Jerusalem Controversy

Three people could stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from annexing all or part of the West Bank a month from now. And the three do not include Defense Minister Benny Gantz or Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, the leaders of the Kahol Lavan party, who so far have evinced near-total submission…

Residents of Bamenda in Cameroon's troubled northwest region are torn between insecurity and the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Some say they prefer the crisis to the virus. Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's northwest region, has been at the heart of a three-year conflict between Cameroon government troops and armed…

Toyko is bringing back some lockdown measures, urging people to stay home after a spike in cases. Elsewhere, former high-ranking politicians have called for a G20 summit to help poor countries. Follow DW for the latest. The number of global deaths now stands at 375,208 with over 6 million confirmed…

With foreign tourists not visiting Cambodia, an increasing number of people find it difficult to make ends meet. Experts say the tourism industry will take years to revive. Ate Hoekstra reports from Siem Reap. It's been two months since Horn Bo took passengers to Angkor Wat. Like many other Cambodians,…

By Aya BatrawyThe Associated PressSun., May 31, 2020timer4 min. readDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened Sunday for the first time in more than two months, with worshipers ordered to follow strict guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Islam’s holiest…

Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog. 17.15 31/05/2020 Two more people die of coronavirus with 66 new confirmed cases A further two people have died of coronavirus in Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed, bringing the total up to…

The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site for Muslims after Saudi Arabia’s Mecca and Medina, reopened for prayers on Sunday for the first time since it was closed in mid-March. Throngs waited outside the holy site’s gates before it opened, with many wearing surgical masks. As they were…

Two altars in an ancient shrine in Israel have been revealing their secrets.Material on the altars of the shrine, which was originally at Tel Arad in the Beersheba Valley, was found to include cannabis and frankincense. The shrine, which dates back to around 750 to 715 B.C., has been rebuilt…

A 6-year-old boy in Israel has discovered a 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting an ancient captive and his captor.Imri Elya found the tablet during a hiking trip to the Tel Jemmeh archaeological site in the Negev desert with his parents, according to the Times of Israel. He picked up the small…

At first glance, Moshav Renan, near the town of Ofakim in the northwestern Negev, and Moshav Matzliach, in central Israel, look like typical cooperative farming villages: grocery store, warehouse converted into a gym, memorial site, farmers in faded caps. But these are the only two principally Karaite communities left in…