The list, published on Wednesday, escalated a looming showdown between Israel and the international community over its more than half-century policy of building settlements in the West Bank..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Israel cuts ties with UN rights chief after blacklist targets firms linked to illegal settlements
The full list: Who are the 112 companies complicit in Israel's illegal settlement industry?
The list released by the UN human rights office is the first-ever international attempt to name and shame businesses connected to Israel's settlement industry..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The full list: Who are the 112 companies complicit in Israel's illegal settlement industry?
Libya reopens Tripoli's Mitiga airport after hours of closure
The only functioning airport in Libya's capital Tripoli reopened on Thursda….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Libya reopens Tripoli's Mitiga airport after hours of closure
US Air Force officially allows pilots to wear hijabs, turbans, beards
The US Air Force has updated its dress regulations and pilots will now be able to apply for a waiver to wear a beard, hijab or turban on religious grounds..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: US Air Force officially allows pilots to wear hijabs, turbans, beards
Rabbi Eliezer Berland's custody extended by judge
‘Give him a mentos’ quips judge to defense attorney for Berland, who is accused of giving fake medicine he blessed, including mentos candies, to the sick in return for payment.;
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Rabbi Eliezer Berland's custody extended by judge
New clashes in Libya despite UN ceasefire call
A new round of violence on the southern outskirts of the Libyan capital on Thursday left civilians dead and wounded..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: New clashes in Libya despite UN ceasefire call
Iran candidates kick off campaigns for parliamentary elections
Guardian Council, which vets prospective candidates, barred more than 9,000 from out of more than 16,000 aspirants..
Source: Your Middle East
Full Article: Iran candidates kick off campaigns for parliamentary elections
Syria’s air defenses down missiles from Israel
Syria’s air defenses intercepted and downed several missiles coming across the occupied Golan Heights in Israel before they hit their targets in the capital Damascus, Syrian state television
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Syria’s air defenses down missiles from Israel
Israeli missile attack on Damascus kills Syrian, Iranian fighters: Monitor
A missile attack launched from Israel on military targets near Damascus overnight killed three Syrian and four Iranian fighters, a war monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israeli missile attack on Damascus kills Syrian, Iranian fighters: Monitor
Israeli swimmer's discovery of Egyptian artifact met with suspicion in Cairo
An Israeli swimmer discovered a 3,400-year-old stone engraved with hieroglyphs last year, but some Egyptian experts have a hard time believing the story.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli swimmer's discovery of Egyptian artifact met with suspicion in Cairo