Government And Politics
Family says Sudan freed man convicted of killing US diplomat
Sudanese authorities have released a man convicted of the 2008 killing of a U.S. diplomat in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Khartoum
French finance minister backs pension push, UAE's COP28 pick
Trying to sell France to Emirati investors, France’s finance minister has highlighted what he described as the business-friendly overhaul of President Emmanuel Macron while on a trip to Abu Dhabi
Turkey Elections Opposition
Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has the region on edge
Turkey favors approving Finland's NATO bid before Sweden's
Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, if the military alliance and the Nordic countries agree to it
Palestinians say Israeli troops kill man in West Bank
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank
In Israel, disposable plastics trigger culture war, test PM
Israel's new government is moving quickly to repeal a tax on single-use plastic goods like cups, plates and cutlery
Israel Jerusalem Demolitions Drive
Erdogan might approve Finland's NATO bid, 'shock' Sweden
Turkey’s president has suggested his country might approve Finland’s application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden’s
Israel prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman
Israel has sealed up the home of an Palestinian man who killed seven people outside an east Jerusalem synagogue in a preliminary step ahead of its expected demolition