The Israeli government's plan to enable parliament to override Supreme Court decisions and control judicial appointments would be "a disaster" for human rights, a top Human Rights Watch official says.
The International Court of Justice rules that Washington violated the 1955 friendship treaty with Tehran, which was still in place when US courts froze the assets of Iranian companies.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appoints his son Khaled as crown prince, the latter having risen to prominence at the country's state security service and as chairman of powerful Abu Dhabi Executive Office.
Ofek-13 is the most advanced of its kind with unique radar observation capabilities, according to the chief of Israel Aerospace Industries.
A new study reveals that an additional 136 warheads were attributed to Russia, which has the world's largest arsenal with 5,889 operational warheads, as well as China, India, North Korea and Pakistan.
President Isaac Herzog's office describes talks between working teams representing ruling coalition, Yesh Atid and the National Unity Party — two centrist parties — as "a first dialogue meeting".
UN chief Antonio Guterres and UN human rights chief Volker Turk call for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of Syrians missing since 2011 civil war.
Around 1.8 million Yemeni households are set to benefit from the grant.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a delay to the judicial reform plans amid continued protests throughout the country.
Amnesty International has urged the international community to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa to account.
Human rights groups and critics say the move will create "a private, armed militia" that would be directly under the "control" of the ultra-nationalist leader.
The Israeli prime minister says he had postponed the final reading of the judiciary overhaul bill "out of national responsibility."
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