After the sound and fury of Monday’s mass protests around Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, Jerusalem is calm. In Sacher Park, a protest camp since the weekend, the tents have gone, leaving flocks of hooded crows to peck over piles of rubbish. At the busy junction just above...
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A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country’s image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned. Many Muslim-majority countries have expressed outrage. Last week protesters set fire to Sweden’s...
They’re behind a massive golf merger, they control Newcastle United and they’re bringing some of the biggest footballers in the world to the Middle East. If you’re not sure what Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is all about, here’s a quick guide...
The wildfires that have swept across the Mediterranean have left homes and business in ashes. Dozens have been killed in Algeria and across the border in the north-western Tunisian town of Tabarka, people are now assessing the damage. When I meet Mounia Hamiss she is sitting outside on a...
Two men scramble their way down a concrete wall while an Israeli military camera they’ve torn off the top dangles beside them. “Hey lad, where are you?” yells one. “Follow me!” The other – bare-chested – abseils down as video filmed by a third...