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Lebanon is hurtling toward a tipping point at an alarming speed, driven by financial ruin, collapsing institutions, hyperinflation and rapidly rising poverty - with a pandemic on top of that.
The PLO has urged action against Israel to stop constructing settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
Restricted Hajj hits Somalia's livestock economy
Exports are predicted to be sliced in half this year, primarily due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
For Iraqi mothers-to-be, hospitals are pandemic no-go zones
Private clinics are flourishing, but few can afford them.
MSF has a flaw its white saviours can't solve
Comment: The functioning of MSF and other humanitarian organisations is inherently racist. Whether or not it can shed its colonial attitudes ...
To fix Arab societies, just listen to Arab citizens
Comment: International actors like the UN who want to help should listen more earnestly to what Arab men, women, and desperate youth have been saying for decades, writes Rami Khouri.
Preventing a global education disaster
Comment: We must act now to ensure a perfect storm of lost schooling, increased child poverty, and deep budget cuts don't lead to unprecedented ...
Desperate and trapped, Gaza's youth turn to suicide
Amid growing desperation, Gaza is in the grip of a suicide crisis.
Mohammed bin Zayed's preferences regarding UAE foreign policy
Comment: Kristian Coates Ulrichsen takes a deep dive into whta's driving bin Zayed's aggressive foreign policy agenda, the risks involved, and ...
Palestinian vets launch Gaza's first spay-and-neuter programme
Struggling with high numbers of stray cats and dogs, Gaza's only animal rescue organisation has started the Palestinian territory's first ...
Palestinian Authority reinstates lockdown to prevent Covid-19 second peak
The PA has reinstated its lockdown to prevent a second peak.
S.Sudan dissident thanks President Trump for US asylum
Prominent South Sudanese dissident Peter Biar Ajak thanked President Donald Trump for giving him refuge after fleeing 'a death squad sent by ... ...
The race for Biden's foreign policy agenda
Comment: Progressives must make a concerted effort at real influence in a potential Biden administration, narrowing the space for the Never ...
Jordan may support 'one-state democratic solution' to Israel-Palestine conflict
Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said the kingdom may support a one-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Lebanon is nearing critical stage in coronavirus cases: minister
Health Minister Hamad Hassan has blamed the rise in cases on the return of Lebanese expats after the country's only airport re-opened this month.
Israeli forces destroy Palestinian Covid-19 checkpoint in West Bank
Occupying Israeli forces shot at Palestinians in occupied Jenin and destroyed a checkpoint on their way out.
Israeli forces shoot at, arrest Palestinians in West Bank
At least five Palestinians were detained and two injured by Israeli forces.
Riyadh hosts G20 talks on virus recovery, debt crisis
Saudi Arabia will host talks aimed at bringing the global economy to recovery amid coronavirus.
Hamas admits naval officer spied for Israel
A military spokesman for Gaza's rulers Hamas admitted that a junior naval officer spied for rival Israel before fleeing.
No investors for Lebanon's ailing power sector, says minister
Lebanon's financial crisis is making it increasingly difficult to attract investors for its suffering electricity sector, according to the ...
New coronavirus lockdown another financial burden for Palestinians
Palestinians have been hit with another lockdown, as Covid-19 cases spike.
Freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine
Comment: Too many 'progressives' are unwilling to extend their anti-racist and anti-colonial values to support for Palestine, writes Randa ...
Bella Hadid is right, Palestinians won't stand for erasure
Comment: What happened to Bella Hadid is just one of the many ways we Palestinians are censored when we speak our truth, writes Elias Jahshan.
IMF predicts worst Mideast downturn in half century
The IMF said that the region's hardest-hit countries will be those that are "fragile and in conflict situations," with their economies forecast ...
Israel is set to build 164 illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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