Category Middle East

Canada’s government has condemned anti-NATO protests in Montreal that turned violent on Friday as ‘anti-Semitic’. Demonstrators called for Canada to withdraw from the Western military alliance due to its ‘complicity’ in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.

Voting has closed in Algeria’s presidential election in a poll where the incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is tipped to stay on for a second term. Voting began at 8am (07:00 GMT) and was scheduled be closed at 7pm (18:00 GMT) before…