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Activists call for UAE boycott over its backing for the RSF in Sudan
Activists call for UAE boycott over its backing for the RSF in Sudan Submitted by Shraddha Joshi on Fri, 04/18/2025 - 16:29 Mackelmore cancelling his Dubai gig an eye-catching victory though Sudanese say large hurdles remain Protesters opposed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and the role of the UAE in Sudan gather outside Lancaster House as the UK government hosts a conference on the conflict on 15 April (Vuk...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:
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Israeli settlers kidnap two Palestinian children, tie them to a tree
Israeli settlers kidnap two Palestinian children, tie them to a tree Israelisettlers kidnapped twoPalestinianchildrenon Saturday and tied them to a tree near the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. The incident occurred in the afternoon, as a group of children were playing near their homes on the outskirts of Beit Furik, east of Nablus. A group of settlers approached and abducted the two children. Local...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Iran and US move to expert-level talks after βgood meetingβ in Rome
Iran and US move to expert-level talks after βgood meetingβ in Rome The Iranian foreign minister said Saturday that nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States were "moving forward" after a positive meeting. The US and Iran concluded a second round of talks on Tehranβs nuclear programme in Rome, a week after holding indirect talks in Muscat that both sides described as constructive. Iran, which says its...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Iran and US move to expert-level talks after 'good meeting' in Rome
Iran and US move to expert-level talks after 'good meeting' in Rome Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 04/19/2025 - 16:30 The Iranian foreign minister and US Middle East envoy will meet again in Oman on 26 April Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Italian foreign ministry in Rome before Iran-US nuclear talks, 19 April 2025 (AFP/video grab) Off The Iranian...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Why Gaza genocide is strongest case before the ICJ
Why Gaza genocide is strongest case before the ICJ What can more than 100 years of the international justice system tell us about its present and future? World leading scholar of international criminal law and genocide, Professor William Schabas, speaks to Middle East Eye's Expert Witness. Schabas reflects on the challenges facing international law after Israel began itswar on Gaza in 2023 and why it is guilty of...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:British MPs confronted by Israeli settlers during visit to Palestinian territories
British MPs confronted by Israeli settlers during visit to Palestinian territories Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 04/18/2025 - 14:33 Shockat Adam and Andrew George were swarmed by armed settlers when visiting Masafer Yatta and witnessed hundreds of settlers storm Al-Aqsa complex British MP Shockat Adam toured Hebron, Bethlehem and East Jerusalem in the occupied Palestinian territories (Supplied) Off Two British MPs...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:US revokes around 1,500 student visas, universities say they weren't notified
US revokes around 1,500 student visas, universities say they weren't notified Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Fri, 04/18/2025 - 20:57 Three universities Middle East Eye spoke to said they only found out after checking the student record database Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington would take away any visa that has previously been issued if students participated in social activism (Julien de Rosa/Reuters)...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Palestinian party denounces US-Israel alliance against Arabs
Ramallah, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned on Friday that the alliance between the United States and Israel represents a threat to the Middle East nations. The post Palestinian party denounces US-Israel alliance against Arabs first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Mainland manufacturers at Hong Kong trade show look to Middle East as US tariffs bite
Firms exhibiting their products say US is a major market but they are actively diversifying to navigate the impact of Trumpβs tariffs.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister?
Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister? Submitted by Peter Oborne on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 19:59 The British government wanted to keep this visit quiet, and journalists in the country were only too keen to comply Foreign Secretary David Lammy is pictured in London on 26 March 2025 (Benjamin Cremel/AFP) Off In theory, the role of the media is to tell the truth and hold power to account....
