This Month
Lifeline for Netanyahu as Israel’s government loses majority
Should Benjamin Netanyahu return as prime minister, analysts say Israel would get a government alliance that would be among its most right-wing in history.
- Patrick Kingsley
Lebanon’s Hezbollah suffers election losses
It was not clear whether the Iran-backed group and its allies would hang on to the majority they have held since 2018, when they had 71 of the 128 seats in parliament.
- Bassem Mroue
Saudi Aramco’s profit soars as oil prices and output jump
Aramco has benefited this year not just from oil climbing about 45 per cent, but also from Saudi Arabia gradually increasing production along with other members of OPEC+.
- Paul Wallace and Matthew Martin
Israeli police to investigate conduct at journalist’s funeral
The shocking scenes at the funeral, and the death of 51-year-old Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, drew worldwide condemnation.
- Josef Federman
The burqa is back: Taliban orders women to cover up
If a woman does not cover her face outside home, her father or closest male relative faces prison or the sack, under the Taliban’s latest decree.
- Reuters
April
- Opinion
- World politics
Bibi’s back: Will Israel ever move past the Netanyahu era?
Naftali Bennett government made some small steps toward introducing a more secular, centrist and calmer political climate. It’s a shame it didn’t have more time.
- Zev Chafets
March
Saudi Aramco storage petroleum facility hit in ‘sabotage attack’
Yemen’s Houthis said they have launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities and the Saudi-led coalition said oil giant Aramco’s petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah was hit, causing a fire in two storage tanks.
- Updated
- Aziz El Yaakoubi and Maha El Dahan
