Palestinian demonstrators hold a night protest against Israeli settlements in Beita in the West Bank on June 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman)

United Nations urges Israel to halt building of settlements immediately

  • UN officials report on implementation of a 2016 Security Council resolution that declared settlements have “no legal validity"
  • They also called on Israeli authorities to end the demolition of Palestinian homes and other property and the displacement of Palestinians — another flashpoint
By AP ·

Special Iran now has ‘international criminal’ as president: Panel

Iran now has ‘international criminal’ as president: Panel

  • Ex-UN appeal judge: Ebrahim Raisi ‘guilty of crimes against humanity’
  • ‘If ever he ventures out of Iran, any democratic country would be entitled to arrest him and put him on trial’
By Christopher Hamill-Stewart ·

Expatriate workers at gas stations in Lebanon face insults, threats and assault amid fuel shortage

Expatriate workers at gas stations in Lebanon face insults, threats and assault amid fuel shortage

  • Some are leaving the country, others are saving up for tickets to return home
  • One Sudanese worker told how he was shot at for refusing to open the pumps
By Bassam Zaazaa ·

Saudi Arabia’s Hajj portal moves into second phase

Saudi Arabia’s Hajj portal moves into second phase

  • The first category of people who met the conditions for performing Hajj received text messages on Friday
  • Messages were considered a final approval only after meeting requirements according to the available places
By Arab News ·

Protestors surround an Immigration Enforcement van to stop it from departing after individuals were detained in Glasgow in May. (AFP/File Photo)

Campaigners call for inquiry into asylum seekers’ deaths in Scotland

  • Outreach workers warn of mental health crisis among asylum seekers held in UK
  • Last year a Sudanese man with mental health problems stabbed six people and was killed by police
By Arab News ·

BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s harassment of Persian staff

BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s harassment of Persian staff

  • Agents have sent death threats, harassed staff, used their families as bargaining chips
  • Reporter: ‘It’s a matter of life and death for us — and our families — to speak out’
By Arab News ·

BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s harassment of Persian staff

BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s harassment of Persian staff

  • Agents have sent death threats, harassed staff, used their families as bargaining chips
  • Reporter: ‘It’s a matter of life and death for us — and our families — to speak out’
By Arab News ·