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Join legal and policy experts to hear how Israel’s measures to terminate the work of six prominent civil society organizations engaged in documenting violations of international law and supporting the International Criminal Court investigation of Israeli officials is harming defense of Palestinian rights, and what international inaction will mean for both Palestinians and Israelis, and international human rights advocacy efforts more broadly.

AMMAN: Long after the dust of the latest attack on Gaza has settled, the Hamas movement — the predominant power in the Gaza Strip — has yet to overcome the political fallout of its refusal to join fellow Islamic Jihad in retaliation against Israel. Leading Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki told Arab News that Hamas failed to consider the arrest of Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Weeks before the first anniversary of a retreat from Afghanistan that critics said exposed President Joe Biden's weakness, he shrugged off both Covid and detractors to announce the killing in Kabul of…

Critics on right and left see last year's US withdrawal from Kabul as a show of ineptitude that will make Afghanistan a hotbed of anti-American Islamic groups

Weeks before the first anniversary of a retreat from Afghanistan that critics said exposed President Joe Biden's weakness, he shrugged off both Covid and detractors to announce the killing in Kabul of Al-Qaeda's leader.

Tunisia has summoned an official from the US embassy following Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks about the North African country's recent referendum.

Experts and lawmakers say the Biden administration's approach to President Kais Saied's actions has been largely reactive, and a more strategic plan of action is needed

President Biden's ended an arduous four-day visit to the Middle East over the weekend without a major success to appease his liberal base, which has criticized him for pandering to oil-rich autocrats and walking back a campaign pledge to make a pariah of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia resulted in no firm commitment for a production hike that could ease pain at the pump.

JEDDAH: While the US media terms President Joe Biden’s Saudi Arabia trip a gamble, he and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took a step to mending their troubled relationship with a fist...