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Sudan Drone Attack on Darfur Market Kills 10

Arab World Sudanese refugee girls carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of el-Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, on April 13, 2010. (AP)

Sudan Drone Attack on Darfur Market Kills 10

A drone attack on a busy market in Sudan's North Darfur state killed 10 people over the weekend, first responders said on Sunday, without saying who was…

Arab World A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, ahead of his funeral on December 20, 2025. (AFP)

Foreign Press Group Welcomes Israel Court Deadline on Gaza Access

The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem on Sunday welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court's decision to set January 4 as the deadline for Israel to respond to…

Arab World Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (AFP)

One Dead in Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon

Israeli strikes in south Lebanon on Sunday killed one person and wounded another, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel's military said it targeted…

Arab World Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to reporters after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend closed door meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images via AFP)

US Senator Accuses Hamas and Hezbollah of Rearming

US Senator Lindsey Graham accused Hamas and Hezbollah of rearming during a visit to Israel on Sunday, and charged that the Palestinian group was also…

Arab World  A helicopter flies over the Israeli settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank on December 14, 2025. (AFP)

Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves 19 New Settlements in West Bank

Israel's security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the country's far-right finance minister said on…


Arab World (FILES) A truck loaded with humanitarian aid awaits permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, to drive toward the besieged Palestinians territory on July 27, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Egypt Denies Coordinating with Israel to Reopen Rafah Crossing

Egypt's State Information Service denied on Wednesday that the country is coordinating with Israel to reopen the Rafah crossing for Gazans in coming days, al…

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Arab World  Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to journalists at the government headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, December 3, 2025. (Reuters)

Lebanon PM Says Truce Monitor Negotiations with Israel Not Peace Talks

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday said new negotiations with Israel taking place under the auspices of a ceasefire monitoring mechanism were not…

Arab World  An aerial view shows Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, on December 13, 2021. (AFP)

US Opens New Mega Consulate in Iraq's Kurdistan

The United States inaugurated a new mega consulate on Wednesday in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. The US has had a…

Arab World People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians, in the central Gaza Strip on December 2, 2025. (AFP)

Netanyahu’s Coalition Skips Parliamentary Vote Backing Trump’s Gaza Plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition skipped a parliamentary vote on Wednesday endorsing US President Donald Trump's plan to end the…

Arab World Israeli soldiers operate in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the border with Syria, December 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu/ File Photo

General Assembly Adopts Resolution Asking Israel to Withdraw from Golan

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights. The resolution, titled “The Syrian Golan,” was…

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Arab World People stand in front of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing during the first hours of a four-day truce in the battles between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. (AFP)

Rafah Crossing to Open Soon to Let Gazans Cross into Egypt, Israel Says 

Gaza's main gateway will open in the next few days, Israel said on Wednesday, allowing thousands of Palestinians who are in need of medical care to leave the…

Arab World FILE PHOTO: Hezbollah supporters hold images of late former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Syria Says Killed Man Caught with Landmines Intended for Hezbollah

Syrian authorities said on Wednesday they had killed a man and arrested four others who were attempting to smuggle hundreds of landmines to Lebanon's Hezbollah…

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Arab World Israel said it will send a representative to meet officials in Lebanon in a bid to establish a basis for a relationship and economic cooperation. (AFP file)

Lebanon, Israel Send Civilian Envoys to Ceasefire Committee for Expanded Talks

Israel and Lebanon sent civilian envoys to a military committee monitoring their ceasefire, top officials from both said on Wednesday, in a move set to expand…

Arab World A displaced Palestinian child stands atop the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza (AFP)

Egypt in Talks with US to Co-chair Gaza Reconstruction Conference

Egypt is in talks with Washington to co-chair an international conference on “early recovery and reconstruction” in the Gaza Strip. The diplomatic push…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World A vehicle carrying the remains of a person whom Hamas claims is a deceased hostage, transferred earlier today by Gaza militants to Israeli authorities, arrives at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP)

