Mohamed Khameri

Israel has intensified military operations in the occupied West Bank after three parked buses exploded in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, without casualties. Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the escalation, targeting refugee camps, particularly in Tulkarm, as Israeli forces continue their military presence in the area. The explosions, which took place on Thursday night, saw three […]

The government declared a cholera epidemic last year, with 24,609 cases and 699 deaths recorded by October [Getty] Sudanese health officials said on Thursday that over 400 cases of cholera had been detected in the southern city of Kosti, following a reported drone attack on a nearby power station. The surge in cases was attributed

Stabbed and slashed more than a dozen times in the head, throat, torso, thigh and hand, author Salman Rushdie spent 17 days at a Pennsylvania hospital and over three weeks at a New York City rehabilitation center. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images) Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist

An official with the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country’s future said Friday that it has not been decided whether the conference will take place before or after a new government is formed. The date of the conference has not been set and the timing “is up for

Lebanon is ramping up security and logistical preparations ahead of the funeral procession for former Hezbollah Secretary-Generals Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, set to take place on Sunday, in Beirut, including gun restrictions during the period. A high-level security meeting was held on Friday at the Baabda Presidential Palace, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, to prevent escalations

Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was extradited to the UAE last month after criticising the government on social media [Getty] Amnesty International has called for urgent action to be taken to secure the immediate release of the Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi amid growing fears for his safety in detention in the UAE. The opposition writer has

Ghotmeh poses beside of The Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens in London in 2023 [Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty] The British Museum said Friday it had chosen French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh to redesign a third of the venue’s gallery space – including a section housing the disputed Parthenon Marbles. The museum, one of London’s biggest tourist

Keir Starmer has been accused of banning entry of Palestinians seeking refuge to the UK [Getty] UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been accused of banning entry to Gazans after branding a legal provision that allowed a Palestinian family to seek refuge in Britain as a “loophole”. The family of six, including four children, had

On the evening of 8 December 2025, terms like ‘walls had ears’, ‘mint’ (no longer just referring to green mint leaves), and ‘Molokhia’ – the delectable, lemony, leafy dish – all had completely different meanings. These popular euphemisms, used by Syrians under the Assad regime, were among the many prohibited expressions, and openly mentioning them

No details on what was discussed between Sharaa and the Chinese ambassador were given [Getty/file photo] Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China’s ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two countries since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, Syrian state media said on Friday. China, which backed Assad, saw its