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UK Local Government Pension Schemes have invested more than £2 billion in companies that aid Israel's occupation.
In a newspaper interview, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that 50,000 Palestinians living in areas of the West Bank Israel plans to annex will not gain Israeli citizenship
Kuwait Airways to slash 1,500 jobs amid coronavirus pressure
Kuwait Airways is laying off a quarter of its workforce as coronavirus piles pressure on the aviation industry.
A plan to resist Trump’s Deal of the Century
The long read: A new book by Palestinian intellectual Azmi Bishara presents a comprehensive strategy to resist Trump and Netanyahu’s widely ...
France and Turkey's growing rivalry in the Middle East
France views Turkey's foreign policy stance as a threat to its own economic and geopolitical interests.
Morocco prisoners make masks for fellow inmates
Prisoners in Morocco have been hard at work producing thousands of face masks for fellow inmates.
US father-son duo accused of masterminding Ghosn's escape
Michael Taylor, a 59-year-old former Green Beret and private security specialist, and Peter Taylor, 27, are wanted by Japan on charges they ...
Outrage over travel vlogger's Yemen stay during coronavirus pandemic
Polish social media influencer Eva Zu Beck has come under fire for her 'selfish' and 'immoral' stay on Yemen's remote Socotra island.
Former Rouhani aide 'apologises' for supporting LGBTQ families
According the Islamic Penal Code, any action which "contributes to the spread of homosexuality" is punishable by up to ten years in prison.
Thousands of Palestinians stranded by coronavirus appeal for repatriation
Thousands of Palestinians, most of them students, have been left stranded and out of pocket around the world as Arab countries refuse them leave ...
Erasing Palestinian refugees: Trump and the Nakba at 72
Comment: Seventy-two years after the Nakba, Israel and the United States continue to deny the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their ...
India clamps down on Muslims under cover of coronavirus
India is using the coronavirus pandemic to crack down on Muslim activists following widespread anti-government protests last year.
In Lebanon, pandemic provides no respite from anti-Palestinian racism
The decision to bar Palestinians from returning to Lebanon amid a repatriation drive highlights entrenched discrimination in the country.
Iraq's Mustafa al-Kadhimi takes the helm in stormy waters
Kadhimi will have to steer Iraq out of the coronavirus crisis, resuscitate an all-but-dead economy, and restore the faith of Iraqis in a ...
Foreigners on frontlines of pandemic in Gulf states
Healthcare workers from Egypt and South Asia are battling coronavirus in parts of the Gulf.
Indian doctor 'turns away' Muslim patients amid coronavirus pandemic
A doctor in the Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh, India, reportedly turned away Muslim patients, saying: "We will treat only Hindus, not Muslims."
Coronavirus misinformation fuels hatred against India’s Muslims
A systematic campaign of disinformation blaming Muslims for the spread of coronavirus in India is fuelling hatred and violent attacks.
Egypt releases US teacher from jail over Facebook posts
Reem Desouky spent 300 days in pre-trial detention in Egypt after being arrested at Cairo airport and accused of criticising Sisi on Facebook.
Will the US put India on its religious blacklist?
A US government panel has called for India to be placed on a religious freedoms blacklist as persecution and violence by Prime Minister Modi's ...
Clashes in Socotra as UAE-backed STC seek control
Clashes in Socotra continued as the United Arab Emirates funded STC fought to wrest control of the provincial capital Hadebo.
US panel wants India on religious freedom blacklist
A US government panel has called for punitive measures against India over its worsening record on religious freedom.
'You're not welcome': Trump's confusing immigration ban sows anxiety
Donald Trump has signed an executive order that temporarily suspends immigration into the US, leading to apprehension and fear in communities ...
Red Cross urges Israel to release 'at-risk' Palestinian prisoners
The Red Cross and other leading NGOs have raised concern over more than 5,000 Palestinian prisoners that are susceptible to contracting the ...
The Fakhoury fiasco and US-Lebanese relations
Comment: While Amer Fakhoury has been freed from detention, the ramifications of his case are far from over in Lebanon, writes Joe Macaron.
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