Mohamed Khameri

Hamas has transferred the remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross after Israel stated that her body was not among those released earlier this week. Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television, citing senior official Mahmoud Mardwai, reported on Friday that the group had handed over Bibas’s body. The Israeli military said on Friday it is […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to step up its operations in the occupied West Bank on Friday as he paid a rare visit to troops in the territory that drew Palestinian condemnation. Netanyahu’s visit to Tulkarem refugee camp in the north of the territory came after bombs that Israeli officials said resembled

The Gaza Strip is largely in ruins after more than 15 months of Israel’s war [Youssef Alzanoun/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty] Arab leaders met in Riyadh on Friday to craft a plan for Gaza’s post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian inhabitants. Trump’s

Israel has intensified military operations in the occupied West Bank after three parked buses exploded in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, without casualties. Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the escalation, targeting refugee camps, particularly in Tulkarm, as Israeli forces continue their military presence in the area. The explosions, which took place on Thursday night, saw three

The government declared a cholera epidemic last year, with 24,609 cases and 699 deaths recorded by October [Getty] Sudanese health officials said on Thursday that over 400 cases of cholera had been detected in the southern city of Kosti, following a reported drone attack on a nearby power station. The surge in cases was attributed

Stabbed and slashed more than a dozen times in the head, throat, torso, thigh and hand, author Salman Rushdie spent 17 days at a Pennsylvania hospital and over three weeks at a New York City rehabilitation center. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images) Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist

An official with the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country’s future said Friday that it has not been decided whether the conference will take place before or after a new government is formed. The date of the conference has not been set and the timing “is up for

Lebanon is ramping up security and logistical preparations ahead of the funeral procession for former Hezbollah Secretary-Generals Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, set to take place on Sunday, in Beirut, including gun restrictions during the period. A high-level security meeting was held on Friday at the Baabda Presidential Palace, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, to prevent escalations

Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was extradited to the UAE last month after criticising the government on social media [Getty] Amnesty International has called for urgent action to be taken to secure the immediate release of the Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi amid growing fears for his safety in detention in the UAE. The opposition writer has

Ghotmeh poses beside of The Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens in London in 2023 [Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty] The British Museum said Friday it had chosen French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh to redesign a third of the venue’s gallery space – including a section housing the disputed Parthenon Marbles. The museum, one of London’s biggest tourist