Middle East

Israel has swiftly denounced a UN report released Monday, that accused both Israel and Palestinian armed groups of committing “serious violations” of international law and possible war crimes in last summer’s seven-week battle in Gaza. […]

Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, wife of a senior Israeli minister, sparked outrage after tweeting “Do you know what Obama coffee is? Black and weak” on Sunday. A huge backlash ensued, in which users accused her of […]

Israeli authorities have begun sending letters to over 45,000 African refugees, telling them they must leave the country or face indefinite incarceration at Saharonim prison. Authorities are offering $3,500 in cash in exchange for a […]

A explosion, which occurred in a remote mountainous area near the town of Saghbine, Lebanon, is “most probably” an “Israeli air strike to destroy their [downed] drone” a source told Reuters news agency. Israel have […]

Wikileaks have published a letter from the US embassy in Saudi Arabia written to Abdullah Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden’s son, four months after the Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a raid in Pakistan. The […]

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD)  has confirmed that it is arming and providing technical support to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing war against Yemen. A ministry spokesperson said that Britain’s assistance to Saudi Arabia includes providing […]

Israels antiquities authority say that archeologists have made an astonishing discovery; a name found in the Bible inscribed on a 3,000 year old ceramic jar. The name mentioned in the Bible is Eshbaal Ben Beda. According to […]

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that the Yemen crisis is a “time bomb” which would give rise to powerful terrorist groups. Speaking in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday he urged the international […]

The Pentagon have announced that the U.S. military have conducted an airstrike in Libya, targeting an Al-Qaeda-associated militant, but they are as yet unsure whether the mission succeeded or not. “Last night, the US military […]

A controversial new law has passed in Israel that will allow Israeli authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. The law was approved by the cabinet but has received no support from Israel’s medical […]