Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding the power of politicians over judge appointments in defiance of a years-long protest movement against the judicial reforms pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The approval came with…

Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials’ power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests.

The…

Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite families in the capital Damascus and detained more than two dozen unarmed men, according to a dozen witnesses.

Newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Egypt Ori Rotman was disinvited from the accreditation ceremony, where he would have presented his credentials to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, due to the “ongoing aggression in the Gaza…

The United States has removed multimillion-dollar bounties on leaders of Afghanistan’s feared Haqqani militant network, including the current Taliban interior minister, the State Department and the Taliban government said.

The Haqqani network was…

• Eid sweets exhibition

Indulge in the finest Eastern and international sweets while enjoying magical family nights at Souq Waqif. A perfect way to celebrate the joy of Eid with delightful treats.

Dates: Until March 29

Location: Eastern Square…

• DAF announces first cohort for Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency

Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh’s first hub for New Media Arts, has announced the inaugural cohort for its Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency, running from April to July of this year….

Tehran released new footage of a missile city, claiming it to be “one of the hundreds of missile cities” operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on Tuesday, the semi-state official Tasnim news agency unveiled.

The Yemen-based Houthi terrorists claimed a joint missile, UAV, and naval force attack targeting “enemy warships in the Red Sea” led by the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, earlier on Wednesday.