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Israel's Supreme Court decided in a ruling published on Friday to freeze a government ban on 37 foreign NGOs working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank pending a final decision. "Without taking any position, a temporary interim order...

MENA

Donald Trump famously hates stupid wars and claims to have set the record for ending wars in a presidential term. It’s not the worst idea to wonder if he’s starting the former so he can keep resetting the latter....

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its effort to strip deportation protections from about 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. The Justice Department in an emergency request asked the Supreme...

World

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 26 February 2026. Journalist Peter Maseke Mwita has a keener interest than most in Friday’s upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Kenya’s cybercrime law — legislation that could see him jailed...

The UN nuclear watchdog stressed on Friday the "utmost urgency" of its request to verify all nuclear material in Iran, according to a confidential report seen by AFP . Two new reports are to be discussed at an...

MENA

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 February 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately restore the registration of independent outlet Addis Standard after the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) revoked its online...

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 25 February 2026. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has deferred its judgment to an unspecified date in an appeal by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) seeking to overturn a Federal...

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 18 February 2026. After eight years of litigation, the Attorney-General and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) have initiated steps to compensate JoyNews journalist Latif Iddrisu, who was assaulted by police in...

Last weekend, the Pakistani military targeted jihadi training camps in Afghanistan. After the Afghan Taliban, which shelters the terrorists, responded by attacking Pakistani military outposts, the Pakistani military launched Operation Righteous Fury on February 27, striking multiple targets throughout Afghanistan....

Long War Journal, News, Afghan Taliban

Israel's actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating "permanent demographic change", UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday. "Taken together, Israel's actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in...

MENA

The sociologist James Petras died on January 17, 2026, at the age of eighty-nine. This article originally appeared in Monthly Review 51, no. 6 (November 1999). Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War (London:...

Lost & Found, Featured

US President Donald Trump said Friday he was frustrated by Iran's position in talks, but added he had not yet decided whether to carry out a threatened attack. A day after the United States and Iran held talks...

World

As the indirect negotiations in Geneva between the US and Iran concluded their last scheduled meeting, mediator Oman said there’d been “significant progress” made by the two sides. In reality, however, it appeared that the son of the Obama administration’s...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

WEST BANK, (PIC) Several towns across the West Bank witnessed a new escalation in settler attacks on Friday, resulting in injuries and widespread property damage. In the town of Jalud, south of Nablus, a number of residents sustained bruises while attempting to...

News, Israeli violations, settler arttack

GAZA, (PIC) Hazem Qassem, spokesperson for the Hamas Movement, said that Israel’s escalation of killings and attacks in the Gaza Strip, including the latest strikes targeting police posts that resulted in the killing of several officers, constitutes a serious and blatant...

News, Gaza Strip, Hamas Movement

This infographic ranks the top five importers of Russian vodka in 2024 and 2025, based on official trade data. Kazakhstan leads as the dominant buyer, while Georgia, Azerbaijan, China, and Israel have emerged as key markets. See how the list...

INFOGRAPHICS, Armenia, Azerbaijan

GAZA, (PIC) One civilian was killed and three others injured on Friday evening after an Israeli strike targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in Khan Yunis camp, southern Gaza, bringing the total number of today’s victims to seven. Local sources reported that...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . A week of heavy clashes in North Darfur has strained the region’s tribal landscape, threatening deeper rifts even as cross-border tribal networks move toward closer coordination to confront the violence. Along...

2023 Sudan War, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Egypt-Saudi Arabia relations

Since late December 2025, when protests over economic hardship and political repression swelled into one of Iran’s largest antigovernment movements in years, European leaders have steadily sharpened their rhetoric. None, however, went as far as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who...

War & Peace, European Union, Iran

Rubio’s Munich speech affirmed white Christian supremacy, linking America’s racist founding to Europe’s imperial past and evangelical expansionism today Joseph Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history at Columbia University, New York Cross-posted from Middle East Eye Photo:...

Geopolitics, National Politics, Racism

If Budapest doesn’t play ball, the EU can’t impose new sanctions on Russia, nor loan Kyiv 90 billion euros to keep fighting Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served as the...

Economics, EU politics, EU-Institutions

American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling , after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis. That shift accelerated during Israel's war on Gaza . Three years ago,...

MENA

Egyptian authorities have detained a 35-year-old man after he drove a jeep bearing Israeli flag s into a crowded area in the town of Kerdasa west of Cairo before crashing into a storefront, an incident that triggered widespread...

MENA

A pro-government Syrian Druze leader has visited the United States for high-level security meetings regarding the situation in Suweida. In a Facebook post , Suleiman Abdul Baqi, who heads the pro-government Ahrar Jabal Al-Arab gathering and officially heads security...

MENA

Lebanon has outlined more than $9 billion in military and security funding needs during a high-level preparatory meeting in Cairo ahead of a major international donor conference in Paris, as Arab and Western states signalled support for strengthening...

MENA

DELHI, India — After 25 books were banned by the Indian government last year, security forces have been raiding bookshops and authors’ homes in different parts of Kashmir for supposed secessionist content. Despite this climate of censorship, numerous...

Activism, Arts & Culture, Belief & Religion

Last month , Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado. They took the occupants away in handcuffs, according to a witness, and left the cars idling at the side of the road. When family...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

The latest escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan marks one of the most serious turning points in relations between the two neighbors since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in August 2021. What began as recurring border skirmishes and mutual accusations...

South Asia, Afghanistan, Afghanistan-Pakistan War

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . The Colorado River currently supports 40 million people and $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity in seven U.S. states and Mexico...

Activism, Courts & Law, Environment

In an interview with Pravda.Ru, Victor Kheifets, Director of the Center for Ibero-American Studies at St. Petersburg State University and Editor-in-Chief of Latin America magazine, explains the current situation in Cuba, including the fuel crisis, potential Russian assistance, BRICS' position,...

World

The family of independent UN investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over US sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel's policies during its war on Gaza , saying the penalties violate...

World

Thousands of newly uncovered Israeli military documents have revealed written orders and sworn testimony detailing the killing of civilians and the use of terror to expel Palestinians in 1948, directly contradicting the long-promoted claim that they...

MENA

La questione delle sanzioni contro Cuba rimane un tema centrale nella politica estera degli Stati Uniti nell’emisfero occidentale. Segue nostro Telegram . Ritorno di fiamma Ci risiamo. Passano gli anni, ma le fissazioni degli USA sono sempre le solite. Col...

Italiano, Cuba, History

Malawi’s government has ordered prosecutors to drop two major financial crime cases against 10 people, including sitting cabinet ministers and the country’s top fiscal officials, even as Lilongwe pursues a new programme with the International Monetary Fund...

Africa, Afreximbank, African Export-Import Bank

The widening budget deficit in Kuwait coincides with a pivotal moment in the wealthy Gulf country's financial reform trajectory. Spending on government salaries and commodity subsidies accounts for a large share of oil revenues, putting pressure on the government...

MENA

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Israel ended on Thursday amid awkward scenes and reported frustration from Indian officials over the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, and son, Yair, at a...

MENA

Jordan's Islamic Action Front has rejected a demand from the Independent Election Commission to change its name, saying the request "lacks a clear legal basis". In a statement on Thursday, the IEC said the party violates Article 5 of...

MENA

At the epicenter of a geopolitical storm, where international intrigue intertwines with the fundamental laws of physics and ancient patterns of human behavior, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has disclosed plans by London and Paris to supply Kyiv with nuclear...

World
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