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In Beirut, deadly tensions flare amid anger over port blast probe
The Iran-backed Hezbollah accuse a Christian party of attacking its supporters, who were gathering to demand the removal of the judge investigating last year’s port blast.
- by Maha El Dahan, Tom Perry and Laila Bassam
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Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex
Researchers estimate the facility, which dates back some 1500 years, could produce about 2 million litres of wine a year.
- by Tsafrir Abayov
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Oil tank fire in southern Lebanon contained, energy minister says
The blaxe is the latest blow to a nation grappling with a deep economic crisis and crippling fuel and power shortages.
- by Mahmoud Mourad
In Israel ‘fully vaccinated’ means three doses
The country said it would soon cancel the vaccination passports of those who are eligible for, but have not yet received, a third vaccination shot.
- by Isabel Kershner
Michelangelo’s David ‘manhood’ covered to avoid Dubai outrage
Replica of famous statue will have buttocks hidden to respect Muslim culture.
- by Andrea Vogt
Israeli troops kill four Palestinians in West Bank clashes
Sunday’s violence was the deadliest between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.
The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine
Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to pull the trigger with no operatives present.
- by Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi
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Middle East tensions
A year into the Abraham Accords shines a light into future
The Middle East, so often in the news for its problems, has, during the past year, pioneered a major historic breakthrough likely to have enduring effects, in the form of the Abraham Accords.
- by Colin Rubenstein
‘It’s not a crisis, it’s a collapse’: Life in a total economic meltdown
The situation in Lebanon is so grave it may rank as one of the top three economic calamities to strike any nation for the past 170 years.
- by Bevan Shields
Prisoners use hidden tunnel to escape from high-security jail in Israel
Six prisoners tunnelled out of their cell and escaped from a high-security facility in Israel in the biggest prison break of its kind in decades.
- by Laurie Kellman and Joseph Krauss
Isaac was singing nursery rhymes when the blast hit
In a shaded museum garden, a child’s swing memorial has been unveiled in the memory of the Australian toddler who lost his life in the Beirut blast.
- by Bevan Shields