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Will Zohran Mamdani help or hurt New York’s economy?

Free buses, rent freezes and city-run grocery stores won over Democratic voters as investor class pushes back.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Harvard battles Trump administration in court over $2.6bn funding cut

Harvard battles Trump administration in court over $2.6bn funding cut Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 19:05 The university argues that its First Amendment rights are being violated after its research funding was pulled Demonstrators gather in Boston, Massachusetts, to support Harvard University during its hearing before a federal judge to order US President Donald Trump's administration to restore cancelled...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israel kills 11 aid seekers in Gaza on Monday

Israel kills 11 aid seekers in Gaza on Monday The Quds News Network, citing health officials in Gaza, reported that 11 Palestinians have been killed by Israel as they scrambled to collect aid from a rare delivery by a World Food Programme convoy on Monday.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

UK, France and 23 other nations demand Israel’s war on Gaza β€˜must end now’

The countries also denounced Israel's aid delivery model in Gaza, saying it 'deprives Palestinians of human dignity'.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Trump envoy says US can't 'compel' Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon

Trump envoy says US can't 'compel' Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 18:12 Tom Barrack's comments come as Israel continues to occupy five strategic border points in southern Lebanon US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack gives a press conference after his meeting with Lebanon's prime minister at the government palace in Beirut, on 21 July 2025 (Anwar Amro/AFP) Off US...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends decision to support military aid for Israel

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends decision to support military aid for Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 16:58 The New York lawmaker has faced a deluge of criticism for backing funding for Israel's Iron Dome defence system for a second time Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a town hall gathering in New York City, on 2 May 2025 (David Dee Delgado/AFP) Off USCongresswoman Alexandria...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

As Trump’s tariff deadline looms, economists see calm before the storm

Trump's tariffs have had a limited impact on the global economy so far, but analysts fear the worst is yet to come.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Hamas 'proceeding with responsibility and rationality' in negotiations

Hamas 'proceeding with responsibility and rationality' in negotiations In a statement issued late on Monday evening local time in Gaza, the Hamas political bureau said it is "exerting all our efforts and energies around the clock to end this escalating suffering" in Gaza, which it called a "top priority" for its leadership. "While we recognise the extent of the blackmail practised by the occupation through committing...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Microsoft cyberattack hits 100 organisations, security firms say

The Shadowserver Foundation and Eye Security would not disclose which firms were affected.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Moment Israeli strike hits Gaza building housing displaced

Video captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a residential building housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Vietnam on high alert ahead of Typhoon Wipha

Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Wipha, expected to make landfall Tuesday with winds up to 166 km/h.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Italy cancels concert by Putin ally Gergiev

Kremlin critics laud the decision, as Moscow's ambassador to Italy decries a 'scandalous situation'.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US ambassador to Israel says he has resolved visa issue for Evangelical Christians

US ambassador to Israel says he has resolved visa issue for Evangelical Christians US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Monday that he has finally resolved a visa issue that led to hurdles for American Evangelical Christian groups coming to Israel. "Starting in January, a change in the manner which visas for Christian organizations had been processed for decades led to serious challenges bureaucratically and...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Watch: At the final checkpoint before the 'dangerous' road to Suweida city

Government forces say it is too dangerous for journalists and aid trucks to enter Suweida city.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Expulsion orders in Gaza cut Palestinians off from clean water: UN

Expulsion orders in Gaza cut Palestinians off from clean water: UN The spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that Israel's forced displacement orders in Gaza are targeting the sources of clean water. "As you are well aware over the weekend, the Israeli military issued another displacement order in Deir al-Balah spanning four neighborhoods... [dealing] yet another...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Western foreign ministers denounce Israeli attacks on Gaza aid seekers

A group of over two dozen mostly European foreign ministers denounced Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Lawyers ask that Kilmar Abrego Garcia stay in jail to avoid US deportation

Despite being wrongly deported and returned to the US, lawyers say Abrego Garcia again faces expulsion.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israeli tanks and soldiers fired on starving crowd in Gaza, UN food agency chief says

Israeli tanks and soldiers fired on starving crowd in Gaza, UN food agency chief says The head of the United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), told CNN on Monday that Israeli tanks and soldiers fired on starving Palestinians who had gathered to receive a rare delivery of aid after the WFP finally received permission from Israel to enter Gaza through the Zikim gate in the north. "This is one of the...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Hearing begins in Harvard’s case against the Trump administration

