Thousands of pilgrims started arriving in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday, among some one million Muslims expected to attend the 2022 hajj pilgrimage season after two years of major disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Wrapped i…
Twitter bots will not silence us Palestinians
One night, at the height of my final semester of graduate school, I was having a sleepless night. I don’t remember why I was tossing and turning, but I remember after an hour of frustrated attempts to sleep, I found myself mindlessly scrolling Twitter….
Latin America’s leftist resurge sparks Palestine solidarity
Dotted across Latin America are several small tributes that tie together the Salvadoran capital city of San Salvador, the Argentinian region of Santa Fé, Brazil’s coastal city of Recife and the small Chilean city of Chillán. In each of them, you will f…
Russia strike kills 10 in Ukraine’s Odesa, official says
A Russian missile struck a nine-storey apartment building in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said. “The number of dead as a result of a strike on a multi-storey apartment building has now …
Football: PSG signs midfielder Vitinha from Porto
French football champions Paris Saint-Germain made their first signing of the offseason by bringing in midfielder Vitinha from Portuguese side Porto on Thursday. PSG said the 22-year-old Portugal international has signed a five-year contract until 2027…
Iran nuclear deal chances worse after talks: US official
The chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are worse after indirect US-Iranian talks in Qatar’s capital of Doha that ended without progress, a senior US official told Reuters on Thursday. “The prospects for a deal after Doha are worse than they…
Qatar gives cash-strapped Lebanese army $60 mn: ministry
Energy-rich Qatar has given Lebanon’s cash-strapped armed forces $60 million, the foreign ministry in Doha announced Thursday. “The announcement comes within the framework of the State of Qatar’s firm commitment to support the Republic of Lebanon,” the…
Syrian opposition ask Hamas not to normalise with regime
The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has said they oppose a reported decision by Hamas to restore ties with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The coalition – which includes a number of groups opposed tothe…
NGOs warn of ‘catastrophe’ if Syrian borders are closed
NGOs have warned that Syria will witness a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ if Russia vetoes the continued use of border crossings into the rebel-held northwest of the country to deliver life-saving aid. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), CARE, and Wo…
Five elections in three years: Israel’s political chaos
Israel is once again heading for new elections. Choosing a new government, however, is unlikely to solve the country’s much more profound and plentiful political dysfunctions. The country has been virtually ungovernable since 2018. At that time, then I…