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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is not an isolated episode but the latest in a series of blows to the global trade and economic order that was established after the Soviet Union’s fall in the early 1990s. Hormuz...

The president of the governing body of Iranian football said Saturday that the nation's World Cup training base has been moved from the United States to Mexico after receiving approval from FIFA. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran...

Turkish police detained 13 people under an investigation into a 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), state media said on Saturday, after a court ruling this week ousted the party's leader, Ozgur Ozel, inflaming...

Order aimed at preventing spread of Ebola to US affects travelers who have visited three countries in last 21 days US authorities have temporarily banned green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the...

Arab community thanks Aviation Officials for permanent O’Hare prayer center for hired drivers By Ray Hanania Chicago’s Aviation Department has erected a permanent structure for Limo, Uber Black and Lyft drivers as a safe place to address personal and religious...

GAZA, (PIC) Gaza is facing a catastrophic water and sanitation crisis, with over 96% of households lacking access to sufficient water. The destruction of critical water and wastewater infrastructure has forced displaced families to survive on a fraction of the minimum...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Asra Media Office (AMO) revealed on Saturday an escalation of violations against Palestinian female prisoners in Israel’s Damon Prison, pointing out that Israeli forces belonging to the prison administration carried out more than 30 assaults on the prisoners...

Mariupol became one of the defining symbols of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance. Russia reduced the southern port city to ruins during its siege in 2022. Tens of thousands are believed to have died. Satellite imagery later revealed sprawling mass...

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the escalating Israeli crimes and violations in the Gaza Strip, including last night’s strikes on homes that led to the displacement of several families. In a statement on Saturday, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem explained...

France is banning Israel's far-right and extremist minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, from its territory, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Saturday, adding that this reflected growing anger among governments around the world over the mistreatment of an activist flotilla...

WEST BANK, (PIC) A wedding party in Jenin turned chaotic and heartbreaking after Israeli forces stormed a celebration hall and kidnaped the groom in the village of Barta’a, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday evening. Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers...

The last Australian women and children held in a northeast Syria camp housing relatives of suspected Islamic State militants left the site this week seeking to return home, a camp official told AFP on...

Both countries maintained or rebuilt substantial state capacity over their strategic economic sectors… the opposite of what structural adjustment programs prescribed for the Global South, which systematically dismantled state capacity under the banner of market reform. Part One of this...

A Tunisian court sentenced the former head of the national anti-graft body to 10 years in prison over charges including forging documents, his lawyer said on Friday. Chawki Tabib , who is also a prominent lawyer...

In the gilded conference rooms of Islamabad, where Field Marshal Asim Munir has lately played host to American envoys and Iranian diplomats alike, one can almost hear the echoes of an older diplomatic theater — Oslo, Camp David, even the...

Threat of jihadism continues to lurk along borders with Mali and Burkina Faso These days, when she is not organising the annual International Day of Reggae celebrations in Côte d’Ivoire, Rose Ebirim picks up litter scattered on the beach in the...

Almost 900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the start of the "ceasefire" in October amid relentless Israeli attacks across the territory, according to local health ministry figures published Saturday. This came as local media reported that another...

GAZA, (PIC) At least five Palestinian citizens were martyred and several others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 226th consecutive day. The interior ministry said in a brief statement that Israeli...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and extremist settler groups carried out raids and assaults last night and on Saturday morning in different areas of the West Bank. According to local sources in al-Khalil, a horde of settlers assaulted a...

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,783 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

NATO's mission to Iraq , which was entirely evacuated to a base in Italy due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, could return to Baghdad in the coming months, its former commander told AFP . "The general staff...

RAFAH, (PIC) Recent aerial photographs have revealed the vast scale of destruction carried out by Israeli occupation forces, wiping out entire residential neighborhoods in the southern Gaza cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis. Captured via Google Earth Pro, the images show large...

The energy crisis, which is only deepening with the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, has further complicated the economic situation of most Western European states. The shortsighted policy of the current European elites, who have bet on prolonging the Ukrainian conflict...

Welcome to The New Arab's live coverage on the latest developments in the Middle East and North Africa. Here are the latest updates on the US-Israel war with Iran: Tehran is hosting a delegation from Pakistan amid...

Welcome to The New Arab's live coverage on the latest developments in the Middle East and North Africa. Here are the latest updates on the US-Israel war with Iran: The US, Iran and Pakistan have all reported progress in...

Welcome to The New Arab's live coverage on the latest developments in the Middle East and North Africa. US President Donald Trump said Saturday a deal with Iran had been "largely negotiated," with the proposal including opening the...

BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon from late Thursday into Friday killed at least 11 people, including paramedics, rescuers, and a child, and wounded several others, according to Lebanese sources. Before dawn Friday, four paramedics were killed and two others were...

Islam Times - What remains of democracy when outside money can overwhelm local voters and dictate who wins office? That question stood at the center of Kentucky’s Republican primary, where the defeat of Thomas Massie exposed the immense power that...