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Aid group anger as Israel convicts Palestinian World Vision worker of supporting terrorists

Aid group anger as Israel convicts Palestinian World Vision worker of supporting terrorists

A judge is set to rule on whether to dissolve the charity in Israel later this month. 

  • by Henriette Chacar

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Guilty verdict against World Vision hero is a travesty of justice

Guilty verdict against World Vision hero is a travesty of justice

The verdict overnight announces the demise of the rule of law in Israeli courts.

  • by Tim Costello and Conny Lenneberg
Biden breaks Saudi ‘pariah’ pledge to talk oil with crown prince

Biden breaks Saudi ‘pariah’ pledge to talk oil with crown prince

The US president had vowed to make Saudi Arabia “pay the price, and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are” over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

  • by Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose
Not a bird but a nation: Turkey wants to be known as ‘Türkiye’

Not a bird but a nation: Turkey wants to be known as ‘Türkiye’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been pressing for the internationally recognised name Turkey to be changed to “Türkiye” (tur-key-YAY) as it is spelt and pronounced in Turkish.

Blasts rip through mosque, minivans in Afghanistan, killing at least a dozen

Blasts rip through mosque, minivans in Afghanistan, killing at least a dozen

The explosion in the mosque in Kabul occurred just hours after deadly bombs hit passenger vehicles in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

  • by Rahim Faiez
Vast sandstorms blanket Middle East in bleak sign of climate change

Vast sandstorms blanket Middle East in bleak sign of climate change

Iraq urged everyone to stay home and shelter from the 10th storm in two months, as cities from Riyadh to Tehran choked under orange skies.

  • by Samya Kullab
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Sadness behind the smile: Shireen Abu Akleh, a voice for Palestine

Sadness behind the smile: Shireen Abu Akleh, a voice for Palestine

It is fitting that Shireen was given a state memorial service. She was a role model for millions of women who grew up watching her on television.

  • by Sherine Salama
Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament

Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament

Hezbollah’s most vocal opponents and more than a dozen independents have made gains, the results show.

  • by Bassem Mroue
Clear sky for cable cars over Jerusalem Old City

Clear sky for cable cars over Jerusalem Old City

Israeli and Palestinian opponents of the plan have been defeated, despite claims the cable car would ruin the historical site.

  • by Jeffrey Heller
‘Deeply disturbed’: Israeli police beat pallbearers at Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral

‘Deeply disturbed’: Israeli police beat pallbearers at Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral

The scenes of violence were likely to add to the sense of grief and outrage across the Arab world that has followed the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

  • by Josef Federman
Israel, in shift, investigates possibility IDF soldier killed American journalist

Israel, in shift, investigates possibility IDF soldier killed American journalist

Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American reporter, was shot and killed in the West Bank this week.

  • by Shira Rubin and Steve Hendrix