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Middle East updates: Israel strikes Gaza amid truce talks
Israel continued strikes across Gaza, as Hamas says it is reviewing a truce offer. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister is in Russia ahead of nuclear talks with the US. DW has more.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:UK politicians slam Lammy over secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister
UK politicians slam Lammy over secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister Britishpoliticians have slammed Foreign Secretary David Lammy for holding an unannounced meeting with theIsraeliforeign minister on Tuesday. Middle East Eyerevealedon Tuesday afternoon that Israel's Gideon Saar was visiting the UK on a private trip this week, and thenreportedon Tuesday evening that he had met the British foreign secretary in...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:UK police accused of being heavy-handed at protest against BBC coverage on Gaza
UK police accused of being heavy-handed at protest against BBC coverage on Gaza Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Wed, 04/16/2025 - 17:20 Eyewitnesses described the Metropolitan Police as being 'violent' after three protestors were arrested outside BBC offices in central London The BBC has been criticised by pro-Palestine activists for its coverage of the war on Gaza and concerns around 'bias' towards Israel, with marches...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Middle East: Gaza a 'mass grave of Palestinians,' MSF says
Doctors without Borders (MSF) has condemned "destruction and forced displacement of the entire population in Gaza." Meanwhile, Israel said it will stay in Gaza, Lebanese and Syrian "security zones." DW has more.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent
Click to expand Image Protest of the National Salvation Front opposition coalition in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, on March 5, 2023, against the arrest of several public figures, including its leaders. 2023 Sipa via AP Images The Tunisian government has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy, aimed at depriving people of their civil and political rights.Following President Kais Saiedβs...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America
The geopolitical landscape shifted dramatically over the past five years. Americaβs hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 followed by its deepening entanglement in the Ukraine war β now widely understood as a grinding proxy conflict between NATO and Russia β laid bare the limits of US power. In the Middle East, Washington has struggled to [β¦] The post Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli foreign minister meets David Lammy in London in unannounced trip
Israeli foreign minister meets David Lammy in London in unannounced trip Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 21:14 Several sources told MEE that Gideon Saar met the British foreign secretary on Tuesday in an unannounced trip Gideon Saar speaks during a press conference after a meeting with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts in Athens, on 13 March 2025 (AFP) Off Israel'sForeign Minister Gideon Saar met British...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Harvard University punished with $2b funding freeze for defying Trump
Harvard University punished with $2b funding freeze for defying Trump Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 19:31 Freeze followed a letter sent on Monday to the Trump administration saying it rejects the governmentβs demands Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organised by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference by the federal government, in Cambridge,...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Does Trump want a Gaza ceasefire before his Middle East trip?
Parsing through Donald Trump's Middle East agenda with Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Republican senators push to strip Unrwa of legal immunity in US
Republican senators push to strip Unrwa of legal immunity in US A group of Republican senators, led by Ted Cruz, is pushing forward a bill that targets the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), aiming to strip it of legal immunity in the United States. Unrwa provides education, healthcare, and humanitarian aid to millions of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East who have been forecefully displaced by...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Hamas rejects truce proposal that calls on Palestinian groups to 'surrender'
Hamas rejects truce proposal that calls on Palestinian groups to 'surrender' Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 22:40 According to Israeli proposal, seen by MEE, all Palestinian factions in Gaza would have to disarm in exchange for a permanent ceasefire Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over three Israeli captives to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on 8 February 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP)...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Israeli prison releases Palestinian with Star of David shaved on to his head
Israeli prison releases Palestinian with Star of David shaved on to his head Following three years inIsraelidetention,Palestinianprisoner Musab Qatawi faced one final ordeal before being released on Thursday. Israeli prison guards shoved his head into a rubbish bin and shaved part of his hair, drawing the Star of David on to his head. In an interview with Middle East Eye in his hometown of Qalqilya, in the occupied...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:University of Michigan staffer fired for protesting a year earlier, while still a student
