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Leaked data reviewed by the Associated Press revealed that almost one in 25 people in the Uyghur heartland in western China have been imprisoned on ‘terrorism-related charges’ – the highest known incarceration rate in the world. China has detained hund…

Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK said they “occupied and dismantled” the site of an Israeli arms firm,Elbit Systems, on Sunday to “commemorate Nakba Day”. Palestine Action, which describes itself as a “direct-action network”, stormed the Bristol hea…

Cameroon football star Patrick Mboma has converted from Christianity to Islam and changed his name to Abdul Jalil Mboma, according to local media reports. Mboma proclaimed his new faith to a packed Bonamoussadi mosque in Doula, Cameroon on Friday, Musl…

Sweden on Monday officially announced it will apply for NATO membership as a deterrent against Russian aggression, entering a “new era” as it reverses two centuries of military non-alignment. “The government has decided to inform NATO that Sweden wants…

Pictures of the statue of the Great Sphinx of Giza with its eyes closed that had recently gone viral have sparked a debate on social media. After the pictures circulated online, some social media users adopted the theory that the pictures were real, in…

On 11 May, Muhammad Ayoub Abu Sabha watched as the Israeli army bulldozed – without warning – his property in the village of Al-Fakheit in the occupied West Bank. Within a few hours, soldiers levelled his home, water tank, chicken coop, and sheep barn …

Welcome to The New Arab’s coverage of Lebanon’s General Election 2022 held on May 15, 2022. Follow live updates, results, analyses, and opinion in our special hub here. Preliminary results in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections have indicated that member…

Saudi Arabia is on track to lift oil production capacity by more than 1 million barrels per day to over 13 million barrels bpd by the end of 2026 or start of 2027, the energy minister said on Monday. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told an energy conferenc…

Saudi Arabia’s ageing King Salman has left the hospital one week after being admitted for tests, including a colonoscopy, state media reported. Video broadcast by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) late Sunday showed the 86-year-old monarch walking …

The first commercial flight in nearly six years took off from Yemen’s rebel-held capital on Monday, a major step forward in a peace process that has provided rare relief from conflict. The Yemenia plane carrying 126 passengers, including hospital patie…