Category: 2. Middle East

US President Donald Trump announced that pro-Palestine protests will be allowed during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico.

This came during a press conference with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump explained that potential pro-Palestinian protests during the 2026 World Cup in the US will not be prohibited.

“I think people are allowed to protest. You have to do it in a reasonable…

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that “Israel has continued to commit genocidal acts, fully aware of the irreversible harm being inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza.”

It stated, “Any move by Israel to displace Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip and confine them into so-called ‘closed bubbles’ or continue to impose inhumane conditions of life to push Palestinians out of Gaza, would amount to the war crime of unlawful transfer or…

A new documentary titled “Who Killed Shireen?” was presented for the first time in New York, produced by Zeteo Media. The film reveals new details about the identity of the Israeli soldier who killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 in the West Bank city of Jenin.

According to the film, the soldier responsible for the killing is Israeli soldier Alon Skajio.

Al Jazeera reporter Bisan Abu Kweik, who appears in the documentary, pointed out a…

The death toll of journalist martyrs in Gaza has risen to 214 since the start of the war on the Strip on 7 October 2023, with the martyrdom of journalist Yahya Subaih in an Israeli airstrike targeting a restaurant in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City.

Press sources in Gaza reported that journalist Subaih was killed hours after his daughter’s birth.

The Government Media Office in Gaza announced the updated death toll, noting that the martyr worked…

Reuters quoted a spokesman for the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement in Yemen as saying on Wednesday that “the agreement between the movement and the US does not include Israel.”

This comes after US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the US would halt its airstrikes against Yemen, after claiming that his country had received what he described as a promise from the Yemenis to halt attacks on ships in the Red Sea, considering this good news.

During…

Dubai’s Emirates Group, which includes the Middle East’s biggest airline, announced on Thursday gross annual profit of $6.2 billion, its third record in three years.

The 18 percent rise in profit, based on strong customer demand, slimmed to $5.6 billion after the UAE’s recently introduced corporate tax, which was applied for a full financial year for the first time.

“The Emirates Group has raised the bar to set new records for profit, revenue and cash assets,” chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed…

The European Commission called on Israel on Wednesday to immediately lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, stating that “For over two months, no humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza,” in clear violation of international humanitarian law.

This came in a joint statement issued by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica, and EU Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis…

The head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, affirmed Libya’s rejection of its territory being used as a destination for the deportation of migrants from any country, stressing that Libya will not be a mass detention centre for human beings under any pretext.

In an official statement, Dbeibeh stated that any agreements reached with illegitimate parties do not represent the Libyan state and will not be politically or morally binding….

Iraqi Mohammed Jalal lost 10 years of his life seeking asylum in Germany, without success. Instead of being granted refuge, he was sent back to the land he had fled.

He now faces the same challenges that drove him to leave the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq. More than a year has passed, and he is still without a job.

Jalal is just one of thousands of Iraqis and migrants from many other countries who have been forced out of Europe as it tightens its migration policies, driven by the rise of…

US envoy Steve Witkoff briefed members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday about various topics, including Gaza, participants in the closed-door talks said.

The informal meeting in New York came a day after Witkoff was formally sworn in as President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East.

At the swearing-in ceremony, Trump teased a “very, very big announcement” to come before his multi-nation visit to the Middle East next week, without providing details.

Witkoff, a billionaire…