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Netanyahu’s office says he will appoint the deputy head of the National Security Council, Gil Reich, as acting head.Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says he has been fired by Benjamin Netanyahu, as the Israeli prime minister’s office said Gil Reich would be appointed as acting head of the National Security Council (NSC).“Prime Minister Netanyahu informed me today of his intention to appoint a new head of the National Security Council,” Hanegbi said in a statement on Tuesday evening. “In light of this, my term as national security adviser and head of the National Security Council ends today.”Recommended Stories list…

More than 200 people have been hospitalised in recent weeks with respiratory issues blamed on a local chemical plant.A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters have brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a standstill as anger intensifies over a state-run chemical plant that residents blame for a pollution crisis.Shops, markets, schools, and cafes shut down in the general strike, halting economic activity in coastal Gabes on Tuesday in response to a call by the powerful UGTT labour union.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Tunisia pardons man sentenced to death over Facebook postslist 2 of…

US president renews his threats to Hamas, saying that the Palestinian group could face ‘FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL’ end.United States President Donald Trump has suggested that several countries in the Middle East have offered to send forces to Gaza to fight Hamas, renewing his threats to the Palestinian group amid the fragile ceasefire in the territory.“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and ‘straighten our…

WFP says food supplies remain well below daily target of 2,000 tonnes, calls for Israel to open more crossing points.The UN World Food Programme says that supplies to Gaza have ramped up after the US-brokered ceasefire, but are still far short of its daily target of 2,000 tonnes because only two crossings into the Palestinian territory are open.Approximately 750 metric tonens of food are now entering the Gaza Strip daily, according to the WFP, but this was still well below the scale of needs after two years of Israel’s devastating war that has reduced much of Gaza to ruins.Recommended Stories…

EuroLeague said the decision to allow Israeli clubs to play home games was in response to the October 10 ceasefire agreement.Basketball’s top European competitions are set to become the first to return to Israel since the October 7, 2023 attacks, after clubs agreed on Tuesday to resume EuroLeague and EuroCup games in the country from December 1, following recent ceasefire and peace initiatives in the region, the organisation said.Games involving Israeli teams have been held at neutral venues since October 2023 due to the conflict in Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UCL: Spanish giants Atletico travel to…

Ignoring the new reality or refusing to engage with it would mean to lose agency.There are two conversations unfolding in the wake of the latest ceasefire, which has brought a fragile pause to the carnage in Gaza – one quiet, pragmatic, and regional; the other, loud, moral, and global. The first takes place behind closed doors, among diplomats, intelligence services and political veterans of the Middle East. The second fills our timelines, animated by outrage and solidarity – the only decent human response to horror. The first is sketching a new map of power, as the second speaks of betrayal…

Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for the 2007 election from Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at a prison in Paris to start serving a five-year jail sentence.The 70-year-old leader arrived at La Sante prison in a police car on Tuesday morning, becoming the first former head of an European Union state to be jailed.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3France’s Macron set to name new prime minister on Fridaylist 2 of 3Who is Francois Bayrou, France’s new prime minister?list 3 of 3Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption convictionend…

Sources and witnesses report early-morning explosions near Khartoum international airport, due to reopen on Wednesday.A series of drone attacks has hit areas in Sudan’s capital, including near Khartoum international airport, a day before its long-awaited reopening, according to the AFP news agency and Sudanese media reports.Witnesses told AFP they heard drones over central and southern Khartoum early on Tuesday. A wave of explosions was reported near the airport between 4am and 6am (02:00-04:00 GMT).The airport has been shut since fighting erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), badly damaging infrastructure.Sudan’s Rakoba News,…

What can the release of Palestinian detainees tell us about the ceasefire and the future of Israeli occupation?Thousands of Palestinians have been freed under a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel – but many more remain in Israeli prisons. As arrests continue and families wait for answers, what does “freedom” really mean under occupation? And how does detention shape daily life, resistance, and hope in Palestine?In this episode:Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2The Take: Why is Israel still restricting aid to Gaza?list 2 of 2The Take: Will Madagascar’s coup overshadow its Gen Z revolution?end of list Shawan…

Tel Aviv football team says it is working to ‘stamp out racism’ among its fan base.Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv has said it will turn down any tickets offered to its fans for a match in the United Kingdom, even if an earlier decision by local officials to bar the team’s followers from attending is reversed.Maccabi Tel Aviv said on Monday that “hard lessons learned” meant it had decided to decline any offer of tickets for the Europa League game against Aston Villa.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Far-right Israeli football fans set off pyrotechnics in Latvia’s…