The Muslim World
Iran Threatens Response to Israeli Drone Attack - WSJ
Iran blamed Israel for the first time for a drone attack last month on a military facility in the city of Isfahan and said it reserved the right to “respond resolutely.”
Israel to Chad: need to curb Iran, Hezbollah clout in Sahel | Reuters
Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's Sahel region.
Pakistan says mosque bomber wore police uniform, breached security on motorbike | Reuters
The suicide bomber who killed more than 100 people at a mosque in a police compound in the Pakistan city of Peshawar this week wore a police uniform and entered the high security area on a motorbike, a provincial police chief said on Thursday.
Israel FM: Fully normalized ties with Sudan later this year | AP News
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel expects to fully normalize ties with Sudan sometime later this year, Israel's foreign minister said Thursday, after returning from a lightning diplomatic mission to the Sudanese capital.
Secular Winter
Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage | AP News
NEW DELHI (AP) — Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia’s love story began just like any other college romance. Except no one else knew about the gay couple’s relationship. It was 2008. Homosexuality was yet to gain a degree of acceptance in deeply conservative India, with many gay couples facing stigma and isolation.
Turkey summons nine Western ambassadors over security alerts | Reuters
Turkey summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries including the United States and Sweden on Thursday to criticise their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following Koran-burning incidents in Europe.
General News
How the US is boosting military alliances to counter China | AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expanding it military presence in Asia, in a string of moves aimed at countering Beijing and reassuring Indo-Pacific allies that America will stand with them against threats from China and North Korea.
Finance and Economy
Global Minimum Tax Deal Advances With Partial Reprieve for U.S.-Based Companies - WSJ
International officials are moving ahead with their tax increases while giving U.S. companies a temporary break from some increases in hopes of prompting the U.S. to implement the deal.
Quds Matters
Palestinians face removal as far-right Israel vows expansion | AP News
KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) — Protesters streaming up the windswept hills east of Jerusalem interrupted Maha Ali’s breakfast. Palestinian chants of support for her West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, at risk of demolition by the Israeli army since it lost its legal protection over four years ago, drowned out the singing birds and bleating sheep.
Extremist Israeli group halts fund-raising effort in US | AP News
LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — An Israeli group that assists Jewish prisoners convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes has halted its fund-raising efforts through a U.S.-based Jewish charity following an investigation by The Associated Press and the Israeli nonprofit news organization Shomrim.