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Tensions boil over in Tunis as police clash with protesters

Tunisia

Tensions boil over in Tunis as police clash with protesters

Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Ettadhamen, a suburb of the capital, after the death of a man detained on suspicion of drug dealing, amid clashes with police in two towns in southern Tunisia.

Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu on his own ground: security

Israel

Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu on his own ground: security

Reserved, media-shy, and a relative newcomer to Israeli politics, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot presents a clear contrast to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the veteran leader he aims to defeat in an election next week.

Suspected spy for Russia arrested in Germany

Politics

Suspected spy for Russia arrested in Germany

A Ukrainian national has been arrested in the German state Brandenburg on suspicion of spying for Russia, a statement by federal public prosecutors said on Thursday.

UN rapporteur calls on Jakarta to step back from Gaza board

Gaza

UN rapporteur calls on Jakarta to step back from Gaza board

Indonesia should reconsider its involvement in US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan because it is being shaped by Israel and the US and lacks a Palestinian voice, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories told Reuters on Thursday.

Golan Druze break a long-held taboo by turning to Israeli citizenship

Israel

Golan Druze break a long-held taboo by turning to Israeli citizenship

For decades, voting in Israeli elections was off-limits for the Druze of the Golan Heights, who remained loyal to Syria. That taboo is now crumbling: 45% of the community holds Israeli citizenship today, compared with just 2% forty years ago, according to Ici Beyrouth.

Israel’s election and the Palestinians: change or continuity?

Israel

Israel’s election and the Palestinians: change or continuity?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Gadi Eisenkot both oppose an independent Palestinian state, meaning next week's election is unlikely to produce a sweeping shift in policies that have hampered a decades-old peace process.

Aramco pulls staff out of Dhahran as Saudi-Houthi clashes escalate

Saudi Arabia

Aramco pulls staff out of Dhahran as Saudi-Houthi clashes escalate

Saudi state oil company Aramco has ordered the evacuation of its headquarters in Dhahran, six people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday, as fighting between the world's largest crude exporter and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis intensifies.

Attack on Dammam airport leaves two dead, eight wounded

Saudi Arabia

Attack on Dammam airport leaves two dead, eight wounded

Two people were killed and eight injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia's eastern oil hub of Dammam on Wednesday evening, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said on Thursday.

Carney seals strategic partnership with Turkey to boost trade

Turkey

Carney seals strategic partnership with Turkey to boost trade

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney met with President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Thursday, in the first bilateral visit by a Canadian leader, and the two NATO allies upgraded their relations to a "strategic partnership" as Ottawa seeks to expand trade partners and reduce reliance on the United States. 

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