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Protesters hold signs and Palestinian flag during a rally against Israel plans to annex parts of the West Bank, in Tel Aviv. (AP)

Israelis protest Netanyahu-'s plan to extend sovereignty over West...

Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in...

7 Jun 2020 1:12 PM IST

Saudi women in Riyadh. (AFP File Image)

Coronavirus frustrates Saudi women's push for financial independence

Women make up about 83% of the jobless in Saudi even though 70% of the se women have high school diplomas or university...

4 Jun 2020 3:08 PM IST

A picture made available on May 30, 2020, by a friend of Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz shows him (left) with Portugals Prime Minister Antonio Costa in the capital Lisbon in 2017. (AFP)

Saudi's Game Of Thrones: Pressure grows to release jailed prince

The detention of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and his father since January 2018 is part of a clampdown under the current...

1 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

A Palestinian woman argues with a member of Israeli security forces, as she takes part in a protest at the Damascus Gate of the old city of Jerusalem. (AFP)

Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian shot by Israeli police

The 32-year old man was suspected of carrying a weapon and shot at, but was later found to have been unarmed

1 Jun 2020 11:43 AM IST

Protesters hold signs against the Israeli police after they shoot dead an unarmed autistic Palestinian man Iyad Halak in Jerusalems Old City on Saturday after saying they suspected he was carrying a weapon. (AP)

Israeli forces kill unarmed autistic Palestinian man

The incident drew broad condemnations in the context of uprising over death of George Floyd in US

31 May 2020 3:13 PM IST

An Afghan security personnel investigates a damaged vehicle carrying employees of Khurshid TV along a roadside, at the site of a bomb blast in Kabul on May 30,2020. (AFP)

Islamic State kills Afghan journalist, technician in bus blast

Taliban and other Islamist insurgents have repeatedly targeted Afghan journalists, killing 15 in 2018, the worst year...

31 May 2020 10:03 AM IST

Israeli soldiers patrol roads. (AP)

Israel police kill Palestinian mistaken for carrying weapons

There has been an uptick in violence in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in recent days

30 May 2020 3:03 PM IST

Ali Erbas, the head of Turkeys highest religious authority prays in front of worshippers wearing protective facemasks maintaining the required social distance during the Friday prayer in The Fatih Mosque in Istanbul. (AFP)

Turkish mosques reopen for mass prayers

President Erdogan said many other sites like restaurants and cafes as well as libraries, parks and beaches will reopen...

30 May 2020 11:55 AM IST

Ethiopian Jewish immigrants making their Aliyah (Immigration to Israel) in protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, wave Israeli flags as they step off a plane at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, east of Tel Aviv. (AFP)

Israel looks to export its coronavirus coping skills

Covid-19 patients equipped with -"oximeters-" are contacted twice daily by medical teams who ask them to report their...

29 May 2020 3:32 PM IST

A man wipes the face of a Turkish soldier wearing a face mask for protection against the new coronavirus. (AP)

Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease

The virus has killed more than 4,300 people in Turkey, from nearly 160,000 infections

28 May 2020 3:15 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and fellow leader under a recently signed power-sharing agreement, Abdullah Abdullah, center, hold a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad aimed at resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal signed in February, at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (The Presidential Palace via AP)

Taliban, Afghan president declare three-day ceasefire for Eid

The move came as fighting between the two sides had intensified despite the coronavirus pandemic

24 May 2020 12:56 PM IST

A handout picture released by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) spokespersons office on May 17, 2020, shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a parliamentary session in Jerusalem ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new government. (Via AFP)

Netanyahu first sitting prime minister to face criminal charges in...

Charges include illegally trading favours in exchange for positive coverage for himself in Israel's top-selling...

24 May 2020 9:08 AM IST