Category: 3. Middle East

The head of Israel’s spy agency Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, intends to resign in the coming weeks despite a Supreme Court ruling requiring him to remain in his position, Israeli media reported yesterday.

A report broadcast…

“When people are in survival mode, they numb their feelings.”

Read more

Chinese police add three alleged NSA agents to a wanted list over ‘advanced’ attacks.

Police in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin have accused the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States of launching “advanced”…

United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs have roiled financial markets globally.

But while Trump’s trade salvoes have sent stock markets on a rollercoaster ride, it is the turmoil in the bond markets – specifically the fall of bonds…

The Ivy League school becomes first US university to defy Trump administration’s demands after pro-Palestinian campus protests.

Harvard University has rejected demands from United States President Donald Trump’s administration that would see…

Hamas says latest Israeli ceasefire proposal demanding the Palestinian group disarm crosses ‘a million red lines’.

Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza appear to be at an impasse after Israel issued new demands…

The once unthinkable disarmament of Hezbollah could finally be within reach, as the United States pushes Lebanon to act and applies pressure to the group’s backer Iran over its nuclear programme, analysts said.

Hezbollah was left badly weakened by…

These are the key events on day 1,146 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Monday, April 14 :

Fighting

• Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russian missiles and guided bombs have once more struck the city of Sumy in northeastern…

US president says he is looking at offering relief to automakers as they adjust their supply chains.

United States President Donald Trump has advanced plans to introduce tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, even as he floated the…

US immigration authorities on Monday arrested another Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests, detaining him as he attended an interview to become an American citizen.

Mohsen Mahdawi’s lawyers, in a court…