The university is suing for the restoration of more than $2bn in grants cut for hundreds of research projects.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

In Gaza, death seems easier than amputation

Life for amputees in Gaza is a constant unbearable struggle.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Russia launches major aerial attacks on Kyiv

Ukraine says Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults on Kyiv in months, killing one and injuring seven.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Belgian police question Israelis over alleged Gaza war crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation called the questioning of Israeli soldiers a β€˜turning point in global accountability’.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Palestine Action court case: UK decision makes it an 'international outlier'

Palestine Action court case: UK decision makes it an 'international outlier' Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 17:25 UK police take away a protester opposed to the ban, in London, England, on 19 July 2025 (AFP) Off The banning of protest group Palestine Action has made the UK government an β€œinternational outlier” when it comes to political protest, lawyers representing one of its co-founders told the High...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Philippines’ Marcos to meet Trump seeking trade deal

Leaders expected to hold talks on bilateral trade days before US tariffs on Philippine goods set to take effect.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

War on Gaza 'must end now' say UK, France and 23 other countries

War on Gaza 'must end now' say UK, France and 23 other countries Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 16:24 Countries call for an immediate end to conflict and criticise the Israeli government's aid delivery model after hundreds of Palestinians killed A mourner reacts near the bodies of Palestinian children killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on 29 June 2025 (Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters) Off A group of 25...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

β€˜Less than human’: Report details Trump immigration detention centre abuses

Detainees at three Florida detention centres report being denied medical care while subjected to degrading conditions.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Syria evacuates Bedouins from Suwayda after sectarian fighting

Dozens of Bedouin families are evacuated from the Druze-majority city of Suwayda in Syria after a week of deadly clashes

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israeli tanks advance into Gaza's Deir al-Balah city for first time

The central city is one of the few parts of Gaza so far spared a major ground operation during the Israel-Hamas war.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Kenyan activist Mwangi charged over deadly antigovernment protests

Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been charged over his alleged role in the deadly antigovernment protests.

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Call for end to war on Gaza 'disconnected from reality,' Israel says

Call for end to war on Gaza 'disconnected from reality,' Israel says The Israeli foreign ministry on Monday rejected the joint statement published by over 20 countries, including Canada, Australia, the UK, and Europe, calling for an end to its war on Gaza, "as it is disconnected from reality and sends the wrong message to Hamas". The statement, released earlier on Monday, used some of the strongest language yet to...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Gaza extermination: What is your last thought when you're starving to death?

Gaza extermination: What is your last thought when you're starving to death? Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Mon, 07/21/2025 - 15:41 Across the besieged territory, an increasing number of Palestinians are dying from Israel's brutal policy of withholding food A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, whose family say he suffers from malnutrition, is carried by his father at their home in Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp on 12 April 2025...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Palestinian journalist killed during detainment of hospital director, eyewitnesses say

Palestinian journalist killed during detainment of hospital director, eyewitnesses say Israeli special forces shot and killed a journalist during the detainment of hospital director Dr Marwan al-Hams, Arab48 is reporting. According to eyewitnesses cited by Arab48, Israeli soldiers opened fire on a group of Palestinians at a seaside cafe in Khan Younis and abducted al-Hamas. Press sources cited by Arab48 have named the...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Only two trucks of fuel a day are entering Gaza, Unrwa says

Only two trucks of fuel a day are entering Gaza, Unrwa says The UN relief works agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has said that fuel shortages are threatening "critical services" in Gaza. "Without fuel, water cannot be delivered by Unrwa to people in Gaza," said the agency in a post on X. Senior doctors in Gaza have also warned that hospital operations may halt if Israel-imposed fuel shortages lead to hospital...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Children in Gaza die as David Lammy says UK is 'happy to do more' to help

Children in Gaza die as David Lammy says UK is 'happy to do more' to help Submitted by Dania Akkad on Fri, 07/18/2025 - 09:25 British doctors and campaigners are calling on government to bring wounded Palestinian children to UK for treatment Children injured during an Israeli operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza await treatment at Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on 21 October 2024 (Omar...

Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israeli fire mows down starving Palestinians in Gaza as hunger deaths surge

UN says starvation in Gaza is man-made as families in the besieged territory endure 'catastrophic hunger'.

Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East