University of Michigan staffer fired for protesting a year earlier, while still a student Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 18:36 During her hiring process at the institution, Zainab Hakim had disclosed participation in pro-Palestine protests and even received praise The pro-Palestine University of Michigan student encampment in front of the Hatcher Library, on 1 May 2024 (Zainab Hakim/Supplied) Off When...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Harvard says it won't 'surrender' to US President Trump's demands
Harvard says it won't 'surrender' to US President Trump's demands Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 19:01 The Ivy League university says it won't agree to demands that go 'beyond the lawful authority" of the administration Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organised by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government, in...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Sudanβs el-Fasher pleads for help as RSF slaughters its way to the city
Sudanβs el-Fasher pleads for help as RSF slaughters its way to the city Submitted by Mohammed Amin on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 19:37 Witnesses tell MEE that paramilitary fighters indiscriminately killed civilians in their hundreds as they closed in on the North Darfur state capital People who fled the Zamzam camp queue for food rations near the town of Taweela in Darfur, on 13 April 2025 (AFP) Off More than a million people...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Journalists, Activist Summoned for Investigations
Click to expand Image Beirut Lebanon, November 16, 2015. 2015 Bilal Hussein/AP Photo (Beirut) βLebanese journalists, media organizations, and civil society groups are facing the repeated use of criminal defamation charges and other vague legal provisions in response to their work alleging corruption and financial mismanagement in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 10, Lebanonβs public prosecution...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Middle East: EU pledges β¬1.6 billion for Palestinians
The EU announced a new aid packaged intended to help "stabilize the West Bank and Gaza." Meanwhile, Israel has hit back of criticism of its strike on a Gaza hospital. DW has the latest.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:EU foreign affairs summit and Meloni in Washington in focus This WEEK
EU foreign affairs will gather in Luxembourg on Monday, with Ukraine, the Middle East, EU-Africa relations and the Western Balkans on the agenda. Also this week, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Washington meet Donald Trump.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Sudan: After 2 Years of War, Global Action Needed
Click to expand Image A view of the damage surrounding Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital following intense clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum, Sudan, on March 29, 2025. 2025 Mohammed Nzar Awad/Anadolu via Getty Images (Nairobi) β Leaders gathering in London on April 15, 2025, should urgently work to protect civilians and guarantee safe, unfettered aid provision as the conflict inSudan...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:School children flee scene of Israeli military raid in Hebron
School children flee scene of Israeli military raid in Hebron A military raid inthe Al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, triggered panic amongst children returning home from school.The footage shows them rushing away from the incursions. Israeli raids have been reported across the occupied West Bank, with ongoing incursions especiallytargeting camps. Israeli forces stormed the Al-Fawwar refugee...
Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Dozens killed by RSF on 'ethnic basis' in Darfur
Sudan: Dozens killed by RSF on 'ethnic basis' in Darfur Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 04/13/2025 - 12:31 Sudanese paramilitaries have been accused of carrying out massacres as they tighten their grip on Darfur A displaced Sudanese woman, accompanied by children, walks through a camp near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on 11 February 2025, amid the ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces (AFP) Off...
Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source:Iran, US complete first round of 'constructive' nuclear talks in Oman
Envoys from Iran and the U.S. completed the first round of βpositiveβ and βconstructiveβ talks regarding Tehranβs developing nuclear program in Oman and agreed to continue discussions next weekend, according to the Trump administration. Middle East envoy Steve Wiktoff, alongside U.S. Ambassador to Oman Ana Escrogima, spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:UN official: Over 60,000 children under five in Gaza suffering from malnutrition
UN official: Over 60,000 children under five in Gaza suffering from malnutrition Sigrid Kaag, the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, voiced alarm over the worsening health conditions of children in Gaza and called on Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the territory. βWe now know that more than 60,000 children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition in Gaza. Each of these statistics represents...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:White House hails 'constructive' nuclear talks with Iran; more scheduled
Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, Iranian state television reported Saturday at the end of the first round of talks between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Hezbollah withdraws from majority of military sites in southern Lebanon
Hezbollah withdraws from majority of military sites in southern Lebanon Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 04/12/2025 - 12:01 The Lebanese movement cedes positions to the army even as Israel continues to maintain a 'strategic' occupation of territory in the south Mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah fighters killed prior to the 27 November ceasefire with Israel, in the southern Lebanese village of Taybeh near the...
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source: