Tag: Middle East
Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A female Palestinian reporter said Thursday that a member of the Hamas-run border patrol in Gaza beat her with...
Israeli spymaster visits Bahrain to discuss Mideast security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency visited Bahrain for talks with officials on Thursday, the Bahrain state-run news...
Netanyahu challenger issues call for national unity
JERUSALEM — Israel's opposition leader on Thursday called for a unity government and vowed to find common ground among the ideologically diverse parties seeking...
General: China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic
WASHINGTON — The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of...
US says fate of nuclear pact up to Iran as talks resume
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is signaling that Iran shouldn't expect major new concessions from the United States as a new round of indirect...
Dubai luxury home market soars as world’s rich flee pandemic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After nearly three decades in London, Christophe Reech was fed up with the city's pandemic lockdowns. This spring, he...
Holocaust survivor who led Yad Vashem memorial dies at 94
JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust survivor and scholar who was the director of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial for more than two decades,...
Palestinian arrested over West Bank attack after 3-day chase
JERUSALEM — Israel's military and the Shin Bet security service said Thursday that they arrested a Palestinian suspect in a weekend drive-by shooting in...
Palestinians, Israeli settlers scuffle in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Palestinians and Israeli settlers hurled rocks and chairs at each other in a tense east Jerusalem neighborhood on Thursday before Israeli police...
French FM in Lebanon with a message of ‘great firmness’
BEIRUT — France's foreign minister began a visit to Lebanon Thursday with a message of “great firmness” to its political leaders, threatening to take...