By Nate Raymond
BOSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Australian leaders urge calm after Sydney clashes during Israeli President Herzog’s visit
By Renju Jose
SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia erupted in…
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Palestinian woman hospitalized following seizure in US ICE detention
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A Palestinian woman, who lost dozens of family members in the Gaza war, has been hospitalized following a seizure in U.S. immigration detention, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.
On…
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IDF says it killed four Hamas gunmen who emerged from Rafah tunnel, fired on troops
IDF troops on Monday killed four Palestinian gunmen who emerged from a tunnel and attacked soldiers in southern Gaza’s Rafah, the military said, with several other Palestinians reportedly killed in IDF strikes in the Strip later in the…
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US commander lauds LAF over Hezbollah tunnel discovery
“Congratulations to the LAF for recently finding a massive underground Hezbollah terror tunnel for the second time in the past two months,” Cooper wrote. “Dismantling tunnels nefariously used by non-state actors to store ammunition, missiles, and…
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Indonesia to send troops to Gaza under Phase II ceasefire
Indonesia will be the first country to contribute to the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which will handle aspects of peacekeeping in Gaza during the Trump administration’s Phase II of the ceasefire, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN News…
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Mideast’s AI startups capture record $858M in funding during 2025, doubling share
The growth represents a sizable jump from recent years, when local AI companies captured just a sliver of dealmaking, and Magnitt now predicts funding for MENA’s AI startups will easily surpass $1 billion in 2026.
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In world first, Israeli researchers use blood cancer treatment for Alzheimer’s in mice
In a breakthrough, an international research team led by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis says it is the first to make use of an innovative immunotherapy that treats…
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Residents of north Lebanon city lose neighbours, livelihoods in building collapse
Rubble is all that remains of the building once home to Adnan Mardash’s grocery shop in north Lebanon’s Tripoli after it collapsed, killing 14 people and shining a spotlight on the impoverished city’s neglect.
Mordash, 54, said he shut the small…
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Iran reformist party seeks release of Azar Mansouri
The Islamic Iran Nation’s Union Party sought the release of secretary-general Azar Mansouri, the Shargh newspaper said on Monday, after her arrest along with other members of the Reform Front, an umbrella body of Iranian reformists and…
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