News of middle east

Chile president says planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories

22-12-2022 09:26 Chilean President Gabriel Boric says that he plans to "raise the level of our official representation in Palestine" and open an embassy in the Middle East.

ABORTION DEBATE

Overturning Roe would set US against global wave on abortion rights

03-05-2022 14:06 United States would stand in contrast to countries like Argentina and Ireland, where abortion access has increased in recent years.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Year before Qatar World Cup, Amnesty urges end to labour abuses

16-11-2021 10:12 A year before the World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International Tuesday urged Qatar to end abuses against migrant workers, many of whom built the tournament's infrastructure.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel’s return to normal hits bump with virus surge

24-06-2021 09:21 Israelis can expect to start donning masks again after its bid to return to a post-Covid normal was hobbled by a surge in infections linked to the highly transmissible delta variant.

ISRAELI POLITICS

Unlikely alliance forms Israeli government to oust Netanyahu

03-06-2021 21:26 Israel could be nearing the end of an era, after an unlikely alliance of parties from across the political spectrum agree to form a government to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel and Gaza militants announce ceasefire

20-05-2021 17:31 Israel and two main armed groups in Gaza, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, agree to a ceasefire on Thursday aimed at ending end 11 days of deadly violence.

MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu rebuffs Biden's call for immediate Gaza de-escalation

19-05-2021 14:35 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says airstrikes in the Gaza Strip will continue, after US President Joe Biden demanded he immediately wind down a conflict that’s killed more than 200 people.

MIDDLE EAST

Conflict widens as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

15-05-2021 12:11 West Bank clashes, described as among the most intense since the second intifada that began in 2000, left 11 people dead from Israeli fire, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as overall fatalities from strikes on Gaza rose to 126.

MIDDLE EAST

New Hamas rocket barrage after Israel levels another Gaza tower

12-05-2021 17:34 Hamas unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly rocket fire towards Israel Wednesday in retaliation for the levelling of a 14-story building in Gaza by Israel, which ruled out an imminent ceasefire. World leaders call for de-escalation of conflict.

ISRAELI POLITICS

Israel PM Netanyahu on trial as coalition talks ramp up

05-04-2021 10:11 Legal and political dramas converge as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends court for corruption trial, while his bid to form a government after another inconclusive election reached a critical phase.