Israeli settlers raised the Israeli flag inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, May 31, singing the national anthem on...
Egypt Pushes Somalia to Free Sailors as Piracy Returns
Egypt's top diplomat spent part of his Monday in Cairo pressing a single, urgent point on a visiting counterpart: get the sailors home. Meeting Somali...
Israel Strikes Beirut Suburbs as Hezbollah War Reignites
Israel ordered air strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, the clearest sign yet that the restraint Washington spent six weeks engineering around...
Uganda Runs the Saudi Succession Script as Muhoozi Sidelines Among
At the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala on Monday morning, Jacob Oboth-Oboth raised his right hand and accepted the gavel of Uganda's 12th Parliament with...
Saudi Arabia Completes Arafat Movement for 1.7 Million Pilgrims
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Tuesday that every pilgrim registered for this year's pilgrimage had completed the move from Mina to...
Two Car Bombings in 14 Hours Mark Israel’s Crime Wave Reckoning
A second car exploded on Israeli pavement on Tuesday night, 14 hours after the first one. Magen David Adom emergency-service medics reached the wreck at...
Palestinians Warn US-Israel Plan to End Jordan’s Al-Aqsa Role
The Palestinian Authority warned on Tuesday that a US-Israeli proposal to end Jordan's century-old custodianship of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex would carry "serious repercussions for...
Liberman Warns Hezbollah Drones Could Strike Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Avigdor Liberman, former defense minister and chairman of the Yisrael Beytenu party, warned the Knesset on Monday that Hezbollah's explosive drones could soon reach Tel...
Israel Traded Shooting and Crying for Gleeful Violence
A French-Israeli soldier turns his camera on a Palestinian detainee in one of the clips catalogued by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit Gaza archive, a database...
Qatar and Egypt Back Pakistan’s US-Iran Track as Hormuz Deal Nears
Qatar's prime minister and Egypt's top diplomat spent part of Saturday on the phone trading notes on a third country's mediation. Pakistan's. The May 23...
Egypt’s Chinese Arms Push Cracks Israel’s Decades-Old Veto Lever
Eight months after Chinese J-10C fighter jets touched down at an Egyptian airbase for joint drills, and three months after Cairo deployed Chinese HQ-9B long-range...
IMEC Needs Redundant Routes After the Hormuz Shock
IMEC, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, now has a harder job than cutting transit time between Mumbai and Mediterranean ports. After the Strait of Hormuz...
Egypt’s Grain Hub Bet Turns Russian Wheat Into Power
Egypt's grain hub plan would turn one of the world's largest wheat importers from a price-taking buyer into a storage, processing and re-export platform for...
Jordan’s Al Aqsa Warning Puts Status Quo Under Strain
Jordan's Al Aqsa warning on May 22, 2026 put a familiar Jerusalem flashpoint back in a sharper frame: who controls the 144-dunam compound, who regulates...
Tel Aviv Bus Crash Puts Sidewalk Safety on Trial
The Tel Aviv bus crash that killed Talia Chaya Timsit, 11, has turned a Monday night collision into a harder question about what protects pedestrians...
Europe Turns Israel Settlement Warning Into Business Risk
The Israel settlement warning issued Friday by nine Western governments does more than restate their opposition to construction in the occupied West Bank. It tells...