In the aftermath of US president Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East, a cascade of commentary has been written about his decision to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the Saudi kingdom. Many have repudiated the mo…
Pakistan raises power prices amid energy crisis despite rampant inflation
Pakistan on Tuesday raised electricity prices to match rising generation costs amid a global energy crisis and a heatwave, even as the country grapples with its highest inflation in over a decade, the power minister said. Inflation last month reached 2…
Russians fired at Israeli jets over Syria in May: Israel
Israel said on Tuesday that its military jets came under Russian anti-aircraft fire over Syria in May but they missed their target, describing the confrontation as a “one-off incident”. The disclosure by Defence Minister Benny Gantz came amid tensions …
Two women killed in Morocco forest fires
Two women died in forest fires in a region of northern Morocco that had already been ravaged by wildfires this month, authorities said on Tuesday. The latest deaths, from smoke inhalation, took to four the number of people killed in wildfires that have…
Bodies of 8 migrants wash ashore in southern Morocco
Moroccan authorities say the bodies of eight migrants have washed ashore in southern Morocco after their dinghy capsized. The bodies were found early Monday in the coastal town of Akhfennir, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast facing the Spanish Canary Islands…
Israel’s macabre policy of keeping dead Palestinian bodies
The Nativity street in Bethlehem is relatively empty for a Sunday afternoon, with the exception of a small group of African pilgrims who stand by a side-walk souvenir seller. “Amjad loved this place, he spent hours here with his friends”, says Osama Ab…
Pregnant Arab social media star killed by US marine husband
Dana Alotaibi was three months pregnant when she was brutally stabbed to death on 20 July, allegedly by her husband of three years, Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, a Hawaii-based US marine who had allegedly long been abusive, a pattern she described in multipl…
Why targeting Apsana Begum is an attack on the many
Earlier this month, Poplar and Limehouse CLP confirmed that MPApsana Begum would face a full reselection after the Labour Party MP lost nine wards and tied one. At a glance, a stranger to Tower Hamlets politics would perhaps put this down to the health…
Israeli spyware ‘used Chrome flaw to snoop on MENA journos’
Spyware from Israeli firm Candiru has been used to target journalists across the Middle East, according to reports. The Candiru spyware was reportedly used to take advantage of the Chrome zero-day vulnerability in March of this year, to target journali…
Egypt frees human rights lawyer after 4 years in jail
An Egyptian judge Monday ordered the release of a human rights lawyer held in preventive detention for nearly four years for backing a French protest movement, a rights group said. Mohamed Ramadan, 43, was arrested in September 2018 after posting on Fa…