy-four a Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have died as a result of medical negligence since 1967. The first was Khalil Al-Rashaida from Bethlehem, who died in 1968 after suffering a heart attack and was not provided the necessary treatment. The latest victim, who died yesterday, was Nasser...

The World Bank has approved $1.69 billion in financing for flood relief projects in Pakistan, it said in a statement issued according to Reuters. The funds will be distributed across five projects to support rehabilitation, housing reconstruction and the restoration of crop production for vulnerable communities. "World Bank's Executive...

The Israeli-run Jerusalem Municipality has increased the 2023 budget for Judaising the holy city by NIS1 billion ($289,000), the Palestine Information Centre (PIC) reported on Tuesday. According to Israeli Hayom, the municipality's financial committee approved the development plan for 2023 to NIS 6 billion ($1,727,000), a 20 per cent...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has affirmed Egypt's categorical rejection of any foreign interference in Iraq's affairs, highlighting the need to continue joint efforts to raise the capabilities of Iraqi institutions in various fields. His remarks came at the opening session of the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and...

Iran has suggested holding a referendum on creation of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, news agencies reported yesterday. This came as Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian addressed the second round of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership held in Jordan. He also reiterated the...

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said his country does not need permission to carry out military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defence Units (YPG) in northern Syria. In remarks to the Italian Il Messaggero newspaper published yesterday, Akar said the PKK targets the security and safety of Turkish...

In a recent interview with Al-Arabiya.net, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gave further proof of his fluctuating thought patterns and lack of credibility when it comes to Palestinian political rights. While attempting a harsher tone, as in his UN General Assembly speech this year, Abbas has nothing to offer...

Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, called on Iraq to complete the demarcation of maritime borders between the two countries. Al-Sabah made the remarks at the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership held in Jordan yesterday. "The Arab countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are...

In the next few days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may announce his new coalition government. It is expected to be the most extreme government in Israeli history, after the electorate decided to turn to the far-right and elect Kahane 2.0 in the form of Itamar Ben-Gvir and place...

Hamas yesterday said that liberating prisoners from Israeli jails "is still on top of our priorities." In a statement issued by member of its political bureau abroad, Maher Salah, Hamas said: "We will never save any effort to liberate our prisoners and support families of prisoners and martyrs." Salah...

Deceased Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who died in Israeli prison, was a close aide to senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Israeli media reported yesterday. Abu Hamid died in Israeli prison yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Israeli courts rejected several appeals to release him in view of his deteriorating health....

There is, by any standard, a terrifying phenomenon to which nobody is paying much attention; not even the media is making us aware of the potentially awful consequences. This phenomenon has appeared little by little in many countries, especially in the Arab world and the so-called Third World in...

Israeli occupation forces yesterday tore down Palestinian residential structures in Wadi Juheish, southeast of southern Hebron village of Yatt, in the occupied West Bank. Coordinator of the anti-settlement committee in Hebron, Rateb Lijbour, said that Israeli occupation forces escorted a bulldozer into the area, tore down six tents belonging...

Eight Republican Senators in the US have penned a letter to the FBI and Department of Justice (DoJ) to cease their investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The eight lawmakers suggest that the probe could negatively affect US-Israel ties. "This misguided investigation into the IDF...

During a gathering held in Ramallah to honour Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who died in an Israeli prison, Palestinian groups announced the founding of the "Masked Lions". The armed group will respond to the killing of Abu Hamid, stressing on the importance of following Abu Hamid's footsteps. They also pledged...

Saudi authorities have returned the endangered oryx to the desert in the kingdom's north-western NEOM region, after a century of their absence. According to Saudi media outlets, oryx and the species of ibex, sand gazelles, and mountain gazelles were sent to the region by the Riyadh-based National Centre for...

Turkiye's foreign minister on Tuesday received local senior figures from Iraq, reports Anadolu Agency. Without giving further details, Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter he met with Regional Minister of the Kurdish Regional Government Aydin Maruf, Ezidi Leader Mir Hazim Tahsin Beg, Assyrian parliamentarian Fareed Elya and their delegation. According...

The Knesset (Israel's parliament) on Tuesday approved a controversial bill in its 1st reading to allow the upcoming national security minister to extend his powers to the police, reports Anadolu Agency. Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of the Jewish Strength Party, is set to become the national security...

A total of 547 detainees have died in the Syrian regime's detention centers in 2022, according to a UK-based human rights group on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. "The Syrian regime has registered thousands of forcibly disappeared persons as dead, including prominent activists from the popular uprising against its rule,"...

