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As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza

As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 15:53 From Riyadh to Abu Dhabi, a race is underway - not to end the genocide in Gaza, but to outspend one another for US favour US President Donald Trump walks alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh on 14 May, 2025 (AFP) On US President Donald Trump’s tour of Riyadh, Abu Dhabi...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

β€˜We discussed the world’: US president, emir of Qatar speak in Doha

US President Donald Trump said he and the emir of Qatar discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and Iran’s nuclear programme.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Around 90 percent of Gaza families facing severe water shortages

Around 90 percent of Gaza families facing severe water shortages Around 90 percent of families in Gaza are facing severe water shortages amid widespread destruction of infrastructure, Wafa news agency is reporting citing medical sources. According to the sources, 25 percent of water samples taken in the Strip are contaminated, promoting the spread of disease in the enclave. They further noted that, with soaring summer...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Rabbis call on UK to step up pressure on Israel to end Gaza blockade

Rabbis call on UK to step up pressure on Israel to end Gaza blockade Submitted by Simon Hooper on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:46 Prominent Jewish religious leaders call for 'an end to starvation in Gaza' and accuse Israeli government of using denial of food and aid as a 'tool of warfare' Palestinians queue for a hot meal at a kitchen run by the UN's World Food Programme at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza in April...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Starmer calls Israeli blockade 'intolerable' but dodges call to recognise Palestine

Starmer calls Israeli blockade 'intolerable' but dodges call to recognise Palestine BritishPrime Minister Keir Starmer has called theIsraeliblockade on Gaza "intolerable" and said his government is working towards a two-state solution. Starmer made the remarks in response to a question in parliament by Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who said: "For more than ten weeks Israeli forces have blocked food, water and...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

China denounces US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid distribution

China denounces US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid distribution China's UN envoy has weighed in on the US-Israeli plan for Gaza's aid distribution, and demanded that Israel "fulfil its obligations as the occupying power under international humanitarian law by immediately lifting the blockade and restoring full access to supplies". Addressing the UN Security Council, Fu Cong said that Gaza "has become a living hell," noting...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

'Electrocuted, decapitated': Migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia revealed in HRW report

'Electrocuted, decapitated': Migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia revealed in HRW report Submitted by Sally Abou AlJoud on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 13:03 Rights group criticises Fifa for awarding Riyadh the 2034 World Cup hosting rights without requiring enforceable labour protections Social activists form a human chain to protest for Bangladeshi female migrant workers who are facing abuse by employers in Saudi Arabia, in...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Did the US flinch first in tariff war with China?

A high-stakes game of chicken has come to an end for 90 days, as both China and the US claim the upper hand.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen weighs the costs of speaking against injustice

The Pulitzer Prize winner argues in his new book that it is essential for art 'to confront what's happening right now'.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Who’s selling weapons to India and Pakistan?

India and Pakistan are arming fast. Who and what's behind their military build-up?

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Human rights groups warn of 'surge' in migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia

Workers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents as the country prepares to host the 2034 World Cup, reports say.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Scared and malnourished - footage from Gaza shows plight of children and aftermath of Israeli strike

Israel says it targeted top Hamas militants hiding among civilians at the Khan Younis hospital.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Uruguay’s Jose Mujica, a president famed for sparse living, dead at 89

Mujica, a former Marxist guerrilla known by the nickname 'Pepe', became a beloved figure for his simple lifestyle.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

NYT: 'In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation'

NYT: 'In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation' A New York Times report on Tuesday said that within the Israeli military, there are already calls to lift the crippling aid blockade on Gaza that has been in place since early March. "Israeli military officers who monitor humanitarian conditions in Gaza have warned their commanders in recent days that unless the blockade is lifted...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Ms Rachel draws widespread praise for speaking out in defence of Palestinian children

Ms Rachel draws widespread praise for speaking out in defence of Palestinian children Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 18:46 β€˜Being silent is what should be controversial,’ said the popular children’s educator and YouTube personality Ms Rachel attends the Sesame Workshop 2024 benefit gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, on 29 May 2024 (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP) Off On Monday, the popular...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

International visitors to US decrease by 11 percent in March

International visitors to US decrease by 11 percent in March Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 21:11 Visitor numbers to the US have fallen due to backlash on US politics, tariffs and fears of being denied entry on valid visas Workers sweep water off the floor of the arrivals area at John F Kennedy International airport's terminal four, in New York, on 7 January 2018 (Jewel Samad/AFP) Off The United States...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Trump seals deals and slams western 'interventionists' in Saudi Arabia visit

