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  • Israel mounts Jenin operation in West Bank; killing several Palestinians

    Israel launched extensive air and ground attacks on Jenin starting early Monday, striking what it called a militant “operational command center” in a further escalation in the occupied West Bank city that is a hub of armed Palestinian resistance.

  • Israeli drones strike West Bank in major operation

    Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes during an overnight operation on Monday that included hundreds of troops and set off a gunbattle lasting into the day, killing at least seven people in a major escalation of West Bank violence. With drones clearly audible overhead and the sounds of gunfire and explosives heard across the city hours after the strikes, the Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of militant groups based in the city's crowded refugee camp, said it was engaging the Israeli forces and shot down one of the unmanned aircraft.

  • Turkey’s central bank hikes interest rate to 15% in dramatic U-turn to fight inflation

    Turkey’s central bank jacked up the country’s key interest rate Thursday, almost doubling it from 8.5% to 15% as the new economic administration of recently re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan embarked on a dramatic monetary policy U-turn. The bank said that there will be further gradual monetary tightening until the inflation picture in the country improves.

  • Michael Boxall: Soccer match between New Zealand and Qatar abandoned at halftime amid racial abuse allegations

    Two soccer federations are at loggerheads after a match between New Zealand and Qatar was abandoned at halftime on Monday, with both disputing the events preceding the game’s abrupt end. The New Zealand team refused to take to the pitch after halftime in protest at an alleged racial slur made towards defender Michael Boxall, saying that no action was taken. “Michael Boxall was racially abused during the first half of the game by a Qatari player,” New Zealand Football said in a statement on social media shortly after the abandonment. “No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to come out for the second half of the match.”

  • Why Saudi Arabia, UAE banned release of new Spider-Man movie?

    According to Saudi Cinema, which is run by the General Commission for Audiovisual Media, Spider-Man will not be released in some parts of the Gulf region as it ‘contradicts the content controls in force’, reports Unilad. While the reason for the ban is unknown, many speculate that it has to do with the brief appearance of the pro-trans flag, with many fans speculating that Gwen’s character is transgender.

  • Saudi Arabia bans new Spider-Man movie that features transgender flag

    A few issues of censorship of LGBTQ content have occurred in the Gulf recently, though Saudi authorities did not say exactly why “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” will not be shown.

  • Celebrating Community in Asir: A Home for Shabana

    The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct historical regions: Hejaz, Najd, Alhasa, and Asir. The Asir Mountain Range runs north and south parallel to the Red Sea on the southwestern coast of Saudi Arabia. Asir means ‘difficult’ in Arabic, reflecting the challenge involved in crossing the area’s mountains.

  • 3-month midday outdoor work ban to be in force from June 15

    The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it would start imposing a midday work ban under the sun for all private sector companies and establishments. The work ban will start from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a period of three months. The ban would come into force on Thursday, June 15 and will continue until Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

  • Lebanon Lawmakers Want IMF Mideast Chief Jihad Azour for President

    Several prominent Lebanese political parties are lobbying for the head of the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East section to become the crisis-wracked country’s next president. The two largest Christian groups in parliament, the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement, have voiced their support for Jihad Azour, who’s the IMF’s director for the Middle East and Central Asia.

  • Qatar’s Central Bank Didn’t Properly Enforce Its Crypto Ban, Money Laundering Watchdog FATF Says

    Qatar has taken little action against crypto companies breaching a ban announced in 2019, a global anti-money laundering watchdog said in a Wednesday report. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urged the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) to be more proactive in identifying and sanctioning virtual asset service providers (VASPs) that breached its crypto prohibition in a report, which accused the country of being too lax on terrorist fundraising. “Qatar has not demonstrated that the competent authorities proactively identify and take enforcement action for potential breaches of this prohibition,” on crypto firms announced by the Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority in 2019, said the report, though it cites 2,007 transactions that were rejected and 43 accounts closed for digital asset links.