Archives for November, 2025

Gush Etzion Junction, in the occupied West Bank, has seen repeated attacks against Israelis in recent years

Israeli killed, three wounded in West Bank attack

Agence France-Presse

an waves as they walk down the Colonnade on the way to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Nov. 18, 2025.

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Trump gives MBS red-carpet welcome, touts F-35 deal, $1T Saudi investment

Trump is hosting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in a high-profile visit aimed at resetting US-Saudi ties and securing major defense, nuclear and investment deals.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS

Egypt annuls first-round parliament vote in quarter of constituencies over 'violations'

Reuters

A member of ZAKA Search and Rescue examines the remains of a body at the scene of what Israel's ambulance services said was a fatal stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dedi Hayun

Car ramming, stabbing attack in West Bank kills one, injures three

Reuters

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Interview

Saudi foreign ownership property law won't overheat market, says Dar Global CEO

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has frozen rent in Riyadh for five years to contain soaring prices.

Ziad El Chaar

CEO of Dar Global

A judge speaks during the trial at the Palace of Justice, as Syria began the trial of a first group drawn from hundreds of defendants allegedly involved in the mass killings of Alawites last March, in Aleppo, Syria, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

Syria opens first trial over coastal violence after Assad's fall

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Saudi prince to press Trump to intervene to end Sudan war, sources say

Reuters

Rostec says defence exports halved since 2022 as Russian orders dominated

Reuters

Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, speaks during the America Business Forum at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, U.S. November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Senators press Trump administration over envoy's possible financial conflicts, letter says

Reuters

A judge speaks during the trial at the Palace of Justice, as Syria began the trial of a first group drawn from hundreds of defendants allegedly involved in the mass killings of Alawites last March, in Aleppo, Syria, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

Syria opens first trial over coastal violence after Assad's fall

Reuters

Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

After UN vote, Netanyahu calls for Hamas' expulsion from the region

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Shikma Bressler, an Israeli physicist and one of the leaders of the protest against the government's judicial overhaul.

Interview

Can protests in Israel halt Netanyahu's second attempt at judicial overhaul?

After two years of focusing on the battle to release the hostages, Israelis are now once again demonstrating against the government’s judicial overhaul plan.

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attends an interview at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2024. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

UN chief welcomes Security Council's adoption of Trump's Gaza plan

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Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal (L) with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, March 2025.

US cancels Lebanon army chief visit amid frustration over Hezbollah: What to know

Washington canceled a planned visit by Lebanon’s army commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, signaling growing US frustration over Lebanon’s delay in disarming Hezbollah.

The number of people facing acute hunger has more than doubled over the past five years, according to the World Food Programme

UN says lacks billions of dollars to feed world's hungry

Agence France-Presse

An Israel Air Force F-35 fighter lands during the "Blue Flag" multinational air defence exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of Eilat, Israel, Oct. 24, 2021.

Analysis

Trump’s Saudi F-35 deal jolts Israel’s security elite, weakens Netanyahu

The expected sale to Saudi Arabia of American stealth F-35 jets, as well as their sale to Turkey, deeply worries Israel’s security apparatus.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense