FBI opens investigation into Israeli murder of Al Jazeera reporter

Israeli officials bristled at the news, with outgoing defense minister Benny Gantz calling it a mistake and highlighting that Israel 'stands behind all soldiers'

Muqtada al-Sadr’s drive to criminalize Iraq-Israel relations kills two birds with one stone

Iraq's legal offensive to criminalize normalization with Israel was praised across the region, however amidst a domestic political stalemate, there are ulterior motives at play 

Palestinians mourn slain Al Jazeera journalist as calls grow for independent investigation

Palestinians refused calls for a joint investigation of Shireen Abu Aqla's murder, citing Tel Aviv's track record of inaccurate investigations of their soldiers' crimes

Lebanese judge freezes assets of multiple banks amid ongoing investigations

The judicial order comes just days after the CEOs of the same banks were hit with travel bans

Luxembourg launches investigation into money laundering by Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor

Riad Salameh now faces three criminal investigations in Europe over alleged "massive" embezzlement of public funds

Judges protecting judges: why the Beirut blast investigation is a dud

Lead investigative Judge Tarek Bitar refuses to prosecute his judiciary colleagues who signed to unload, store, then ignore the ammonium nitrates that devastated Beirut last August.

EXCLUSIVE: Beirut blast, the investigation files

Exclusive: The Cradle has viewed the western and Lebanese investigation files of the Beirut blast and summarizes their details.

Looted antiquities returned to Yemen

War and conflict in West Asia have opened the door to the looting of the region’s antiquities

Large quantities of US weapons lost, stolen in Iraq, Syria: Report

US-supplied weapons have been a significant source of weapons and ammunition for ISIS and other Al-Qaeda groups in the past

Lebanese banks liable for financial collapse claim ‘no liquidity’ to pay back depositors

Several Lebanese commercial banks have been charged with money laundering

Bahraini activist faces new charges on top of life sentence

Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, who was imprisoned in 2011, is facing new charges for inciting protests in prison and allegedly breaking a plastic chair

Israeli army turns activist’s house into military zone to silence him

Despite being acquitted by the Israeli court dozens of times, the Israeli army continues to harass Issa Amro in a bid to silence him

Bahrain uses political isolation laws against political opponents: rights group

Earlier this month, a Bahrain court sentenced eight anti-government activists to death

Bahraini courts sentence eight activists to death

Bahrain has arrested nearly 15,000 people for their political views, making them the number one Arab country with the most political prisoners

Israeli fire killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla: UN

The UN has finally corroborated the account of Abu Aqla's colleagues, who at the time said Israeli snipers indiscriminately opened fire on them

Over 50 US lawmakers urge FBI to probe murder of Shireen Abu Aqla

The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Herzog, has referred to the call for an investigation as 'unfair'

Al Jazeera verifies video that shows Shireen Abu Aqla was killed in cold blood

Reports by Israeli media allege the occupation army has no plans to investigate the murder of the journalist

Israeli army will not investigate murder of Al Jazeera journalist: Report

Earlier this week, Israeli police arrested one of the pallbearers beaten by occupation troops during the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Aqla

Data leak exposes money laundering scheme in Dubai’s real estate market: Report

Earlier this year, the UAE was placed on a list of countries subject to increased monitoring due to rampant money laundering activities

Israel accuses Arab MP of incitement, calls for his arrest

Ayman Odeh, Arab-Israeli Knesset member, called on all Arab citizens in the army and security forces to lay down their weapons and resign

Lebanese central bank pursues non-repatriated funds of elite, political individuals

The Lebanese central bank, Banque du Liban, has been mired in controversy since the beginning of the country's economic meltdown

More woes for Lebanon’s Central Bank governor as authorities seek deeper dig into finances

Salameh has denied any wrongdoing, and claims that all investigations against him are politically motivated

Riad Salameh: Washington’s man in Lebanon; a suspect in Europe 

Europe has launched a flurry of criminal investigations into the United States' most valuable Lebanese financial asset, the country's Central Bank Governor

Lebanese currency plunges in value to historic low

Since 2019 the Lebanese Lira has lost over 90% of its value amidst an ever-worsening economic and political crisis

One year later, Israel’s murder of Shireen Abu Akleh remains in impunity

Israel has never charged or found any soldier accountable for the killings of at least 20 journalists since 2001

Lebanese judiciary dismisses judge probing banking sector corruption

Ghada Aoun has been leading an investigation into the illicit dealings of commercial banks and the central bank that sparked Lebanon's catastrophic crisis

Iran says schoolgirls not poisoned, cites fear-mongering by ‘enemies’

An investigation by The Cradle reveals that ‘mass psychogenic illness’ fueled by external fear-mongering may be the main reason behind the symptoms

France to press fraud, money laundering charges against Lebanon’s cenbank chief: Report

Riad Salameh faces money laundering charges in Lebanon and several European countries

French prosecutors name Lebanese bank chief suspect in central bank probe

Marwan Khaireddine, the chairman of Lebanon’s AM Bank, has allegedly allowed Riad Salameh to use his bank for illicit transfers

Israel ran psyops campaign to ‘impress’ public with 2021 Gaza blitz: Report

The psyops campaign was launched over concerns that the Israeli public was 'more impressed' by Palestinian rocket strikes on Israel than Israeli bombs dropped on Gaza