NATO on Tuesday called for resolving differences between Turkiye and Greece through diplomatic means, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking to Anadolu Agency after Greek aircraft tried to interfere in a NATO training mission over the Aegean Sea, a NATO official said that Turkiye and Greece are valuable allies and work...

The humanitarian community in South Sudan on Tuesday launched its 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, seeking $1.7 billion in funding to provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable in the country next year, reports Anadolu Agency. "The plan seeks US$1.7 billion to provide life-saving assistance and livelihood support to 6.8...

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Israel's war on Palestine is not confined to the battlefield. It is also waged in the media, nowhere more prominently than in the New York Times. Long regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record", its record on impartially reporting on Israel's brutal military occupation and takeover...

A Turkish court has today acquitted 103 retired admirals who were accused last year of agitating for a "coup" and then arrested after signing an open letter criticising government policies, Anadolu has reported. Charged with "crimes against the security of the state and the constitutional order", the admirals were...

The race is on for world domination as the superpowers vie with each other for political, economic and military hegemony. The US has been at the top of the pile since the demise of the Soviet Union more than three decades ago. Now it is facing stiff competition from...

Algeria's non-oil exports exceeded $6 billion in the period between the beginning of the year and the end of November, the highest achievement in the country's history since its independence from France in 1962, Trade Minister Kamal Rizik said yesterday. Rizik's remarks came on the sidelines of the launch...

Palestinians expressed concerns after groups of Israeli settlers stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque yesterday and lit menorahs inside its corridors to celebrate Hanukkah under the protection of occupation forces. The Director of the Hebron Endowment, Nidal Al-Jabari, said that Israeli authorities have been working on Judaising the Ibrahimi Mosque, which...

Israeli warplanes bombed targets in the vicinity of the Syrian capital, Damascus, last night, killing two soldiers, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) has reported. At least four missiles were fired from the Israeli aircraft, targeting the area around Damascus International Airport. According to Sana, one of the...

A British MP has apologised to the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) after telling the human rights activist and torture survivor to "go back to Bahrain" and accusing him of "taking money off my country". The confrontation between Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei and Conservative Party...

Students at Queen Mary University, London, have voted to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students (NUS) in response to Shaima Dallali being fired as president. Queen Mary Students' Union accused the NUS of having "contributed to the spread of anti-Palestinian racism" by firing Dallali, and described her removal...

The head of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority has said that the canal's revenues are expected to rise to $8 billion by the end of the fiscal year 2022/2023 next June. Lieutenant General Osama Rabie said on Monday that the authority made significant achievements in 2021/2022, with more than 23,000...

Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar Tech carried out its first test flight of the next-generation combat drone last week. Marketed as Turkiye's first "unmanned fighter jet", the Bayraktar Kizilelma (Golden Apple) took off from the Akicni Flight Training and Test Centre in the north-western Corlu province and flew for 18...

Palestinians across the occupied West Bank will stage a general strike to mark the death of Palestinian prisoner, Nasser Abu Hamid, who died in Israel jails as a result of medical negligence. According to Wafa news agency, the strike was called for by the Fatah movement, who also called...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz called yesterday for taking advantage of the current unrest in Iran to put serious pressure on the government for a new and improved nuclear agreement, Maariv has reported. Gantz made his comment at the opening of the annual Jewish Media Summit organised by the...

Amnesty International has accused an armed group linked to General Khalifa Haftar in the east of Libya of committing "war crimes and other crimes under international law" against thousands of Libyans and migrants since 2016. In an extensive report on the Tariq Ben Zeyad Brigade, one of the largest...

Jordan is hosting a summit today that brings together France and the main players in the Middle East, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two regional rivals, in an attempt to defuse the worsening crises in the region through dialogue. The "Baghdad II" conference will be held at the...

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The Egyptian Parliament yesterday approved a draft law amending some articles of Law 30 of 1975 on the Suez Canal Authority. The amendment aims at establishing a fund belonging to the Suez Canal Authority and increasing its capabilities to contribute to achieving sustainable economic development and make use of...

Former colonial power France has called on Tunisia to carry out necessary reforms of the electoral system after the parliamentary election on Saturday was boycotted by around 90 per cent of voters. The French confirmed their full support for their former colony in light of the challenges Tunisia is...

A Tunisian judge has ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh, Arabi21 has reported. According to lawyer Mukhtar Al-Jamie, the arrest took place after a number of hours in the presence of several of his legal colleagues. Local media said that the counter-terrorism investigation team issued an...

According to Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, football's world governing body, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was "an incredible success on all fronts." The first such tournament hosted by an Arab and Muslim country was, he said, "the best ever." For Infantino, the fact that football fans...