Jerusalem / AFP The Israeli parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill to legalise thousands of West Bank settler homes, a measure drawing international anger and posing the government’s biggest test since 2015 polls. The measure, which would apply to an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Jewish homes in the occupied West Bank, requires three more full parliamentary ...

  Marrakesh / AFP Morocco is to host an African summit later on Wednesday as the kingdom presses a bid to rejoin the continental bloc 32 years after walking out in protest at its position on the Western Sahara. Some 30 leaders are due to take part, including those of English-speaking states like Kenya and Nigeria as well as Morocco’s ...

Athens/ AFP Globalisation has brought many economic benefits to the world but needs a “course correction” to address growing inequality, US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday on his European farewell tour. Obama spoke during a visit originally planned as a valedictory lap, but which has become focused on reassuring jittery allies after the shock election victory by Donald Trump, a ...