Tag:Middle East and north Africa
Israel
UN members back resolution directing Israel to leave occupied territories
In a symbolic step exposing Israel’s continued international isolation, the UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to direct Israel to leave the occupied Palestinian...
Hamas
Hezbollah pager explosions: questions over strategy behind unprecedented attack
It may not have been acknowledged by Israel but the extraordinary, coordinated attack on Hezbollah, blowing up thousands of pagers used by members of...
Hamas
Hezbollah pager explosions, if caused by the Mossad, would be a big escalation
It may not have been acknowledged by Israel but the extraordinary, coordinated attack on Hezbollah, blowing up thousands of pagers used by members of...
Iran
Iran has shown restraint after Israeli killing of Hamas leader, president says
The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said Tehran has shown restraint so far in its response to the Israeli assassination of the Hamas leader...
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu tells Houthis they will pay ‘heavy price’ as missile hits Israel
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned Yemen’s Houthi rebels will pay a “heavy price” after the group claimed its first ballistic missile...
Houthis
Saudi Arabia calls for more pressure on Iran as Houthi threat grows
The claimed acquisition by Yemen’s Houthi rebels of hypersonic missiles capable of penetrating Israeli air defences threatens to further heighten Middle East tensions, as...
Africa
At least three dead as two passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile delta
Two passenger trains have collided in Egypt’s Nile delta, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities have said.The crash happened on...
Europe
Body of activist killed by Israeli forces in West Bank returns to Turkey
The body of the slain Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi has landed in Istanbul to continue to its final resting place in her family’s...
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Why is the Bank being cautious in delaying rate cuts?
After the Federal Reserve’s monster 0.5 percentage point cut in US borrowing costs on Wednesday, it seemed strange that...
Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal
Axel Springer has struck a €13.5bn (£11.3bn) deal that will see its media assets, which include Politico, Business Insider...
U.S. Taxpayer Data at Risk? LockBit Ransomware Claims Attack on IRS-Authorized eFile
Sensitive tax information of citizens in the U.S. could potentially be stolen after the notorious LockBit ransomware group...
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