QALQILYA, (PIC) The West Bank witnessed on Sunday morning a new field development represented by a heroic shooting attack near the illegal Kokhav Ya’ir settlement north of Qalqilya city, which resulted in the killing of a settler and the injury of...
Imported democracy, far from emancipating Africa, locks it into a vicious cycle that perpetuates its underdevelopment. Through a sociometric, synchronic, and diachronic approach, this article seeks to deconstruct the foundational lie upon which the established order rests (I), before highlighting...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to North Korea will be delicate and difficult. The relationship no longer resembles that of “lips and teeth” from the Korean War era — Korean lips and Chinese teeth. It has evolved into far...
Egyptian authorities have arrested businessman Sabry Nakhnoukh, a notorious figure from the Hosni Mubarak era who later re-emerged in public life after receiving a pardon under the current administration. Nakhnoukh is under investigation on suspicion of leading "an...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Two Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Sunday after carrying out a shooting operation near Qalqilya City in the Occupied West Bank. One Jewish settler was killed and six others were injured, some seriously, in the shooting operation that...
Syrian authorities have announced the arrests of three former Assad-era figures accused of war crimes and abuses, as the country's new government continues efforts to pursue individuals linked to violations committed during the brutal crackdown of a...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / Hundreds of volunteers, officials and community representatives gathered at Solomon’s Pools south of Bethlehem on Saturday for a large-scale cleanup campaign aimed at preserving one of the area’s most prominent historical landmarks while sending what...
GAZA, (PIC) The infant, Mohammad Ahmad al-Khatib, had not yet completed his fourth month when he found himself facing one of the harshest forms of genocide experienced by the Gaza Strip. At an age when a child does not understand the...
An American comedian and a pro-Israel influencer have caused outrage after mocking the sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli forces at a US film festival. The Tribeca Film Festival condemned the remarks made by Elon Gold and Lizzy Savetsky,...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,971 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Sunday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the Albanian capital and hundreds in a protected nature reserve on the country's coast to protest plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family. Answering...
Israeli forces arrested a prominent Palestinian academic and his parents in Hebron early on Sunday, amid continuing raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank . Dr Bilal Al-Shobaki, head of the Political Science Department at...
Palestinian officials have called for international intervention after Israel advanced plans for a waste treatment facility that could affect homes and agricultural land in the village of Qalandia , located northwest of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Amir Daoud,...
OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday a fourth increase in oil output targets in as many months, three OPEC+ sources said, even though the US war with Iran is still preventing several of the group's members...
Tra slogan sulla “sovranità energetica”, mini-reattori e promesse di bollette leggere, il dibattito italiano sul nucleare sembra vivere in un eterno ritorno… ma dietro la retorica dell’indipendenza si nascondono costi, dipendenze esterne e problemi irrisolti che il Paese si porta...
The US and Israeli aggression against Iran, which began on February 28, has undermined confidence in the American administration, especially given that Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to renounce new wars of aggression. It has shaken international affairs, led to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Different areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed last night and at dawn Sunday an Israeli escalation on the ground, marked by settler attacks and large‑scale raids and arrests carried out by Israeli forces, amid heightened security measures...
Good morning and welcome to The New Arab's live coverage. Here are the latest updates from the region: - The US and Iran have continued trading fire in the Gulf, with the US shooting down four...
Good morning and welcome to The New Arab's live coverage. Here are the latest updates from the region: - The US and Iran have continued trading fire in the Gulf, with the US shooting down four...
A well-known Lebanese environmental activist, known for her turtle conservation work, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike in the south of the country earlier this week. Mona Khalil was reportedly rushed to hospital after a strike on her beachfront...
GAZA, (PIC) Five Palestinian civilians were martyred and three others were pronounced dead on Sunday following Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, amid reports of ceasefire violations across various areas of the Gaza Strip. This afternoon, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter...
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Story By Nasma Al-Harazeen Standing amid the ruins of what was once his family home, 20-year-old Yousef Al-Shafee searches for traces of a life that disappeared during the war. The house in Beit Lahiya, northern...
I want to draw your attention to two news items that may complicate, if not derail, President Trump’s hopes of securing a peace agreement with Iran. Pakistan, as Pepe Escobar and I reported last week, continues to play a central...
