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What to expect at upcoming US-Iran talks in Oman

What to expect at upcoming US-Iran talks in Oman Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 17:34 For the first time since a brief attempt in 2021 under former president Joe Biden, the US and Iran will be engaging in talks Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (centre) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran chief Mohammad Eslami (right) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology' in Tehran, on 9 April...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Louisiana judge rules that Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

Louisiana judge rules that Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil can be deported Permanent legal resident Mahmoud Khalilcan be deported from the US, a judge has ruled following a hearing on Friday. The judge said that a State Department memo on Palestinian activistโ€™s beliefs was enough evidence to remove him from the US. In his memo, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Khalilโ€™s โ€œbeliefs and associationsโ€ were not in...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

US judge rules pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

Donald Trump's administration is pushing to deport Khalil over his participation in pro-Palestine university protests.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Florida plane crash kills three people

Three people were killed when a small plane crashed near Floridaโ€™s Boca Raton Airport.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

UN: 36 recent Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women, children

UN investigators examined recent Israeli strikes on Gaza and found that the only people killed were women and children.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Qatari Prime Minister criticises Israel's use of 'starvation and aid as weapons'

Qatari Prime Minister criticises Israel's use of 'starvation and aid as weapons' Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that Israel'suse of "starvation and aid as weapons is a crime that violates all human values," Al Jazeera reported on Friday.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israeli Air Force Commander tells reservists calling for end of war they can no longer serve in military

Israeli Air Force Commander tells reservists calling for end of war they can no longer serve in military Israeli Air Force Commander Tomer Bar warned reservists who signed a public letter calling for an end to the war in Gaza that they would no longer be permitted to serve in the military, as reported by Yedioth Ahronoth on Friday. In a Passover holiday letter sent to Air Force personnel, Bar wrote that Israel had...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Italy sends 40 asylum seekers awaiting deportation to Albania

Forty men of various nationalities arrive onboard an Italian navy ship in the northern port of Shengjin in Albania.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Why is evidence of โ€ŠIsraelโ€™s war crimes in Gaza disappearing?

Israelโ€™s siege and tech censorship are erasing evidence of Gazaโ€™s war crimes faster than they can be saved.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Millions of Yemenis at risk due to US aid freeze, Amnesty warns

Millions of Yemenis at risk due to US aid freeze, Amnesty warns Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 18:24 Trump's aid freeze means Yemen has lost its biggest donor, as the US ramps up military strikes on the country People displaced by conflict gather to receive humanitarian aid packages provided by Kuwaiti charities in the Hays area of Yemen's embattled western province in Hodeida, on 9 March 2025 (Khaled...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Trumpโ€™s tariffs: Short-term damage or long-term ruin?

What does Trump aim to achieve by making it costlier for the rest of the world to sell their goods in the US?

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

A court upheld the impeachment last week, and removing removed him from off

South Koreaโ€™s ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol left the presidential residence for the final time on April 11.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Palestinian injured in West Bank by Israeli gunfire

Palestinian injured in West Bank by Israeli gunfire The Palestinian Red Crescent said that a Palestinian was injured by Israeli military gunfire in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

UN agrees deal on shipping emissions despite US threats

The US pulled out of the climate talks at the International Maritime Organization in London this week.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

One dead and 10 wounded after Israelis bomb tent of displaced Palestinians

One dead and 10 wounded after Israelis bomb tent of displaced Palestinians One person was killed and 10 were wounded after an Israeli drone bombed a tent of displaced people in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Barcelona cleared as Osasuna lose appeal over Martinez selection

Osasuna believed Barcelona fielded an ineligible player in their defeat by the LaLiga leaders on March 27.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues

"No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic cleansing," Mirjana Spoljaric tells the BBC.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

At least 40 out of 70 people killed in Gaza are children, volunteer American doctors say

At least 40 out of 70 people killed in Gaza are children, volunteer American doctors say At least 40 out of 70 people killed in Gaza are children, say volunteer American doctors, according to a report by Haaretz on Friday. Dr Feroze Sidhwa and Dr Mark Perlmutter are medics who volunteered in Gaza both this year and last. The two men were volunteering at different hospitals in the Gaza Strip when Israel violated the...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Tottenham have leak inside club, says manager Postecoglou

