Singapore oil tanker hit by ‘external source’ off Saudi Arabia
A Singapore-flagged oil tanker was hit by “an external source” while discharging at the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia Monday, owner and operator Hafnia said in a statement.
Iran executes dissident journalist Rouhollah Zam
Dissident Iranian journalist Rouhollah Zam was hanged in Iran on Saturday morning, according to state television IRIB.
Two Israelis shot and killed in the West Bank, settler leader says
Two Israelis were shot and killed in the West Bank Sunday, local settler leader Yossi Dagan said, calling it “an extremely serious terrorist attack.”
About 160,000 people protest against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv
About 160,000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv Saturday night against the Israeli government’s plans to weaken the country’s judicial system, crowd expert Ofer Grinboim Liron told CNN. That would make … Read More
Israeli military calls settler attacks on Palestinians ‘actions of terror’
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sees the previous day’s attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank as “actions of terror,” an IDF official said Monday, as tensions … Read More
Netanyahu’s crises mount as Israeli-Palestinian tensions ratchet up
Benjamin Netanyahu has not even been back in power two months, and already he faces unprecedented, multi-faceted challenges on nearly every front.
US citizen killed in West Bank as Israeli-Palestinian tensions ratchet up
An Israeli-American citizen was killed in the occupied West Bank as tensions in the region continued to ratchet up after a weekend of violence.
Near bomb-grade level uranium found in Iranian nuclear plant, says IAEA report
Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, as the US warned that Tehran’s ability to build … Read More
US condemns Israel far right minister’s call for Palestinian town ‘to be erased’
Israel’s far-right finance minister’s call for a Palestinian town “to be erased” was harshly condemned by US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday, who described the comments as “repugnant” … Read More