Middle East
Qatar to re-install Zidane statue that sparked backlash
Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane’s head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had ...Israeli troops kill two Palestinians as violence simmers
Israeli soldiers shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian woman on Wednesday, the army said – an account that was disputed by Palestinian officials ...Clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque before contested Israeli flag march
Israeli police faced off with Palestinians holed up inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday as hundreds of Jews visited the holy compound ...Egypt expects Suez Canal revenues to hit $7 billion by end of fiscal year
Egypt expects the Suez Canal’s revenues to reach about $7 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, finance minister Mohamed ...Dubai airport posts busiest quarter in two years
Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s leading air hubs, reported on Thursday its busiest quarter in two years, with passenger traffic ...Israeli police enter tense holy site as Jewish visits resume
Israeli police entered a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem to clear away Palestinian protesters on Thursday, after Jewish visits that had been ...Israeli war planes strike Gaza after rocket attack
Israel carried out air strikes in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday after a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory landed in ...Israel downs Gaza rocket, admonishes Jordan as Jerusalem tensions simmer
Israel shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israeli military said, the first such attack in months ...Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak ...Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police insideJerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, extending a recent resurgence ...














