Archives for January, 2023

Palestinians celebrate in Gaza City on January 27, 2023, following a shooting attack by gunman outside an east Jerusalem synagogue. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

In Gaza, Palestinian indifference to Blinken's visit to Israel, West Bank

The armed factions in the Gaza Strip are not paying much attention to the visit of the US secretary of state to the region, and vowed continued retaliation against the Israeli military operations in the West Bank.

FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem

F1 tensions with FIA surface over 'inflated price tag' row

Agence France-Presse

A cleaner collects plastic garbage at a Tel Aviv beach

Israel green groups slam scrapping of tax on disposable tableware

Agence France-Presse

Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayad and his Qatari counterpart Saad al-Kaabi, who is also QatarEnergy's chief executive, signed the deal Sunday, along with the Eni and TotalEnergies chief

Qatar joins Lebanon gas exploration consortium

Agence France-Presse

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, pictured at a press conference with his Qatari counterpart, denounced the 'cowardly' attack

Iran condemns 'cowardly' drone attack on defence site

Agence France-Presse

An earthquake struck the city of Khoy in Iran's West Azerbaijan province after dark on January 28, 2023

Earthquake kills three, injures 800 in northwest Iran

Agence France-Presse

Driver Raneem Azzouz takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, less than five years after Saudi authorities gave women the right to drive road vehicles

Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves

Agence France-Presse

The latest poll was seen as the final pillar of Saied's transformation of politics

Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout

Agence France-Presse

Blinken, seen here at the American University in Cairo, is expected on his trip to reiterate US support for a Palestinian state

Blinken starts Mideast tour as Israel-Palestinian conflict flares

Agence France-Presse

Benjamin Briere was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison for spying

'Unbearable distress': families rally for French held in Iran

Agence France-Presse

Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi (front L) signs a $8 billion deal with Libyan National Oil Corporation chief Farhat Bengdara (2nd R) to develop two offshore gas fields

Italy's Eni signs $8 bn gas deal as Meloni visits Libya

Agence France-Presse

Iranian skier Atefeh Ahmadi Ahmadi, the only Iranian woman to qualify for last year's Beijing Winter Games, has quit her home country and applied for asylum in Germany

Iranian Olympic skier flees to Germany: media report

Agence France-Presse

Mukansanga was among 36 referees selected by FIFA for the Qatar World Cup

Rwanda arrests six for insulting trailblazing female football ref

Agence France-Presse

The family of Eli and Natali Mizrahi who died, react at the scene of a mass shooting which happened last night near a synagogue in the neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov on January 28, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Eight people have been shot dead near a synagogue in North Jerusalem, with at least three others injured. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

With second attack in Jerusalem, Israel's Netanyahu is under siege

Only 14 hours after the mass shooting in Jerusalem, which killed seven Israelis, another attack struck as Netanyahu's far-right government looks for a heavy response.

Israeli soldiers speak with relatives of Khayri Alqam, the gunman who killed seven people in an attack on Friday, as they prepare to demolish his home

Israel punishes attacker's family as violence rages

Agence France-Presse

Israel protest

Netanyahu more worried about Israel's protests than Palestinians

The Israeli prime minister will receive US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as violence escalates, normalization stalls, and the economy tanks in anticipation of right-wing reforms.