Yasser Mahmoud Abbas’s election to Fatah’s Central Committee was more than a routine congress result; it marked the rise of a figure long associated with business circles and behind the scenes roles into the movement’s top decision making body.

The clash between the Haredim and Netanyahu goes beyond politics, exposing a deeper structural contradiction within the Zionist project between a militarized state reliant on conscription for prolonged war and an ultra-Orthodox camp seeking to preserve its privileges.

On the evening of May 3, 2026, the southern city of Aden was shaken by a crime that revived memories of the lawlessness that followed Yemen’s war.

The wave of assassinations that has swept through Yemen’s temporary capital of Aden in recent days has once again thrust the city’s file of assassinations that took place over the past years back into the spotlight, following the Houthi coup against Yemen’s internationally recognized government.

Morocco’s Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi is once again at the center of a growing storm, as his remarks on Islamic principles continue to draw sharp backlash from across the country.