A gunman has killed at least seven people near a synagogue in an Israeli settlement in occupied East Jerusalem before being fatally shot, in an escalation of violence following a deadly Israeli military raid in the West Bank a day earlier. After Friday’s shooting, the […]
BBC Arabic Radio has gone off air since Friday after 85 years of broadcasting as part of a plan to cut costs and focus on digital programming. The corporation said it is cutting hundreds of jobs in its World Service and has been forced to […]
A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket nearly two years ago remains mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge in the United States has announced. Court proceedings against Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 23, have been paused for more than a year […]
Peru’s embattled President Dina Boluarte has expressed openness to moving elections forward to the end of the year, as demonstrators continue to demand her removal from office and political reforms. The Congress of Peru is expected to debate a proposal on Friday to move national […]
The United States Department of Justice has charged three people in an alleged, foiled murder-for-hire plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist, a scheme that Washington says was directed from Iran. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges on Friday, saying the Iranian government had […]
The M23 rebels have seized the strategic town of Kitshanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after days of fierce fighting, drawing condemnation from the UN. The DRC’s army on Friday confirmed its forces withdrew, calling it a tactical move to protect civilians in […]
An anti-Islam activist has burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a Copenhagen mosque and outside the Turkish embassy in Denmark. Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, had already infuriated the Turkish government by staging a Quran-burning protest […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Israel and the West Bank on a trip to the Middle East beginning in Egypt. It’s his first to the region since a new far-right government came to power in Israel and comes just days after Israeli […]
A councillor from a small Muslim party has been elected mayor of Johannesburg after months of political manoeuvring and legal battles for control of South Africa’s business hub. Thapelo Amad, of the Al Jama-ah party, was voted in by the city council to replace mayor […]
Nepal’s Supreme Court has removed the deputy prime minister from office and from his parliamentary seat for violating citizenship laws. Rabi Lamichhane, 48, had become deputy prime minister and the powerful home minister after his newly formed party joined the coalition government last month. Lamichhane, […]
