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Meta Platforms has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s meeting this week with a Hamas leader, saying they were removed in error. The removal had drawn complaints from Malaysia’s government, a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause and which has warned that firm action could be taken against Meta and […]

Senior Israeli officials are voicing their fears of a deterioration in relations with Egypt [Getty] Senior Israeli officials are increasingly concerned about deteriorating relations with Egypt over their ground invasion of Rafah, as humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip remains blocked due to anger at the Israeli seizure of a border crossing there. Senior Israeli officials

The story of the phrase “Carthago delenda est” dates back to a rhetorical Latin statement made by the politician Cato the Elder. [Getty] Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s newfound swag on his 40th birthday made headlines globally, but his T-shirt caused quite a stir in Tunisia. It bore the Latin phrase “‘Carthago delenda est,” which translates

The UNRWA agency in east Jerusalem has been subject to multiple arson attacks this month [Getty/file photo] Israeli extremists set fire to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ headquarters in East Jerusalem late on Monday, the UN said, in the second incident of this kind targeting UNRWA this month. The perpetrators were “children and young people”,

The historic deal was signed in February and Egypt has already received some payments [Getty] Egypt received $14 billion from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as a second payment for the development of Ras al-Hekma peninsula west of Alexandria, a cabinet statement said. The deal with Abu Dhabi sovereign fund ADQ to develop the

Over 100 journalists in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the start of the war on 7 October [Getty] Israeli forces in Gaza have killed Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Juhjouh along with his wife and children, local Palestinian media reported on Thursday. Juhjouh was killed in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, when a

Yemeni authorities deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden Wednesday, as protesters were expected to take to the streets in the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations. For several days, hundreds of demonstrators in three central districts

Police acted on an international warrant and arrested the 29-year old man on Friday last week [Getty/file photo] Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said on Wednesday. Police acted on an international

The deportation of Abu Salem comes as part of a greater crackdown against pro-Palestine protests in Jordan. [Getty] Atia Mohamad Abu Salem, a 24-year-old Syrian refugee and university student, began a hunger strike on Tuesday to protest his impending deportation from Jordan back to Syria after he was arrested on 9 April while on his

Arab nations launched mediation efforts following the dispute between the UAE and the Palestinian Authority [AMIRI DIWAN OF THE STATE OF QATAR / HANDOUT/Anadolu/Getty] Preparatory meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday for an Arab League summit in Bahrain were marked by tension as the UAE expressed reservations over support for the Palestinian Authority’s budget, making this conditional on the