A UN human rights spokesperson on Friday said she was “very worried” about personal attacks on independent UN experts, after a growing number of European governments called for the resignation of Palestinian territories rapporteur…
Category: 3. Middle East
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What’s behind Saudi outreach to Ethiopia amid UAE rift?
After Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister visited Ethiopia earlier this week, its deputy foreign minister arrived in Eritrea on Friday for talks with the country’s president and foreign minister.
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Treated as 'enemies’: Ahmad Tibi accuses Netanyahu government of indifference to Arab Israeli lives
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Arab Israeli leader Ahmad Tibi said that Israeli police are failing to address the uptick of violent crimes in Arab towns, attributing this to the current government’s lack of willingness and prejudice.
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Zelenskiy meets Iranian opposition figure Pahlavi
KYIV, Feb 13 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he held a meeting with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah and a prominent voice in the opposition, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
“We…
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Philippe Lazzarini ponders future, funding of UNRWA
The United States is still not clear about how it sees the future role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), its chief said on Friday, warning that jettisoning it would create a black hole similar to Iraq after 2003.Washington…
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Harassment on Cairo bus revives debate over women’s rights in Egypt
Police released a man who was accused of stalking and harassing a young woman who filmed her encounter with the suspect on a bus.
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Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Yemen
Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ended temporary protected status for Yemen, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Friday, the latest move targeting immigrants.
The decision to end humanitarian…
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Palestinian Authority Minister Warns: 2026 Financial Crisis Caused by Israel Withholding Payments
The fiscal crisis is political, not technical, Finance Minister Estephan Salameh said, and is a result of Israel withholding transfer of tax revenues. According to him, monthly revenues do not exceed $130 million, but…
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US to deploy new aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump warns Iran
The United States was preparing on Friday to deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East after President Donald Trump warned of “traumatic” consequences if Tehran failed to agree a deal over its nuclear programme.
Tensions have escalated…
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Trump says change of power in Iran would be ‘best thing’
US President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of government in Iran would be the “best thing that could happen,” as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to ratchet up military pressure on the Islamic republic.
Trump’s…
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