Government And Politics
Israel probes death of elderly Palestinian who was detained
Israel is investigating after an 80-year-old Palestinian with U.S. citizenship died of a heart attack after being detained by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank
Egypt president urges Sudanese to talk, denies backing coup
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is urging rival factions in Sudan to engage in talks to move forward in their transition to democracy after a coup toppled the civilian-led government
British Council worker freed from Iranian prison, back in UK
The British Council says an Iranian employee arrested in Tehran has been acquitted by a court and is now in the United Kingdom
Israel Tree Planting
Yemeni government says southern province retaken from rebels
Yemeni officials say forces of the internationally recognized government have reclaimed the entire southern province of Shabwa from Iran-backed Houthi rebels
Libyan security forces break up protest sit-in by migrants
Activists and migrants say Libyan security forces have broken up a protest sit-in by migrants outside a former U.N. community center in the capital of Tripoli
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu, Olmert face off in court in defamation suit
Two former Israeli prime ministers are facing off in a Tel Aviv courtroom as Benjamin Netanyahu’s defamation suit against Ehud Olmert gets underway