Archives for October, 2022

Mourners take part in a funeral for victims of a mass shooting at a key shrine earlier in the week that killed more than a dozen worshippers, in Iran's southern city of Shiraz, on October 29, 2022

Iran arrests 'accomplice' of IS-claimed shrine attack

Agence France-Presse

Israel's former prime minister and leader of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from behind a security screen during a campaign rally in the West Bank settlement of Ariel on October 26, 2022

Netanyahu eyes comeback on eve of Israel election

Agence France-Presse

A Lebanese worker carries a bag of harvested olives as he walks through a field in the town of Batroumin, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 20, 2017.

Olive oil prices hit record high as Lebanese currency collapses

As the local currency continues to deteriorate, Lebanese are having trouble supplying olives and olive oil this year.

Former Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to supporters inside a modified truck with a side bulletproof glass during a campaign event, Bnei Brak, Israel, Oct. 29, 2022.

Netanyahu within reach of comeback in Israeli election

Last polls before tomorrow’s elections predict that opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu is very close to achieving the 61-seat majority he needs in the Knesset to come back to power.

Saudi Miniser of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud addresses delegates during the 2021 climate summit, Glasgow, Ireland, Nov. 10, 2021.

Saudi Arabia offers green bonds in push toward net zero

While the move signals that the kingdom understands the global trends toward "green," its impact on climate action will require further steps.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children perform the "Tashlich" ritual, during which "sins are cast into the water to the fish," ahead of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Netanya, Israel, Oct. 3, 2022.

Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties make final push ahead of election

With the young ultra-Orthodox sick of their veteran politicians and expressing support for ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultra-Orthodox parties fear losing votes.

Allison Fluke-Ekren, who led an all-female Islamic State military battalion, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison

US woman who led female IS battalion faces up to 20 years in prison

Agence France-Presse

Sun setting on the Tigris: Iraqi fisherman Naim Haddad plys the Shatt al-Arab near Basra

Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying up

Agence France-Presse

Iranians in Greece lit candles in Athens on Saturday to commemorate 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini

Iran protesters rally again despite Guards order to stand down

Agence France-Presse

National flags of Arab countries line a highway in the Algerian capital Algiers

Algeria hosts first Arab summit since Israel normalisation deals

Agence France-Presse

Israelis shot dead a Palestinian who, according to the army and medics, rammed his car into soldiers in the occupied West Bank near the city of Jericho

Israelis kill Palestinian after alleged car ramming

Agence France-Presse

Qatar's Energy Minister and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi speaks at a press conference after signing an agreement with the CEO of American multinational corporation ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips takes major new chunk of Qatar gas expansion

Agence France-Presse

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun waves to his supporters outside the presidential palace in Baabda before delivering a speech to mark the end of his mandate

Lebanon's political crisis deepens as Aoun vacates presidential palace

Agence France-Presse

Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world

Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East

Agence France-Presse

Iraqis have drilled hundreds of new wells at ever greater depth as the groundwater table below keeps dropping

For water-stressed Iraq, wells threaten race to the bottom

Agence France-Presse

Israeli authorities have been preparing to combat direct attacks on voting infrastructure, including hacking efforts targeting the Central Elections Committee's servers and websites

Israel vulnerable to online threats ahead of vote: experts

Agence France-Presse