The count down to the Lebanese parliamentary elections has started, due to be held on 15 May. However, when it comes to disabled access to polling stations, multiple obstacles remain unresolved, which could prevent disabled people from exercising their…
Shireen Abu Akleh: UK, US officials criticised for responses
UK, US and EU officials have been criticised for their responses to Israel’s killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot by Israeli forces while covering a security raid in the occupied West Bank’s …
Dire conditions in Idlib worsen as Russia’s war rages
At the start of April, the inhabitants of Idlib and northwest Syria awoke to yet another crisis – rocketing food prices. The explosion in the already-high costs of staple food items was unprecedented and coincided with the beginning of Ramadan. Alongsi…
Witnesses reject Israeli claims on Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
Palestinian-American journalist and Aljazeera reporter, Shireen Abu Akleh, was given an official funeral at the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters in Ramallah on Thursday. At the funeral, which was attended by thousands of Palestinians, Palestinian p…
Lebanon unemployment rate almost triples since crisis began
The official unemployment rate in crisis-hit Lebanon jumped almost three-fold to reach 29.6 percent at the start of the year, a joint survey by the UN and the government said Thursday. “Lebanon’s unemployment rate increased from 11.4 percent in 2018-20…
Israel demolish Palestinian homes after expulsion order
Israel’s military has demolished at least 18 buildings and structures in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday following a Supreme Court decision that would expel around 1,000 Palestinians from their homes in an area Israel had designated a firing zone, …
Iraq agrees to pay Iran $1.6 bln to secure gas imports
Iraq has agreed to pay $1.6 billion in debt to Iran by June 1 to secure a steady gas supply for power generation through the summer, its electricity minister said. Chronic underinvestment through decades of war and sanctions has left Iraq dependent on …
14 people injured by gas explosion in Iraqi Kurdistan
A huge explosion caused by gas leakage rocked Lilly Lounge, a cafeteria and restaurant in Sulaimaniya city’s main Salim Street early on Thursday, officials said. Saman Latif, spokesperson for Sulaimani’s health directorate told The New Arab in a phone …
Russian strike on Ukrainian school kills three, injures 12
Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in the early hours of Thursday in a Russian strike on a school in Ukraine’s northern Chernigiv region, the emergency services said. “We have three people killed and 12 wounded as a result of a strike” in N…
Qatar emir visits Iran to rescue faltering nuclear talks
Qatar’s ruler met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran Thursday, state television reported, as talks falter on bringing Washington back into a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers. The one-day visit by the emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad…