Despite risks and canceled public concerts, organizers, artists and DJs—from Iranian folk to Western techno—keep music alive at secluded events in Tehran

Violence in Homs raises questions over whether Syria’s new authorities can enforce the rule of law, or if the country risks reproducing patterns of warlordism

As Christian communities dwindle across the Middle East, Pope Leo XIV’s trip raises questions about symbolic gestures versus structural solutions

In 2021, the war-torn North African nation accounted for approximately 0.6 per cent of the global Bitcoin hash rate, surpassing several European nations.

With an eye on elections, a pardon might cement Netanyahu’s dominance and deepen the transformation of Israeli politics into a project for his own survival

By placing Gaza under an international trusteeship, the UN has triggered the most consequential reshaping of Palestinian political authority since 1948

Faltan medicamentos, material para cirugías y equipos para diagnosticar. Las organizaciones humanitarias y las agencias de Naciones Unidas piden a Israel facilitar la entrada de suministros médicos y la evacuación de pacientes críticos

In April 2021, Saudi Arabia announced a widespread ban on imports of fruits and vegetables from Lebanon, blaming an increase in drug smuggling.

With Sudan's El-Fasher captured by a militia accused of mass killings, those who escaped are suffering in a refugee camp and mourning the deaths of family and friends.

Israel, Hamas, and the PA will all face political, military, or security costs in phase two, making an indefinite delay of the deal preferable to progress

The Latian Dam, with a capacity of 76 million cubic meters, currently holds only 7 million cubic meters—the lowest level in 6 decades of operation.

Una coalición de ONG lleva a los tribunales el pacto por el que Estados Unidos pagó 4,4 millones de euros al país africano a cambio de que recibiera migrantes que fueron expulsados sin acceso a un juicio, algunos de ellos tras haber cumplido sus condenas

The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest museum in the world for a single civilization, and holds a total of around 100,000 artifacts. It finally opened to the public this month.

Israeli forces are entrenching even further in Syria as Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants a demilitarized “buffer zone” stretching to Damascus.

According to the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms, 5,618 violations against women between January 2017 and July 2025 across 17 governorates.

Hombres y mujeres seropositivos buscan pareja desde el anonimato en redes sociales por temor a ser discriminados. Aunque hay casos de éxito, algunos han sido víctimas de delincuentes

Cerca de 1,5 millones de habitantes de la Franja necesitan un refugio para protegerse del invierno inminente, según la ONU, pero el número de tiendas de campaña, mantas y ropa de abrigo que Israel autoriza es insuficiente

La muerte de dos personas no vacunadas en el norte del país africano pone en evidencia brechas en el acceso a la inmunización

After decades of talks, negotiations, and setbacks, Guinea has officially launched the long-awaited exploitation of the Simandou iron ore deposit.

Tens of thousands fled the Sudanese city of El Fasher after it fell to a paramilitary group, leaving many families hungry and separated.

Una amalgama tóxica compuesta por 61 millones de toneladas de escombros, 100.000 de explosivos y químicos filtrados a la tierra ha destrozado las tierras cultivables, el agua y el aire. Su recuperación tardará décadas, advierten los expertos

In tents and damaged wards, Gaza’s doctors study late into the night, earning the highest medical speciality qualifications in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In 2025, Palestinian music, food and fashion transcended borders, transforming culture into a global language of resistance, identity and survival

Despite displacement and loss, Palestinian writers and filmmakers are producing award-winning work that documents their reality and honours those they have lost.

Pope Leo XIV announced on 2 December that he hopes to visit Algeria in the near future, specifically to visit sites associated with Saint Augustine’s life.

Within minutes, one of the most controversial verdicts in recent Yemeni legal history was announced: eighteen people were sentenced to death by firing squad.

Observers warn that the reported thefts could be a new tactic of asserting control and making life unbearable for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Roughly 40 defendants—opposition leaders, activists, lawyers, businesspeople—face sentences ranging from 10 to 45 years.

The Syrian Jewish community lived in Syria for over two thousand years, according to historians, working as merchants, scholars, and community leaders

In Gaza, the ceasefire has brought little relief, leaving chronic patients and displaced families struggling to survive amid cold nights and scarce resources

This is a first-hand account of displacement, pain and the impossibility of saying goodbye. Ansam Al-Kitaa is a freelance journalist from Palestine. She wrote the following on 18 October 2025.

