Category: 3. Middle East

• DAF announces first cohort for Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency

Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh’s first hub for New Media Arts, has announced the inaugural cohort for its Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency, running from April to July of this year….

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy led by government officials entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint amid…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,127

Here is the roundup of key events as of Thursday, March 27.

Fighting

• Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring nine people and causing…

United States immigration authorities have arrested and revoked the visa of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza.

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had left her home in…

A journalist who was accidentally added to a group chat with top US security officials has shared more screen shots. They show that details on the timing and weapons to be used in a strike on Yemen were discussed, despite members of the…

Palestinian journalists rallied in front of Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis to protest the targeting of their colleagues Mohammad Mansour and Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat, killed in Israeli strikes two days ago.

“Damage control” is how many are describing the Trump administration’s handling of a leak of highly sensitive information.

Eighteen senior officials – including the…