Palestinians and supporters demonstrate against the displacement of Khan Al Ahmar, the Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, in 2023. AFP

Smotrich shrugs off ICC warrant by ordering West Bank village to be emptied

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said war crimes court in The Hague has issued arrest warrant against him

MENA

Irish leaders condemn detention of President's sister from Gaza flotilla

UK

Iran used war to intensify repression, report says

MENA

Trump says Gulf leaders have persuaded him to delay strikes on Iran

US

Iran seizes assets of 129 people accused of US-Israeli links

MENA

Death penalty law for Palestinians in West Bank takes effect in Israel

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the issue of disarming Hezbollah

Cartoon
Israeli bulldozers demolish parts of UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem in January 2026. EPA

Israel approves army museum on former UNRWA site in East Jerusalem

Defence Ministry says new institutions will replace 'machinery of terror and incitement against Israel'

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Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

MENA

How Israel came second at Eurovision again despite boycotts over Gaza

Culture

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended but violence continues on the ground

MENA

Israeli strikes kill civilians deeper into southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

MENA

With bulldozers and bricks, not bullets, Israel cements control of Jerusalem

MENA

Weekend cartoonShadi's take on the fallout from Israel's Eurovision participation

Cartoon
First responders gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the suburbs of the southern Lebanon coastal city of Tyre on May 16, 2026. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on May 16, despite the extension of the truce between the two countries. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

Israeli strikes kill civilians deeper into southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Attacks far beyond the frontline and rising civilian death toll point to widening buffer-zone strategy

MENA

With bulldozers and bricks, not bullets, Israel cements control of Jerusalem

MENA

Weekend cartoonShadi's take on the fallout from Israel's Eurovision participation

Cartoon

AnalysisDestruction and violence escalate in Lebanon despite a month of 'ceasefire'

MENA

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