Government And Politics
Turkey detains former Kurdish party officials for PKK links
Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained 46 people, including former officials of a pro-Kurdish party, suspected of having financial links to Kurdish militants
NSO turns to US Supreme Court for immunity in WhatsApp suit
The Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court as it seeks to head off a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service
Israel troops kill Palestinian in West Bank, 4th in past day
The Palestinian health ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian near Bethlehem
The Palestinian health ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank
Palestinians vandalize West Bank shrine as tensions soar
The Israeli military says Palestinians set fire to a West Bank shrine revered by Jews as Israeli forces continued to operate in the occupied territory
Israeli forces kill Palestinian attacker after manhunt
Israeli security forces say they have killed a Palestinian man who opened fire into a crowded bar in central Tel Aviv and killed two people
After spat, Saudi Arabia sending ambassador back to Lebanon
Saudi Arabia says it would send its ambassador back to Lebanon after a diplomatic spat last year
Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war
Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce
US diplomat: Mediterranean gas pipeline to Europe not viable
A senior U.S. diplomat says a proposed pipeline to deliver natural gas from deposits in the east Mediterranean to European markets is too expensive, not economically viable and will take too long to help countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas any time soon
Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing
A Turkish court has suspended the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and ruled that the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia