Middle-East
Israeli police recommend indicting Netanyahu in telecom case
Jerusalem, Dec 2 (AP/UNB) — Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges related to a corruption case involving Israel's telecom giant, prompting immediate calls for his resignation.
UN: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry
Bangkok, Nov 29 (AP/UNB) — Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday as it renewed appeals for better policies and technologies to reach "zero hunger."
Number of injured in 6.3 magnitude Iran quake rises to 716
Tehran, Nov 26 (AP/UNB) — Iranian authorities said Monday that the number of injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night has risen to 716. No fatalities were reported from the temblor.
Syrian warplanes strike rebel areas after alleged gas attack
Damascus, Nov 25 (AP/UNB) — Syrian warplanes attacked rebel-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks on Sunday, as Syrian officials said more than 100 people were treated at hospitals following a suspected poison gas attack by rebels in the northern city of Aleppo.
Bahrain votes for new parliament but opposition is absent
Dubai, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — Polls opened in Bahrain on Saturday to elect a new parliament, but absent from the ballot is the country's Shiite-dominated opposition, whose most prominent figures are serving lengthy prison sentences.
Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor'
Tehran, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called Israel a "cancerous tumor" established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East.
Saudi crown prince on 1st trip abroad since Khashoggi killed
Dubai, Nov 24 (UNB/AP) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, on his first tour abroad since the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
Sanaa, Nov 21 (AP/UNB) — An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen's civil war in 2015, an international aid group said Wednesday.
UN hopes for meeting on Syria constitution by late December
United Nations, Nov 20 (AP/UNB) — The United Nations is still aiming to send invitations to 150 Syrians by mid-December to participate in a committee that would draft a new constitution for Syria, which is key to holding elections and ending the country's civil war, a U.N. envoy said Monday.
Watch the Saudi desert flooded
Dhaka, Nov 20 (UNB) - Two men lead a herd of camels through a brutal sandstorm and a haze of rain in a dramatic video that’s gone viral for both its drama, and its beauty.