Trump seals deals and slams western 'interventionists' in Saudi Arabia visit Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 20:48 Trump's speech excoriating western 'nation builders' revived memories of Obama's famous Cairo speech. Time will tell if it ages as poorly US President Donald Trump looks on as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets the crowd during the Saudi-US investment forum at King Abdul Aziz...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

French actor GΓ©rard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on film set in 2021

French actor GΓ©rard Depardieu was found guilty on May 13 of sexually assaulting two women on a 2021 film set.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Macron says Europe should step up sanctions against Netanyahu

Macron says Europe should step up sanctions against Netanyahu French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aid blockade of Gaza, where half a million people are facing starvation, is "shameful" and that Europeans should consider increasing sanctions. Macron was speaking to TF1 television, according to the Reuters news agency.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Arab-American civil liberties group erects Times Square billboard demanding Trump let aid into Gaza

Arab-American civil liberties group erects Times Square billboard demanding Trump let aid into Gaza The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) announced on Tuesday that it has erected a billboard in Times Square, in the heart of New York City, demanding that US President Donald Trump let unconditional aid into Gaza. "This visit to Riyadhβ€”and the US–Saudi investment summitβ€”must not be viewed as a business...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Mali dissolves all political parties after opposition figures β€˜arrested’

Human rights groups say politicians have been forcibly disappeared in recent days

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

UN aid chief slams Israel plan for Gaza aid

UN aid chief slams Israel plan for Gaza aid United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday slammed a plan by Israel for the distribution of aid in theGazaStrip as a "cynical sideshow, a deliberate distraction, a fig leaf for further violence and displacement". He told the UN Security Council that no food, medicine, water or tents have entered the war-torn Palestinian enclave for more than 10 weeks. "We can save...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israeli air strike on hospital kills 28 people in Gaza, civil defence says

Israel's military said it was targeting a Hamas command centre which it said was beneath the hospital.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL

Officials say prisons at almost double capacity earlier this month.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israel kills at least 16, wounds 70 in strike on Gaza European Hospital

Israel kills at least 16, wounds 70 in strike on Gaza European Hospital The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli bombing in the vicinity of the European Hospital in Khan Younis has killed at least 16 people and wounded 70 others. British surgeon Tom Potokar, who is currently working at the European Hospital, said the operating theatre has been damaged and it is no longer possible to take patients...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

'Show us something special': Trump announces lifting Syria sanctions

'Show us something special': Trump announces lifting Syria sanctions Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 18:40 If followed through, it would mark the first time since 1979 Syria was not under US sanctions and could spark a reconstruction boom US President Donald Trump prepares to speak during the Saudi-US investment forum at King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, on 13 May 2025 (Brendan...

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

British citizen to be deported from Israel for social media posts

British citizen to be deported from Israel for social media posts The BBC reported on Tuesday that a British citizen will be deported from Israel after allegedly walking into a "closed military zone". "After being questioned she was found to have posted anti-Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sentiments on social media and to belong to an organisation calling for the boycott of Israel," the BBC said, citing Israeli police....

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Will the US-China tariff deal avert a possible global trade war?

The world's two biggest economies agree to de-escalate tariff face-off.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Did Hakeem Jeffries overstate share of veterans using food stamps?

Evidence shows Jeffries's statement that about 20 percent of veteran households rely on food stamps is mostly false.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Will budget cuts cause the end of the UN as we know it?

The UN faces a historic crisis as aid is slashed, staff are laid off, and millions worldwide risk losing urgent support.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Diddy’s lawyers downplay β€œsuggestion of sex-trafficking”

Attorney Areva Martin breaks down Diddy’s first court day, analysing the proceedings and key evidence presented so far.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Medical professionals must speak out and act on Gaza now

I spent 22 days in Gaza. I saw so much death and destruction but also unbelievable courage, compassion and dedication.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

India expels Pakistan diplomat as war of words simmers in place of fighting

Pakistan reiterates its commitment to the ceasefire but warns it will respond forcefully to any future Indian attacks.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US reality TV star Kim Kardashian testifies about Paris robbery

The suspects made off with nearly $6m in jewellery, in a robbery that prompted change in the entertainment industry.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Libya’s prime minister asserts control after deadly Tripoli violence

After clashes kill six in Tripoli, PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah says a military operation restored calm in the capital.

Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East