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A lady seen passing by the Starbucks Coffee cafe at Kuala Lumpur city. (Photo by Faris Hadziq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Starbucks’ Malaysian branch has faced substantial sales declines amid ongoing boycotts by pro-Palestine supporters in the country, according to Malaysia’s largest bank.  Maybank has warned that the coffee giant faces long-term slumping sales, driven […]

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce [Getty] Hezbollah’s leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in

Palestinian human rights defender Diala Ayesh is among the winners of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2024. [TNA] A prominent Palestinian rights lawyer was among the grand winners of the prestigious Index on Censorship’s 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards this week.    Diala Ayesh, 28, who has been held in administrative detention by

Israel has left swathes of Beirut’s southern suburbs in ruins after weeks of heavy airstrikes [Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu/Getty] The cost of rebuilding Lebanon when the Israel-Hezbollah war ends could exceed losses incurred after the 2006 conflict, according to some current estimates. Reconstruction costs have varied but will likely keep climbing as Israel continues its aerial offensive

A new survey highlights growing concerns within British Muslim communities after the violent unrest that spread across the country this summer [Getty] Most British Muslims believe Islamophobia has increased since the summer riots following the Southport stabbings in England’s Merseyside, with one in three considering leaving the UK, according to a report released on Wednesday

Khalil al-Hayya said the Israeli captives would not be released unless the war on Gaza ends [Getty] Hamas’ acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that there would be no captives-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless the war on the Palestinian enclave ended. “Without an end to the war, there can

Many people in Gaza are living in famine, particularly in the enclave’s north [Moiz Salhi/Anadolu/Getty] A US national security consulting firm recently presented to the Israeli government a study on how to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries to war-torn Gaza, Axios reported on Wednesday citing two Israeli officials. Sources familiar with said the company Orbis had

Barbara Slowik advised Berlin’s Jewish and LGBTQ communities to be ‘careful’ in Arab-majority areas [Getty] The chief of Berlin’s police has advised Jews and LGBTQ+ individuals to conceal their identity in areas of Berlin with a predominantly Arab population, remarks that have been widely condemned as inflammatory and racist. Speaking to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, Barbara

Balochistan separatists have conducted a string of attacks in Pakistan in recent months [Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images] Pakistan plans a new military offensive against separatist insurgents in southwestern Balochistan province, home to key Chinese Belt and Road projects, but it was not immediately clear if the plan would be a joint effort