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Health officials in Gaza said dozens of wounded civilians are currently being treated in hallways and tents due to how overcrowded the hospitals are. [Getty] As Gaza’s health system lingers on the verge of absolute collapse, Al-Shifa Hospital’s staff are struggling against immense odds.  The facility, which was already crippled by 18 months of Israel’s genocidal war, […]

Tunisia jails dozens of critics amid protests in widening crackdown, human rights activists waned [Getty] Tunisian authorities have used arbitrary detention as a key tool of repression, jailing dozens of critics on politically motivated charges in a sweeping crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. In a new report, HRW said the North African

The beginning of each episode of #1 Happy Family USA — the latest comedy series from award-winning actor, filmmaker and comedian Ramy Youssef — comes with a content warning. It asks audiences not to take its, shall we say, colourful representation of Arabs and Muslims too seriously; nor its portrayals of New Jersey residents, ‘white girls called Courtney’

Lebanon reported two dead in separate Israeli strikes on the country’s south Wednesday, as Israel’s military said it had killed a Hezbollah operative, despite a ceasefire between the two sides. A “drone strike launched by the Israeli enemy on a vehicle in Wadi al-Hujair killed one person”, Lebanon’s health ministry said in a statement, referring

A day after Jordan announced it had foiled several sabotage plots targeting national security and claimed that some of the suspects had received training in Lebanon, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a phone call with King Abdullah II to discuss the investigation into a suspected missile-manufacturing cell uncovered on Jordanian soil. According to a statement

Residents of the Nir Yitzhak settlement said they did not notice anything unusual and are used to hearing explosions from Israeli activity in Gaza [GETTY] An Israeli plane en route to striking Gaza accidentally dropped its bombs near an Israeli settlement bordering the enclave on Tuesday, the Israeli army said. The Israeli army said the

In the southernmost reaches of Syria is a province still fiercely guarding a distinct way of life through centuries of war, colonisation, and oppression. The Druze, followers of an offshoot of Ismaili Islam that emphasises the oneness of God with influences from Greek pagan ideas, have found refuge over the ages in the mountains hemmed between

Migrants from Bangladesh, Colombia, Morocco and Tunisia are unlikely to be granted asylum in Europe and should have their applications fast-tracked so they can be sent home more quickly, the European Union’s executive branch said Wednesday. The European Commission said that seven countries – also including Egypt, India and Kosovo – should be designated as

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has expressed his country’s readiness to provide Lebanon with essential support across key sectors, including electricity and energy, during official talks held on Wednesday with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Doha. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and regional developments in a meeting at the Amiri Diwan,

Global trade will be hard-felt following Trump’s tariffs hike, the World Trade Organisation has warned [Getty] The World Trade Organisation says the volume of trade in goods worldwide is likely to decrease by 0.2% this year due to US President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies and a standoff with China, but it would take a