Middle East
Algeria cancels France 24’s operating license day after legislative elections
Algeria cancelled the accreditation of France 24, the communications ministry said Sunday, a day after parliamentary elections in the...
US President Joe Biden welcomes new Israeli government led by Naftali Bennett
US President Joe Biden said the United States remained committed to Israel’s security and would work with its new...
Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister
A 49-year-old former defence minister and one-time special forces commando, Bennett leads the right-wing Yamina party. Naftali...
New Israeli government wins majority vote with Bennett as PM, Netanyahu ousted
Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change”...
Netanyahu loses office for the first time in 12 years, making way for Naftali Bennett.
The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended on...
Israel’s Parliament chooses Mickey Levy to be its new speaker.
Parliament selected Mickey Levy, a lawmaker from Yair Lapid’s centrist party, Yesh Atid, to be its new speaker on...
Iraq opens mass grave to identify ISIS Badush prison massacre victims
Iraqi authorities said Sunday the remains of 123 people killed by ISIS had been removed from a mass grave...
Pope Francis mourns migrant dead in Mediterranean, ‘europe’s biggest cemetery’
Pope Francis on Sunday warned the Mediterranean had become the “biggest cemetery in Europe”, as he remembered the migrants...
Indian man with 38 wives, 89 children passes away
One evening meal for the family required 30 chickens, around 60kg of potatoes and around 100kg of rice. ...
UAE: Indian homeopath doctor receives 10-year golden visa
It was in 2003 when the UAE recognised homoepathy as an alternative medicine. Dr Subair PK has...