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Finland officially announced its intention to join NATO on Sunday as Sweden’s ruling party said it backed membership, paving the way for a joint application. Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the announcements are a stunning reversal…

An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of “high treason”, the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday. Guermit Bounouira, who was known to be close to late army chief Ahmed G…

A group of Iranian actors and film directors have published an open letter condemning the questioning and arrest of several film-makers in recent days as well as raids on their homes. The letter, published on the Instagram account of prize-winning Iran…

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. Sunni voters appeared to toe former PM and Sunni strongman Saad Hariri’s party line…

Palestinian leader Daoud al-Zubaidi died on Sunday from wounds suffered during a shootout with Israeli forces two days ago in the flashpoint Jenin refugee camp, the Israeli hospital treating him said. Daoud al-Zubaidi, 43, was shot in his abdomen durin…

Over 400 pro-settlement activists convened last week at an event organised by the Nachala movement, an extremist settler group, to discuss plans to found ten “new communities” in the West Bank this coming July, the Israeli left-wing daily Haaretz repor…

Seven people died on Saturday after suffocating to death in a well near the city of Taiz in Yemen. The General Health and Housing Office in Taiz province said that the seven, who were all young men aged between 20 and 32, died after inhaling fumes from…

NATO on Sunday pledged open-ended military support for Ukraine, as Finland hailed its “historic” bid to join the alliance and with Western claims that Russia had suffered heavy losses in its push east. The promise came after Finland jettisoned decades …

Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, demanding a return to the normal democratic order and rejecting his replacement of the independent electoral commission with one he named himself. “The people want democracy” and …

The Finnish government officially announced its intention to join NATO on Sunday, as Sweden’s ruling party was to hold a decisive meeting that could pave the way for a joint application. Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 2…