Gaza: What went wrong and how to fix it
As we reflect on some of the tragic events of 2023 and how they could have been averted, one cannot help but remember a quote by the late British P ...
Who was Saleh al-Arouri, the senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut?
The Hamas deputy, who the group said had been killed, helped usher in closer ties with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and was accused of masterm ...
Gazans "Hopes" new year can bring peace after 'wreckage'
As they turn from a year that could barely have brought more bitter hardship after 12 weeks of a pulverising Israeli assault, people in Gaza have l ...
Growing public support for Palestinians will play decisive role in US elections
US politics cannot be judged by its growing distortions and hypocrisies. Despite the media blackout on pro-Palestinian coverage and excessive exagg ...
Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber
Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in whic ...
Gaza ceasefire negotiations unlikely to restart for weeks, diplomats say
Diplomats at the annual Doha Forum conference in Qatar have said they are not expecting any reopening of Gaza ceasefire talks for some weeks and sa ...
Israel must embrace reality, not ignore it
Once the dust settles post-Hamas, it will be crucial for Israelis to confront the harsh reality of the attack on Oct. 7. The escapist impulse to re ...
Middle East crisis the catalyst for change in the UK
It is not an exaggeration to say that, far away from the Israel-Gaza border, this five-week-old conflict has claimed its first political victim. Su ...
Hospitals must be spared the line of fire
A man limps through the door of a Baghdad hospital. In the crowded entrance, a child comes up to him and pointing to the man's bandaged leg, asks i ...
"Food and water used as weapons of war", says UN
The UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees has at best a week’s supply left of wheat flour to feed Gaza’s population, and only thr ...
US 'at this time' is not backing a ceasefire on Israel-Gaza
The US does not support current calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, the White House has said. Instead, the Biden administration s ...
We must protect the children caught up in conflicts
Arab children are facing an unprecedented assault on their young lives. In the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF estimates that more than 61 mil ...
UN chief 'horrified' by strike on Gaza hospital, as warring sides blame each other
The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a strike on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. In a tw ...
Supporting the Palestinian cause is a moral imperative, not a crime
Throughout the liberal, democratic Western world, where freedom of expression and speaking out for human rights are fundamental articles of faith, ...
A devastating Israel-Lebanon war is brewing, but it can still be stopped
This week’s shock attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel left the Middle East on a knife’s edge. The world remains f ...
Rwanda Supreme Court showdown: What do we know?
The UK Supreme Court case will consider the fate of the government's controversial plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The outcome is far f ...
What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas
A "significant number" of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli ...
Can tech stop India wasting so much of its harvest?
Kapil Jain's father didn't want his children to be farmers. "My father had seen the hardship which farmers go through, so we were all educa ...
What China's economic problems mean for the world
There is a saying that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. But what happens when China is unwell? The wor ...