After three elections and months of stalled negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz agreed to a coalition government on Monday.
Netanyahu and Rival Gantz Clinch Israel Power-Sharing Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz signed a deal on Monday to form a national emergency government, ending a year of unprecedented political deadlock …
Israel’s Netanyahu, Gantz agree to form unity government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a historic deal Monday with one-time rival parliament speaker Benny Gantz to form a unity government, ending the country’s worst-ever political crisis …
Two U.S. warships in South China Sea amid China-Malaysia standoff
JANUARY 16: The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill patrols the waters of the Persian Gulf January 16, 2003 in support …
Uzbekistan Airways converts 2 passenger jets into freighters
Uzbekistan Airways, the central Asian nation’s flagship carrier, is converting two of its Boeing-767-300ER jets into cargo planes to utilise them while its passenger fleet is grounded due to the …
Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019 – Amnesty
Saudi Arabia put to death 184 people in 2019 – a record number for the kingdom – despite a decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International says. The number of executions also doubled in Iraq to …
Saudi Arabia executed record number last year, Amnesty report finds
The death penalty is another violation which has gone in line with that trend of a real deterioration in civil and political rights,” said a rights advocate.
Afghanistan: The detention centre for teenage Taliban members
The centre generally holds approximately 300 inmates, aged between 12 and 18. On average, around half are accused of being in militant groups: the Islamic State (IS) or the Taliban. The Taliban …
US zeroes in on shadowy Lebanese playmaker in Iraq
Months after the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, it has offered millions for any details on the mysterious man filling his boots — Hezbollah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani. W …
Norway tops Press Freedom Index, Iran and Iraq drop over coronavirus
Germany moved up to 11th place, despite confidentiality challenges posed by the government’s crackdown on the handling of leaked data. The index ranks nations in terms of pluralism, media independence …