Category: 3. Middle East

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The Al-Shaer family went to bed hungry at their home in Gaza City. An Israeli airstrike killed them in their sleep.

The family – freelance journalist Wala al-Jaabari, her husband and their five children -…

As the United States enters its hottest months of the year, fire officials and scientists say they are preparing for wildfire activity to ramp up.

While the US fire season typically runs from late spring until early autumn, experts say the most…

(Corrects to say the death tally is for the full year, and not “since July 17”)

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it is seeing a deadly surge in malnutrition in Gaza, which has led to 21 deaths in children under five…

Protesters have been demanding action against Israel and not just words, after 28 countries called for an end to the Gaza war. As Soraya Lennie explains, many of those same countries are still sending arms and doing business as usual with…

The Israelis certainly owe Bret Stephens a favour.

Yesterday, The New York Times opinion columnist took to the pages of the United States newspaper of record to promote his latest deranged argument, headlined: “No, Israel Is Not Committing…

A coalition of 109 humanitarian and human rights organisations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Refugees International, has issued a stark warning: mass starvation is now spreading across Gaza, while critical aid remains…

The Central Bank of Egypt announced on Tuesday that remittances from Egyptians working abroad surged by 82.7 per cent during the first nine months of the 2024–2025 fiscal year.

According to the bank, total…

The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has called on leaders of Arab and Muslim countries to take a “historic stand” by breaking the Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and ending the man-made famine…