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The Israeli military believes Deif was killed in an airstrike that also killed at least 90 people [Getty] The Israeli military believes that an airstrike carried out on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone that killed at least 90 Palestinians also killed Hamas military head Mohammed Deif. The Israeli military’s Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on Sunday […]

Residents returning to Shujaiya have found nothing but rubble, destroyed clothing and slain bodies [Getty/file photo] The Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujaiya is now more or less completely destroyed, after being relentlessly targeted by Israeli forces amid the army’s latest intensified offensive in the enclave. Residents who returned to the neighbourhood after Israeli troops withdrew on

Egyptian police routinely conduct raids on journalists with threats and intimidation [GETTY/file photo] Egyptian authorities arrested cartoonist Ashraf Omar at his Cairo home early on Monday after he drew a series of satirical images, the publication he works with and Egypt’s press union said. Omar’s wife, who was not at their western Cairo home at

A separate survey also revealed 70 percent of Israelis think Netanyahu is not doing enough to release captives [Getty] A new survey published this week has revealed over half of European Jews sometimes feel “ashamed” of the Israeli government’s actions. The poll recorded a sharp increase in respondents revealing they were “sometimes ashamed of the

Contrary to rumours, Kamala Harris is not Muslim nor Arab, and many of the hints that circulated in the past that she may be are likely an Islamophobic conspiracy theory meaning to discredit her among xenophobic audiences. Harris identifies as Baptist and is a member of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco. Her religious

Pro-Palestinian activists have protested Israel’s inclusion in the Paris Olympics [Getty/file photo] A protest over the weekend in Paris called for a ban on the participation of Israeli athletes in the upcoming Olympics set to start in the French capital on Friday, as Israel’s deadly war on Gaza persists. The protest, organised by the NGO

In and near the Red Sea, as elsewhere regionally, things are likely to become even more confused over the coming months as America’s global posture shifts, writes Riad al Khouri [photo credit: Getty Images] Though Gaza remains at the heart of Israel’s regional aggression, the Red Sea is an increasingly critical theatre in the fighting.

Egypt is playing a waiting game as Ethiopia prepares to make the fifth, and final, filling of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by the end of July. Cairo has long feared that the infrastructure project will reduce its own water supplies from the Nile, Africa’s longest river, which serves as a lifeline for the North African

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro waves to the crowd before the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on July 20, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images] Since US President Joe Biden announced he will no longer seek re-election, questions have emerged over who Kamala Harris will pick as her vice-presidential

The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympic Games is almost underway, and as the world turns its attention to the Trocadero Gardens for a grand opening ceremony, there is quiet confidence in the Arab world that the 2024 Games of the Olympiad will be a source of celebration this summer. Historically, the MENA region has