The killing of Yasser Abu Shabab is a blow to Israel’s strategy of creating proxy militias to challenge Hamas and play a role in post-war governance

Bethlehem prepares for a subdued Christmas as its tree lights up on December 6, marking the city’s first celebration in two years as Israel’s violence continues

What often appears as sporadic settler violence is in fact an organized system with an official structure fully operating as intended.

Violence in Homs raises questions over whether Syria’s new authorities can enforce the rule of law, or if the country risks reproducing patterns of warlordism

Under a makeshift shelter—a parachute canopy from aid airdrops stretched over a wooden frame—Ahmed Abu Amsha gathers children for music lessons on the beach in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. The sounds of guitar, oud, and drums mix with the crash of waves. Displaced children, some barefoot, wearing torn clothes, their bodies thin and faces pale, are […]

Israel’s renewed military campaign in Tubas reflects a broader strategy to fragment the northern West Bank and lay the groundwork for annexation

"This is the first time the road has been repaved in more than 50 years," said Abboud, who owns shops along the route.

The Moroccan public’s rejection of normalisation "is not a passing feeling, but has been clearly and intensively expressed in massive popular marches..."

After undergoing a mastectomy, a woman in central Kenya has found purpose through knitting and community support.

A museum in Damascus lets Syrians step inside Saydnaya prison through VR, ensuring that the tortures and disappearances under Baathist rule are not forgotten.

Hezbollah has responded by issuing a directive: stay hidden, effectively placing their members under what many describe as a form of "house arrest".

Beirut is restoring the Mar Mikhael railway station, but many worry the project will be more about nostalgia than solving the city’s daily commuting problems

Despite international pledges, Gaza’s reconstruction is stalling amid political disputes, resource constraints, and Israeli-blocked access to essential supplies

The Giza Plateau is set to be turned into a giant concert venue again. Entertainers are thrilled, but archaeologists are aghast.

Police are targeting Moroccan youth based on their appearance amid mass anti-corruption protests over government underfunding of healthcare and education.

Families escaping El-Fasher speak of unimaginable fear and loss as RSF fighters carried out executions, sexual violence, and systematic terror across the city

The Rapid Support Forces, who seized control of the last major army stronghold in Darfur, have been targeting civilians and conducting mass atrocities.

For over 50 years, industrial waste has suffocated Gabès, and now a city once silenced by pollution is fighting back for the right to breathe clean air

Desde la entrada en vigor del alto el fuego, hay alimentos básicos como harina o arroz, pero la carne o las verduras son aún un lujo, y la ONU advierte de que el número de camiones con ayuda tiene que aumentar drásticamente

Patients in Gaza face life-threatening conditions as hospitals overflow, medical supplies run out, and the ceasefire fails to restore essential healthcare

Across the MENA region, blind and visually impaired individuals are embracing AI as a gateway to independence, even as they navigate persistent barriers

Since 2019, more than 70 restrictive marriage contracts have been imposed across Houthi-controlled territories, banning women from singing, carrying smartphones, and traveling without male guardians.

Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in a country where they cost too much for most women

A los gazatíes les cuesta identificar sus casas entre las montañas de ruinas en las que se han convertido sus barrios. Enfrentarse a la destrucción de su vida anterior es su nueva realidad

Sara Almabruk is strategizing how to save Mediterranean angel sharks, “custodians of the seafloor” whose robust presence can indicate a healthy ecosystem.

La gente se congrega para abrazarse, besarse en la cabeza y compartir su alegría, mientras miles de desplazados se enfrentan a la decisión de volver a sus barrios destruidos o esperar a que las fuerzas israelíes ofrezcan garantías de seguridad

Los ataques israelíes han arreciado en la última semana, causando más de un centenar de víctimas mortales, a pesar del anuncio de Trump, desde hacía días, de un posible acuerdo para frenar la guerra en Gaza

Despite growing international pressure, much ambiguity remains over Hamas's position on laying down its weapons, risking a resumption of Israel's war

An initial outpouring of national solidarity with Gen Z protests has turned to public anxiety, revealing Morocco's deep-rooted fear of instability

Una interpretación de la ley islámica califica a estas aves carroñeras como “dañinas”, pero los ecologistas sostienen que regulan las poblaciones de insectos y roedores y esparcen semillas en la Montaña Verde, un oasis de biodiversidad libio

Comunidades enteras denuncian que se ven obligadas a tomarse la justicia por su mano ante la inacción policial

Hoog opgeleide Soedanese vluchtelingen in Oeganda vinden hun waardigheid terug in telewerk.

