JERUSALEM — A Tel Aviv court on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old American-Israeli man to 10 years in prison for sowing havoc and terror with fake bomb threats against hundreds of institutions, including schools, hospitals, malls, police stations and Jewish centers in the United States and other countries. For months, prosecutors said, the teenager, who has […]

Calls to remove Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are a “red line”, the Saudi foreign minister has told the BBC, amid a global outcry over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Adel al-Jubeir said the prince had not been involved in the 2 October killing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. This comes a […]

For the girls, it is Barbie dolls. The boys love footballs, cars and teddy bears. Rami Adham knows exactly what brings the biggest smiles to the faces of Syrian children. The Finnish-Syrian father-of-six has become known as the “Aleppo toy smuggler”. He says the feeling of handing out toys to children living through a war […]

DUBAI/ADEN (REUTERS) – An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday (Nov 21), as the UN special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks. Western countries are pressing for a ceasefire […]

A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of spying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old academic at Durham University, said he was conducting a research trip when he was arrested on 5 May at Dubai airport. A court in Abu Dhabi has declared […]

Vessels carrying Iranian oil have switched off transponders to conceal deliveries to Syria, Treasury Department says. The United States has targeted an Iranian-Russian network that sent millions of barrels of oil to Syria and hundreds of millions of dollars to indirectly fund the groups Hamas and Hezbollah. The complicated arrangement, described by the US Treasury […]

Hodeidah residents report most intense fighting in days as UN envoy lays groundwork for peace talks in Sweden. Fighting between the Saudi-UAE coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has flared up again around the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, despite the United Nations calls for a ceasefire there, Yemeni officials and witnesses say. Saudi-UAE […]

Six months after general election, parties are still wrangling for ministerial posts to form a new government. Beirut, Lebanon – After nearly a decade of turbulent politics and postponed elections, Lebanon held its first general election since 2009 this May. Six months later, parties are still wrangling for ministerial slots to form a government. A country […]

CAIRO (REUTERS, NYTIMES) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday (Nov 20) that claims, including by the CIA, that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi were false, according to an Arabic-language newspaper interview. News outlets, including Reuters, reported the Central Intelligence Agency’s finding over the weekend in […]

Fighting has broken out in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah despite both the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. Coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro-government forces. The UN is attempting to revive talks to end a three-year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. So far, […]