Islam Times - Amid the turmoil and Western- and US-imposed wars and their far-reaching consequences for the global economy and security, UN Under-Secretary-General “Izumi Nakamitsu”, in a sudden move accompanied by extensive media coverage, announced at a Security Council meeting...
Political victories achieved through strict party discipline and powerful financial support often result in a deepening of internal divisions, the consequences of which only become noticeable over time. Back in my days as a young public school teacher in Kentucky,...
Taiwan’s coast guard said Sunday it has deployed vessels “to respond appropriately” to a Chinese operation in waters east of the island democracy, which it said “violates international law”. File Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office via Flickr. It comes after Chinese...
By: Majid Maqbool - - - - In his book How to Sell a Genocide (Pluto Press), media analyst Adam H. Johnson, who clearly delivers from the left side of the political spectrum, delivers a scathing critique of...
History, it is said, does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes. This may explain the sense of déjà vu that crept over me when I read about the case of Mr Raymond Wong – a...
On a sprawling promenade in West Kowloon, a gay choir lit up the stage with a chorus of harmonies. Children listened attentively at a storytelling session led by a drag queen dressed in pink from top to bottom. Pink Dot...
Iraq have called up Ahmed Hassan Makenzie to their 2026 World Cup squad to replace Ahmed Yahya, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury, the national team announced on Saturday. "Based on the medical report, head...
The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, a day after a wave of attacks by Iran...
A drone strike hit a market in central Sudan on Saturday, killing 11 civilians and wounding dozens more, a rights group said, as escalating aerial attacks deepen the toll of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises . The attack...
Iran's former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi , who was the focus of a 2009 mass protest movement and has spent the last 15 years under house arrest, has been hospitalised after his health deteriorated, an advisor said on...
Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said. Hussein was finally allowed in, but the team's...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem stated that the “criminal (Israeli) occupation committed a horrific massacre against children and women inside the tents of displaced people in Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, in a continued criminal escalation of the genocidal war...
KHAN YUNIS, (PIC) Between the rubble of houses in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and under a sky heavy with warplanes, the young man Muhannad Osman Farwana, twenty-five years old, was preparing to start a long-awaited...
Prosecutors on Saturday opened a probe into a 95-year-old billionaire and honorary head of Koc Holdings, Turkey 's biggest conglomerate, over a joke about a Kurdish woman widely denounced as sexist and racist. The blunder was made by Rahmi Koc...
Free and fair elections are the foundation of liberal democracy, and South Korea has long been regarded as one of Asia’s democratic success stories. Power changes hands peacefully between conservative and progressive governments, civic engagement remains robust, and even presidents...
Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal left Lebanon for Pakistan on Saturday where he will meet his counterpart Asim Munir, the Lebanese military said, with a source telling AFP the visit is linked to broader Iran-US talks. In a statement,...
The father of seven-month-old Palestinian infant Sam Fahd Abu Hekel, who was killed by Israeli gunfire in Hebron on Friday, has rejected the Israeli military's account of the shooting, saying he stopped his vehicle...
An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians including two women in Gaza on Saturday, health officials said, as mediators restarted talks in Cairo with Hamas and other factions over safeguarding a strained ceasefire agreement. Medics said seven people...
Gaza's civil defence service reported that Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Saturday amid a fragile ceasefire in effect since last October. In Gaza City, a drone strike killed eight people and wounded 15 others in the Jawazat camp for displaced...
For the first time, a Lebanese television channel hosted an Israeli journalist on air, in a move that has sparked debate in Lebanon as Israeli attacks on the country continue. Barak Ravid, a correspondent for Israel's Channel 12...
GAZA, (PIC) Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are facing life-threatening danger due to the ongoing Israeli blockade that denies them medical travel to seek life-saving treatment outside the enclave. The Israeli war and blockade have already led to the near‑total...
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday for talks with Iranian officials, as questions mount over whether Islamabad is seeking to revive stalled negotiations between Iran and the US . Iran's Students News...
This live blog has now ended. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram . Iran launched fresh aerial attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday,...
GAZA, (PIC) At least six Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike on the al‑Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City. According to media sources, six Palestinians were killed and more than 15 were injured when an...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own home in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, on Saturday. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that Ashraf Burqan started demolishing his house, located in...
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