This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. When Your Teen Asks “What is the My Purpose?” — A Guide for Muslim Parents on Purpose, the Khalifah...
Last summer’s air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities failed to resolve the nuclear issue. Instead, they clouded the situation. When Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ceased all on-site verification and monitoring activities in Iran;...
Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade blows in the worst escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli front since a 66-day war in late 2024. The renewed fighting has taken an especially heavy toll on Lebanon, with more than 500 people killed and...
How the disruption of oil, liquefied natural gas, and urea exports will cascade through the world economy The Persian Gulf is the most consequential body of water in the global economy. Its narrow exit — the Strait of Hormuz, just...
A drone struck a major U.S. diplomatic facility in Iraq on Tuesday in suspected retaliation by pro-Tehran militias over the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran , the Washington Post reported, citing an unidentified security official and an...
Member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) met on Tuesday for crisis talks to assess security of supply and the potential release of emergency stocks as the Middle East war roils markets, the body's chief said. In a...
The United Nations rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at the Middle East conflict 's deepening impact on civilians, warning of the dangers of the seeming "tit-for-tat dynamic" between the warring sides. The United States and Israel began striking...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - ©Foreign Policy montage Despite strained relations stemming from US action against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, which all have friendly relations with China, the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President...
A former holding company of US-sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler will pay $30 million to settle a Dutch corruption probe over mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo , prosecutors said on Tuesday. In 2018, Dutch investigators...
The joint US–Israeli campaign is striking Iran’s military and internal security infrastructure across the country while continuing to eliminate senior regime figures. Amid the pressure, the regime installed a new supreme leader, expanded regional attacks while denying responsibility, and intensified...
The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump would not be "happy" if Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran during the Middle East war , but it held back any strong criticism for Moscow. The Washington...
A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying. The lawsuit in eastern Missouri's U.S. District Court alleged that...
Democratic U.S. senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the Iran war , saying they were worried that President Donald Trump could deploy U.S. ground forces and noting the high risks given Russian support for Tehran's military. "We know...
So according to a White House official, and reported in every South Korean news portal, Trump is open to talking with Kim, “without any preconditions.” Some have been waiting for this for a while – at least Washington’s think-tanks have....
This is the oldest mistake in Washington: treating the opening move as strategy. Bomb first, define success later, and assume the political debris will somehow arrange itself into a better Middle East. That fantasy has outlived too many presidents and...
At the center of the White House justification for launching still another Forever War stands the most hideous neocon lie yet. And it’s one that blatantly betrays every campaign promise the Donald ever made on the subject. The latest Big...
For anyone looking into the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, what’s laid bare is not a history of friendship, diplomacy, and mutual respect, but rather a past marked with covert action, harsh rhetoric, and now, hot war. In 1953 the CIA...
India ordered tighter controls over natural and cooking gas on Tuesday following import disruptions caused by the Middle East war , with restaurants warning it could spark widespread closures. The world's most populous nation is the fourth largest liquefied...
One of the world's largest refineries in the UAE was shut as a "precaution" after a drone attack nearby, a source said, while Saudi giant Aramco warned of the war's devastating impact on oil. Aramco...
Two men accused of igniting homemade bombs at a chaotic anti-Islam protest outside the New York City mayor's mansion told police they were inspired by Islamic State group and were charged on Monday with federal terrorism-related...
California-based Planet Labs has expanded restrictions on accessing its imagery of the Middle East to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies , a sign of how the expansion of commercial space business can...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Hamas Movement warned on Tuesday that the ongoing Israeli closure of Aqsa Mosque for the eleventh consecutive day, along with the prevention of Tarawih prayers and spiritual retreat (i‘tikaf) during the holy month of Ramadan, represents a...
Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones and missiles across the Middle East between March 9 and 10, targeting energy infrastructure, airports, military bases, residential areas, and industrial facilities in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab...
Britain has set out a new advisory definition of what it calls anti-Muslim hostility , a long-anticipated step in its plan to clarify how authorities should identify and address abuse targeting Muslims , which is at record levels. The...
The United States has issued a decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan a terrorist organisation. The designation, which will be effective in a week, comes after the US in January made the same declaration for several...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Israel’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing under false security pretexts constitutes a serious and blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement. In remarks on Tuesday, Qassem stated that keeping the crossing closed confirms Israel’s...
GAZA, (PIC) At least one Palestinian was killed, and two others were injured in an Israeli strike on Tuesday evening targeting a house in central Gaza. According to the PIC correspondent, one body and two wounded individuals were recovered after an Israeli...
Syria appointed a senior Kurdish military official as regional assistant defence minister on Tuesday, following a deal to integrate Kurd forces into the state. "Sipan Hamo has been appointed Assistant Minister of Defence for the eastern region," a...
L’aggressione statunitense e israeliana contro l’Iran non colpisce soltanto uno Stato sovrano: demolisce la credibilità del regime di non proliferazione e trasmette al Sud globale un messaggio perverso, secondo cui solo la deterrenza nucleare può davvero scoraggiare l’imperialismo armato. Segue...
An influential Israeli rabbi from the occupied West Bank with links to the far-right on Monday publicly denounced settler attacks on Palestinians in a rare intervention after four Palestinians were killed . Rabbi Elyakim Levanon wrote in an...
Volkswagen will cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, following a sharp decline in profits and mounting pressure from US tariffs, weaker demand in China and North America, and higher costs associated with electrification. Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons The...
Algeria 's parliament on Monday approved an amended law criminalising French colonial rule , removing earlier provisions that called for official apologies and broad reparations from France after Senate demanded the changes. The law, approved by the lower...
The US-Israel war on Iran has already destabilised the region, causing much death and destruction. The impacts are also being strongly felt in Lebanon. In response to the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel and the US,...
Ramadan is considered the month of fasting, but many Muslims are unable to fast due to health reasons. Allah has therefore exempted them from fasting as an act of mercy. Those exempted are encouraged to engage in other acts of...
President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship posed no threat, because it was “more fun” than capturing the vessel. Though death tolls vary, Iran’s state media...
‘EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has revived plans to draw on frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine. Yanis Varoufakis writes for Jacobin that the idea is unworkable and incompatible with efforts to move toward a ceasefire.’ Read the article...
Killing Iran’s supreme leader has not cowed Iran, if anything the opposite is true: it has united and re-energised the country to defeat the imperialists. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker...
We should all be worried by how powerful and militarised America’s ‘tech-industrial complex’ is. Janet Abou-Elias is a researcher at the Democratizing Foreign Policy Project at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a founder of Women for Weapons Trade...
For a brief moment, it appeared that the US and Israel could draw Azerbaijan into their war with Iran, but that possibility has closed. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from...
Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced . Lebanon was drawn into the...
It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the US war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026. Trump has also said...
British warplanes have begun "defensive air sorties" in support of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and taken out drones elsewhere in the Middle East amid the ongoing war , the UK defence ministry said Monday. The development came...
Syria said Iran-backed Hezbollah had fired artillery shells into its territory from Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement . Syrian army officials said artillery...
Almost half of Iran's uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said...
Clashes between Hezbollah and invading Israeli forces have broken out around the town of Khiam, which has emerged as the focal point of the offensive Israel launched against Lebanon at the beginning of the month, according to residents and local...
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President Donald Trump telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, March 10. In the hour-long conversation the two leaders discussed the Iran and Ukraine conflicts. Trump told Putin he wants to see progress on a Ukraine settlement. Putin surely understood...
Israel has stalled the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, using the cover of the Iran war to consolidate control over the Palestinian enclave. Israeli forces have continued attacks on Gaza for months, despite a ceasefire coming...
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