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Israel is responsible for serious violations against Palestinians, a UN Special Rapporteur said in a report.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: UN expert condemns Israel's 'collective punishment of Palestinians', home demolitions

On May 20, 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran and proclaimed "these waters are ours... the Israeli flag shall not go through the Gulf of…

As Turkey celebrated with much fanfare the failure of a 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish court convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper Thursday…

'Unprecedented' online reaction against Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death penalty for three young protesters.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Iranians take social media by storm to halt executions

Pro-Palestinian progressive insurgent Jamaal Bowman ousted House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel in the New York Democratic primary, according to an Associated Press call of the today. While Engel…

Three House Democrats are vying to replace Eliot Engel as the party’s new foreign affairs leader — will they actually change his Middle East policies? Source: Al Monitor Full Article:…

Ankara’s harsh outbursts in favor of Baku in Azerbaijan’s rekindled conflict with Armenia might be aimed at domestic consumption as well as pressuring Russia into concessions in Libya and Syria.…

US sanctions on Venezuela allow for humanitarian exemptions. Turkey is active in delivering coronavirus-related aid around the world. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Turkey sends virus aid to Venezuela

The Hope probe is now scheduled to launch Monday from Japan. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: UAE Mars mission again delayed due to weather

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million are at risk of acquiring it.For more coronavirus…