Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that sought to block candidates under indictment from forming a future government. In a vote that highlighted the fragility of the premier’s coalition, Wednesday’s bill, proposed by opposition leader Yair Lapid, was defeated 53-37. Members of the Blue and White party, who are […]

Up until the eve of the deadly Beirut blast, Lebanese officials exchanged warnings over a dangerous chemical shipment in the port, but did nothing despite experts’ fears it could cause a massive conflagration. On August 3, a day before a huge stock of ammonium nitrate exploded and ravaged swathes of Lebanon’s capital, the public works […]

The Israeli defence ministry said on Wednesday that it had foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. It said the attempt was made by “an international cyber group called ‘Lazarus,’ an organisation that is backed by a foreign country.” The United States has linked Lazarus to North Korea’s […]

A week after the catastrophic blast at Beirut’s port, the government of Mozambique, where the ammonium nitrate that exploded was destined, has said it bears no responsibility for the disaster. At least 171 people died and more than 5,000 were injured when some 2,750 tonnes of the compound blew up after languishing for years in a […]

US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving three and a half years in jail, has filed a new appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago. In court documents filed Tuesday with Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, Cosby’s lawyers argue that five women should not have been allowed to give evidence […]