Shahfahad Khan Dawar was helping three of his seven children and his nephew prepare for school in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in May when one of his sons ran to him pointing into the sky and exclaiming, “Baba, Baba, there’s a drone.”

The Gen Z 212 movement has proven digital frustration can turn into street-level mobilisation

Amir Masoud, a 34-year-old website content writer in the Iranian capital, Tehran, knew layoffs were coming but was in denial about the fact they would affect him personally.

After two years of Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian cause has returned to the centre of world politics - but without a clear path forward

Amid Gaza's ruins, families mark two years of Israel's brutal genocide, as they struggle to cope with death, displacement, hunger, and a shattered health system

Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza offers no guarantees or binding mechanisms, paving the way for Israel to permanently subjugate Palestinians

The scale of destruction marks an unprecedented reversal for an industry that has sustained southern Lebanese communities since the Ottoman era.

Zawiya, located 48 km west of Tripoli, on the Mediterranean coast, controls the capital's western gateway and hosts the second-largest oil refinery.

Artificial intelligence is bringing Egypt’s silver screen icons back to life, sparking both excitement and controversy in the country’s historic film industry

As elections near in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, activists and journalists are being abducted across borders in a coordinated campaign to silence dissent, a sign of rising cross-border repression in East Africa.

Ceasefire sparks cautious optimism in Gaza, but uncertainty lingers over promised reconstruction and aid distribution.

Where six ride-hailing apps have launched and failed, Shilu-ANA is a symbol of local ingenuity in one of Africa's newest countries.

Marwan al-Barghouthi, often called the ‘Mandela of Palestine’, was imprisoned 23 years ago. His release could unify Palestinian political factions. So Israel won’t countenance it.

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Syrian farmers are returning to pistachio orchards long abandoned during years of conflict and state seizures.

Across Sudan, women are resurrecting nafeer, an ancient practice of communal solidarity, adapting it into a decentralized network...

In Cairo, it is easy to see the actual issue behind the global housing crisis: the need for fair distribution

Gaza’s olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest.

Israeli forces have erased entire Gaza neighbourhoods by deploying remotely controlled explosives.

Survivors of deadly September attack describe fear and equipment losses while facing arrest threats from multiple armed groups

“Gaza used to unite Egyptians. Now it only reminds them of what they"ve lost

U.S. aid has evaporated. Government promises remain unfulfilled. But Khartoum"s residents are making their neighborhoods livable again, with or without institutional backing.

The first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement has dramatically reduced Israeli attacks in southern Gaza.

Following a spell of femicides across Egypt in August, activists, legal experts and families are demanding urgent action.

Egypt's most iconic political prisoner is free at last. Does his release point towards structural change, or is it just a symbolic gesture under pressure?

Yemen’s museums, already shattered by years of war, now face a new enemy — climate change and neglect — putting the country’s cultural heritage at grave risk

International students face sudden, devastating visa cancellations over minor infractions or social media posts, forcing them to leave the US without warning

The rain poured through the mud-brick walls of her father’s house in Duk County, Nyarweng Community of South Sudan, soaking the earthen floor where Nyibol Thon held her newborn daughter. As water dripped from the thatched roof onto her makeshift bed, she began to sing. “From that pain, I composed a song and named her.

"But despite the pain, my determination grew," he remarked to TNA. "After the explosion, those who were hesitant about resistance became even more committed..."

The indiscriminate mass detention of more than 1,000 Palestinians in Tulkarem is part of a wider Israeli strategy to exert total control over the West Bank

Turkey's decision to cut all ties reflects how Ankara now sees Israel not just as a regional rival, but a direct threat to its security and strategic interests

In Cairo's Al-Khalifa, women and locals are restoring endangered monuments, reviving heritage & creating livelihoods through a pioneering grassroots initiative

The attack on Doha represents a dramatic escalation in Israel's military doctrine, signalling open disregard for diplomacy, sovereignty, and international law

The arrest of Hebron's mayor has renewed fears that Israel is seeking to establish tribal emirates in the West Bank to replace the Palestinian Authority

Egypt ended a decades-old rent control system, which now threatens mass displacement as millions of families face soaring rents, evictions, and a housing crisis

La destrucción de pozos y otras infraestructuras y la falta de combustible para las desaladoras condenan al 96% de los hogares a inseguridad hídrica

Amid Israel's 'combat zone,' Gazans weigh survival against despair, torn between leaving homes or enduring overcrowded camps as aid dwindles & attacks escalate