Morocco stands alone against a coalition of North American countries in 2026 FIFA World Cup bid. Morocco presented its bid book to FIFA on Friday and is the only rival in a joint bid from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. However, depending on an upcoming evaluation, there is the risk that Morocco is disqualified before the […]

As it did with the other 300 minors in Israeli jails, the military court system – and its near 100 percent conviction rate of Palestinians, pressures underage defendants with long jail sentences and removes adult support. Palestinian teenage girl Ahed Tamimi, who was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, […]

President Abbas says Hamas orchestrated attack on prime minister’s convoy, prompting Hamas to call for elections. President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused Hamas of orchestrating the explosion that targeted the convoy of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah as he entered the Gaza Strip last week.  “We do not want them to investigate, we […]

Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he intends to indict him on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases known as 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000, pending a final hearing. Mr Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and said he is a victim of a […]

UN reports at Human Rights Council in Geneva show Palestinian living conditions severely worsening over the past year. United Nations officials condemned the continued arbitrary detention of Palestinian children by Israel saying the practice has become “systematic and widely spread”. A series of UN reports presented at the Human Rights Council shows how the living […]

Syrian government forces have regained control of nearly all of Eastern Ghouta. The area had been the last rebel stronghold close to the capital Damascus. Syrian government forces have regained control of nearly all of Eastern Ghouta. The area had been the last rebel stronghold close to the capital Damascus. The Ministry of Defence of […]

Two killed, including one soldier, as explosion hits near motorcade of Alexandria’s head of security Mostafa al-Nemr. An explosion in the Egyptian city of Alexandria has killed at least two people, including a policeman, in what officials called an assassination attempt against the coastal city’s security chief. The blast occurred near the Tolip Hotel on […]

Mostly women and children among the dead in air attacks on an underground shelter in Irbin area, activists say. Dozens of people, mostly women and children, have been killed and 80 others injured after Syrian government forces bombed an underground shelter in Eastern Ghouta, according to rescuers and activists on the ground. Sources on the […]

JERUSALEM — By turns angry and choked up, sneering and defiant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a lengthy, emotional response Thursday night to the decision by Israel’s attorney general to indict him on bribery and other corruption charges. He spoke on national television in prime time, his voice breaking when he alluded to the trial […]

Turkey’s military operation has displaced tens of thousands from Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, UN official says. A UN official expressed concern over “disturbing reports” of civilian deaths and injuries during an ongoing military operation by Turkey against US-backed Kurdish fighters in northwestern Syria. UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator Panos Moumtzis also said on Sunday that civilians […]