صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Thursday received the UK’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, the Jordan News Agency reported. Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan, and British Ambassador to Jordan Bridget Brind also attended the meeting. King Abdullah …
Israel
Netanyahu: Israel judicial reform is ‘minor correction’
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday minimized his hard-right government’s judicial reform package in interviews with US media, calling it a “minor correction” while dismissing international and domestic criticism. “It’s described as the end of Israeli democracy — I think that’s silly and when the dust settles, everybody will …
UN urges Israel to ‘heed the calls’ of protesters over judicial reforms
DUBAI: On Monday, despite months of massive pro-democracy protests across the country, Israeli lawmakers voted to implement a key element of what proponents have long called “judicial overhaul.” While the decision met with immediate backlash from various segments of Israeli society, political analysts say that these new limitations on judicial power may serve to eliminate …
How will ongoing judicial overhaul affect Arab citizens of Israel?
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: DUBAI: On Monday, despite months of massive pro-democracy protests across the country, Israeli lawmakers voted to implement a key element of what proponents have long called “judicial overhaul.” While the decision met with immediate backlash from various segments of Israeli society, political analysts say that these new limitations on judicial power …
Pentagon chief urges Israel action on settler violence against Palestinians
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart on Tuesday and called for consensus through political dialogue in the country while urging Israel to deal with settler violence against Palestinian civilians, the Pentagon said. “Austin underscored the United States’ belief that broad consensus through political dialogue, especially in …
Israel is ‘colonial power’ violating international law: UN special rapporteur
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: RIYADH: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed on Thursday a declaration committing themselves to International Humanitarian Law to facilitate humanitarian action to meet the needs of civilians. In a document titled “Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan”, carried by Saudi …
Israel arrests two teenagers for arson attack on mosque
BAGHDAD: On the banks of the Tigris River one recent evening, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon to a local rap star as a vermillion sun set behind them. It’s a world away from the terror that followed the US invasion 20 years ago.Iraq ‘s capital today is …
Israel steps up demolitions of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
Wed, 2023-02-01 21:33 RAMALLAH: Israeli authorities have stepped up their demolitions of Palestinian homes in parts of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, following a policy formulated by extreme right-wing ministers in the country’s new government, local leaders say. On Wednesday, Israeli bulldozers knocked down buildings in the Sur Baher, Wadi Al-Hummus and Silwan neighborhoods …
Israel appears to have been behind drone strike on Iranian factory: US official
DUBAI: The GCC bloc, with its strategic location and fast-growing economies, can be a latter-day Venice, balancing between East and West, according to Paul McGrade, a former UK government adviser and an expert on UK and European trade policy, who was speaking as the GCC and the UK prepare to launch the third round of …