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou believes there is a leak inside the north London club affecting his role.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

United States is no longer a safe destination for international students

Abductions, deportations and fear define campus life for many foreign students in Trump's America.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Syriaโ€™s al-Sharaa extends deadline for investigation into coastal killings

President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Jewish man wins case against UK Labour antisemitism expulsion

Jewish man wins case against UK Labour antisemitism expulsion Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 15:19 After winning appeal, former Labour member says the 'real offence' he committed was criticising Israel's oppression of Palestinians A protester holds a placard at a demonstration organised by Jewish Bloc, Jews For Palestine, in central London on 11 November 2023 (AFP/Henry Nicholls) Off A Jewish former member...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

New York sightseeing helicopter crashes in Hudson River: What we know

New York Helicopters has suspended operations indefinitely while authorities investigate the crash.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israeli press review: High-tech brain drain plagues Israel

Israeli press review: High-tech brain drain plagues Israel Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 13:37 Meanwhile, Israelis queue for food donations amid rising poverty, 150,000 gun licences issued since 2023, hundreds of reservists dismissed over anti-war letter High-tech workers strike in Tel Aviv, on 24 January 2023, to protest the Israeli government's controversial plans to overhaul the judicial system...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Whatโ€™s behind escalating US air attacks in Yemen?

Whatโ€™s behind the US-Houthi conflict? Redi Tlhabi hosts political analysts to unpack whatโ€™s happening in Yemen.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

What stands in the way of the US reaching a new nuclear deal with Iran?

Al Jazeeraโ€™s Maziar Motamedi explains the obstacles to the US and Iran reaching a new nuclear deal.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Russia for Ukraine war talks

Kremlin says the more than four-hour meeting 'focused on various aspects of the Ukrainian settlement'.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

FIFAโ€™s Infantino promises โ€˜world will be welcomedโ€™ at US Club World Cup

As FIFA President Gianni Infantino visits the US to promote the Club World Cup, Al Jazeera takes a closer look.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Spain public broadcaster calls for 'debate' over Israel's Eurovision participation

Spain public broadcaster calls for 'debate' over Israel's Eurovision participation Spain's public broadcaster said on Friday it has called for a "debate" over Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland due to "concerns" over the situation in war-tornGaza. RTVE has sent a letter to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which manages the event, "requesting a debate on the participation...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Opinion: Can the US push Lebanon to normalise with Israel?

Opinion: Can the US push Lebanon to normalise with Israel? Talk of normalisation betweenLebanonandIsraelhas been non-stop in recent days. The flurry of speculation reached a crescendo late last month, when theUSspecial envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff,declaredthat normalisation was โ€œa real possibilityโ€. Several Lebanese politicians joined the chorus. MP Paula Yacoubian, a self-declared reformist,described...

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israeli officers allowed rabbi, aide into unapproved trip to Syria, army says

Israeli officers allowed rabbi, aide into unapproved trip to Syria, army says Israeli officers allowedprominent Rabbi Shlomo Aviner to enter Syria with one of his aides and meet soldiers ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday, the Israeli army revealed. Their entry was not approved through the correct channels, but no punishments were carried out, the Times of Israel reports.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

'We collected his body instead of celebrating Eid,' says mother of Gaza medic killed by Israel

The mother of a Palestinian killed in an IDF attack on emergency vehicles tells the BBC of her loss.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Schools in Beirut suburb fear return to war after new Israeli strikes

Students, staff, and parents alike are traumatised by what has happened and the destruction that surrounds them.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

At least three people injured after Israeli forces storm West Bank town

At least three people injured after Israeli forces storm West Bank town At leasr three people were injured after Israeli forces stormed Al-Bireh,an occupied West Bank town,Wafa news agency reported. The Palestinians were wounded after an attack by Israeli troops in the Sateh Marhaba neighbourhood, According to the news report, Israeli soldiers forced their way into several homes and severely beat three people.The...

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Six killed after helicopter crashes in New Yorkโ€™s Hudson River

A family of Spanish tourists, including three children, were killed in the crash, New York City Mayor Eric Adams says.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East