LONDON: Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, Palestine News and Information Agency reported.

A 17-year-old boy was shot during confrontations with occupation forces in the town of Azzun. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Another Palestinian was shot in the shoulder after Israeli forces raided the city of Nablus, firing live bullets and tear gas canisters. Forces also arrested three Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes.

ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune began a state visit to China on Monday, with both economic and diplomatic priorities as the North African nation looks to become less gas-dependent and raise its global profile.

The visit follows Tebboune’s trip  last month to Russia, a long-time partner and military provider, although Algeria has remained officially neutral in Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Tebboune spent two days in Qatar before landing in Beijing on Monday.

WAD MADANI, Sudan: Air strikes pummelled Khartoum on Sunday and fighting raged in Sudan’s western Darfur region, witnesses said, as a three-month war between the army and rival paramilitaries showed no signs of abating.
In the capital’s east and northwest, army fighter jets “targeted bases” belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who “responded with anti-aircraft weapons,” witnesses told AFP.

AMMAN: With Jordanian lawmakers scheduled to weigh up changes to the cybercrimes law, journalists and rights activists have warned of a major setback in public freedoms if parliament passes the controversial bill referred from the government.

The government recently referred the 2023 amendments to the law to the lower house of parliament with an “urgency status” note.

The law is on the agenda of the parliament’s current extraordinary session.

RIYADH: The normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran has so far failed to improve the behavior of the Houthi militia in relation to its use of landmines in Yemen, Ousama Al-Gosaibi, managing director of Masam, the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance, has said.

He says he is optimistic about the Saudi-Iran deal, but as of yet there has been little impact of the agreement on landmine clearance in Yemen.