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Hussein Hamayel (حسين حمايل) was appointed governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley in March 2024, replaced Jihad Abu al-Asal. In May 2026, Hamayel was elected to Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council.

Scant progress in US-China talks bolsters Putin, while for China, hosting back-to-back visits is a diplomatic flex.

The Hong Kong government will lift resale restrictions on replacement homes for flat owners displaced by the Tai Po fire and provide them with two-year vouchers to purchase second-hand subsidised housing, according to an official buy-back document seen by the South China Morning …

London-headquartered bank will reduce back-office jobs and aims to move some workers to new roles Business live – latest updates Standard Chartered plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs over the next four years as it increasingly uses artificial intelligence. The London-headquartered…

China will actively participate in settling international conflicts and improve mechanisms for resolving them, a former Chinese diplomat has said, stressing that Hong Kong could serve as an “important bridge” for exchanges and that a recently established mediation body in the cit…

President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia’s relationship with China had reached “a truly unprecedented level”, pledging mutual support on core interests including sovereignty and national unity, just hours before arriving in Beijing. During his two-day trip, which will be…

The US Air Force just revealed that it was launching a study of a new heavy bomber that might replace the Boeing B-52. The analysis of alternatives in the FY27 budget will look at ‘future ...

In today’s newsletter: Labour has been decimated, Reform has taken up the official opposition, and the Senedd has expanded massively – taking the country’s new leadership into uncharted waters Good morning. While Westminster-watchers were obsessed with Labour’s leadership shenani…

Rising volume of components imported from China prompts warning of cannibalisation of European industries Europe is facing a fresh China shock that threatens to cannibalise local factories, leading to job losses and de facto colonisation of industry by Beijing, trade analysts and…

Hong Kong’s economy and trade with the United States will benefit from greater stability and certainty brought by the summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump, the city’s leader has said. “Hong Kong is an externally oriented economy, suscept…

A study from Tsinghua University has opened a new front in the global technology race by asking a question that may have profound implications for industrial powers. When commanding an artificial intelligence (AI) model to, say, design a better aircraft, does it matter whether yo…

Port has upgraded offshore wind facilities and is to expand quays, ferry terminals and cruise ship services The operator of Belfast harbour plans to spend £1.3bn over the next 25 years to take advantage of strong economic growth in Northern Ireland, in what would be one of the la…

LONDON — A little-known British defense minister is being urged by MPs to consider a bid to replace Keir Starmer, as a leadership crisis consumes the governing Labour Party. Al Carns, the minister for the armed forces, is being touted by supporters who say the party now needs a r…

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has begun mass production of autonomous cabs powered by its own chips, likely to mount yet another challenge on Tesla as both companies pursue a leading position in self-driving. Robotaxi has become the latest area where the two firms cou…

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging int…

China’s military mouthpiece has issued a rare warning that personnel may be insufficiently trained to operate new weapons, including unmanned systems, despite Beijing’s rapid advances in hardware. Some military units showed a low level of integration between personnel and equipme…

China’s influence in Solomon Islands is likely to weather the accession to power on 15 May of a prime minister who’s less favourable to it than his predecessor. While Australia has improved its relationship with ...

President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state media It has been an unsettling few days for Taiwan’s government. When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US lea…

‘We cannot continue to blame migrants for the problems of our economy,’ backbencher Andrew McLachlan says A Liberal senator has broken ranks to criticise Angus Taylor’s plan to bar non-citizens from accessing welfare, warning it will create “two types of members of the community”…

Prashanth Parameswaran joins the Asia Geopolitics podcast to explain how multialignment shapes Southeast Asia’s foreign policy and the region’s strategic importance.

New technologies may bring risk and opportunity for the federal government, cyber experts explained.

Brussels’ plan, due Tuesday, bets on manure. The fast tools that could have helped farmers were too politically toxic to touch.

Mainland Chinese investors shed their holdings of US Treasury bills in March, echoing the move of many overseas institutions and central banks amid uncertainties over the US-Israel war on Iran. Such reductions in Treasury holdings reflected mounting doubts in global markets, anal…

Hong Kong’s residential property market recovery is unlikely to be derailed by a potential increase in interest rates amid the Middle East conflict, as demand is supported by professionals relocating to the city and surging rents, according to Moody’s Ratings. At the same time, t…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing this week, just days after US President Donald Trump departed, following his summit with President Xi Jinping, the choreography will not be merely diplomatic. It will be show of “civilisational theatre”. For years, analysts…