Category: 2. Middle East

By Pesha Magid and Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Israeli authorities entered the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem offices on Monday and raised Israel’s flag, in a raid they said was ordered over unpaid taxes but was…

A senior Israeli general has admitted that the Bibas family was not abducted by Hamas during the 7 October attacks, but by a separate Palestinian faction. The disclosure has prompted fresh accusations that the Israeli…

By Julia Payne

BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – EU countries on Monday agreed their final negotiating positions for several proposed migration laws on new asylum rules, a common EU list of “safe countries of origin” and an EU-wide policy for illegal…

In the wake of the 7 October, Israel’s far-right government has unleashed an unprecedented wave of legislation designed to entrench Jewish supremacy and strip Palestinians of their most basic rights. A new report by…

By Alexander Dziadosz

CAIRO, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Quadcopters, electromagnetic rifles and an AI-powered navigation system were among the wares displayed at one of Africa and the Middle East’s biggest arms expos, as defence companies jostle to break…

Reports in Egyptian and Israeli media suggest that Cairo is considering importing Qatari gas after a major gas deal with Israel stalled for nearly three months.

On 3 September, the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom…