Decision to demolish Khan al-Ahmar has been temporarily postponed, according to Israeli PM Netanyahu. Israel has announced it was putting on hold the demolition of a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank for a “short, fixed period of time”. In a statement made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday following a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, he said Khan al-Ahmar ...

Media office of the Lebanese parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri, said in a statement that he welcomed the Palestinian Ambassador in Beirut Ashraf Dabour. “Palestinians today face the slap of the century, not the Deal of the Century and the United States’ decision, starting with the decision to transfer its embassy to occupied Jerusalem and ending with cutting funds to the ...

BEIRUT: Hundreds of Syrian families gathered at pickup points across Lebanon Tuesday morning to return to their home country, the state-run National News Agency reported. In the latest refugee return to be organized by Lebanon’s General Security in cooperation with the Syrian government, hundreds of Syrian families boarded buses in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The group will be ...

Today’s referral to trial of Amal Fathy, an Egyptian activist arrested for posting a video online sharing her experiences of sexual harassment, is a shocking case of injustice, Amnesty International said. “Amal Fathy was brave in speaking up about her experience of sexual harassment in Egypt and should be applauded for her courage – not put on trial,” said Najia ...

Walking into Kotn’s new store on Mercer Street in Manhattan, you might be struck with a surprising feeling: warmth. Sure, it’s been 90-plus degrees this week, but the clay accents, antique wood doors, fig trees, and hanging tapestries are also a rustic, inviting departure from the crowded streets and chilly designer shops down the block. The cotton T-shirts, sweatshirts, joggers, and ...

CAIRO — After three train cars flipped over July 13 near Al-Badrashin train station in Cairo’s Giza governorate and injured more than 55 people, the efficiency of Egypt’s railway system has been once again placed under the spotlight. The Al-Badrashin incident is not the first of its kind this year in Egypt. On Feb. 28, two trains collided in Beheira governorate in northern Egypt, killing 12 people and wounding ...

AN MP in Jordan said her dead mum’s last wish was to “don an explosives belt and blow herself up among the Jews”. Huda Etoom made the revelation in parliament on Tuesday in an impassioned speech since branded “outrageous” on Twitter. It comes as Britain prepares to send military trainers to Jordan fight against ISIS. The outspoken politician, who represents Jerash in ...

Beirut – The Lebanese parliament will soon review legislation to legalise medicinal marijuana, its speaker announced on Wednesday, as authorities seek ways to jumpstart the country’s struggling economy. With public debt at 150% of GDP, the third highest rate in the world, Lebanon charged consulting firm McKinsey & Company with setting out a vision to revitalise growth. McKinsey’s proposal, submitted ...

President Trump’s bromance with Russia’s Vladimir Putin comes to a head on Monday, with the two scheduled for a sit-down in Helsinki after a stormy NATO summit. The closely-watched duo are expected to discuss Russia’s positions in Syria and Ukraine, nuclear arms control, and Russia’s election meddling in the U.S. — a subject that again came to the fore on Friday ...

There was a big question mark on how the markets would react two days after the failed July 15 coup attempt. On July 18, the main index of Borsa Istanbul plunged at opening but economic activity and banking system operations continued uninterrupted the remainder of the week. The economy soon recovered without any serious harm as the government, institutions and private ...