Al-Araby

You would think that pushing an overcrowded boat of terrified refugees for over three hours in Greek waters might put Yusra Mardini off swimming. But for the two-time Olympic competitor, getting back in the water was actually key to acclimatising when …

Karim Benzema drew level with Real Madrid great Raul as the Spanish giants’ second-highest goalscorer by netting his 323rd goal for the club in a 6-0 thrashing of Levante on Thursday. The France striker headed in Real’s second goal against Levante at t…

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday said he opposes the presence of foreign election observers, as the country gears up for a referendum and legislative polls later this year. “We are not an occupied country to send observers to,” he said during …

Iran abruptly raised prices as much as 300 percent for a variety of staples such as cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk on Thursday. Scores of alarmed Iranians waited in long lines to snatch up bundles of food and emptied supermarket shelves across the…

French far-right TV pundit-turned-politician Eric Zemmour said Thursday he would seek a seat in parliament standing in the glitzy constituency around Saint-Tropez, three weeks after failing with a presidential bid. The Paris-born 63-year-old is seeking…

Journalists from the BBC gathered in London on Thursday to mourn the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, the trailblazing Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. The vigil, which took place at the corporation’s head…

The anti-separatism law which was passed in 2021 by the Macron government with the intention of clamping down on civil society, has been successfully challenged by three organisations in less than a month. Each resisted and managed to check mate the go…

The killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces has rightfully prompted outrage from those exhausted by the continued abuses undertaken by an occupying state. Once again, it also has exposed much of the mainstream med…

Israel advanced plans on Thursday for 4,427 new housing units for illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli non-governmental organisation said. The Civil Administration’s high planning committee gave final approval to 2,791 units a…

Dutch-Palestinian supermodel Bella Hadid has shared dozens of posts on her Instagram page mourning the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Hadid took to her 51.8…