Israel Says Received Presumed Remains of Gaza Hostage

Israel announced Wednesday it had received hostage remains found in Gaza from the Red Cross, which were being transported to the morgue for identification. …

Arab World The Port Sudan harbor on the Red Sea. (Getty Images)

Report: Sudan Offers Russia Military Base, Gold in Exchange for Weapons

Sudan’s government, based in the interim capital Port Sudan, has offered Russia its first naval base in Africa and investments in the mining sector,…

Ahmed Younes (Kampala)
Arab World Sudani's Construction and Development coalition won the greatest number of seats within the Coordination Framework in the parliamentary elections. (X)

Sudani Holds on to Candidacy for Second Term as Iraq PM 

The pro-Iran Coordination Framework in Iraq is likely to engage in prolonged negotiations over the appointment of a new prime minister despite its assertions…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World A Lebanese soldier stands beside a military vehicle in the southern town of Deir Mimas (Reuters)

Israel Resumes Spy Activity over Lebanon after Pope’s Departure

Israeli drones swept back into Beirut’s skies shortly after Pope Leo XIV’s plane departed the city, ending a brief and carefully managed calm that had…

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Arab World Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard a flight to Rome at the end of his apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon, on December 2, 2025. (AFP)

Pope Criticizes Anti-Muslim ‘Fears’ in Europe, US, Sets Lebanon as an Example

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticized anti-migrant activists who stoke "fears" of Islam and said cooperation between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon should be…

Arab World Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses lawmakers in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 10 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel's Netanyahu Says Syria Deal is Possible, Expects Buffer Zone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday a deal with Syria is possible and he expects Syrian authorities to establish a demilitarized buffer…

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Arab World A handout picture provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV greeting the faithful on the day he celebrated a Holy Mass at the Beirut Waterfront, during his apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, 02 December 2025. EPA/VATICAN

Pope Leo XIV Sends Message of Support to Southern Lebanon as He Ends 1st Foreign Trip

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for…

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Arab World Palestinian Hamas fighters stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025. REUTERS

Hamas Hands Over One of Two Last Hostage Bodies in Gaza, Red Cross Says

Palestinian group Hamas on Tuesday handed over the remains of one of the last two deceased hostages still in Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross…

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Arab World A Sudanese refugee father from al-Fashir rides on a motorized cart with his wife and their daughters as they flee ongoing clashes between the RSF and the Sudanese army, arriving at the entrance city of Tine in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Sudan Army Denies RSF Took Control of Strategic West Kordofan Town

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday that it seized full control of Babanusa, a transport junction in the country's oil-producing south, though…

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Arab World 28 November 2025, Palestinian Territories, Hebron: Israeli forces block Palestinian farmers trying to access to their agricultural fields in the town of Tarqumiyah. Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Israeli Fire Kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank

Israeli forces on Tuesday killed a journalist and a man near a refugee camp in Gaza, health workers said, and shot dead two suspected Palestinian assailants in…

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Arab World Raghad al-Fara, 15 (L), Argwan al-Fara, 11 (C), and Shadia al-Fara, 44 (R), Palestinians who now live in Athens, pose for a portrait on November 24, 2025.  (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)

Palestinians Evacuated from Gaza Face Tough Adjustment in Greece

Raghad al-Fara is struggling to rebuild her teenage life in Athens, not least because she now moves around with crutches because of injuries suffered in the…

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Arab World Food security situation in Yemen remains critical (UN) 

UN Emergency Plan to Strengthen Food Security in Yemen

At a time when 80% of Yemen's population lacks reliable access to adequate food and clean water, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has developed a…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz )
Arab World Crowds gather while security personnel stand guard, as Pope Leo XIV visits the country during his first apostolic journey, in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Raghed Waked

Pope to End First Overseas Trip by Praying with 100,000 Lebanese

Pope Leo ends a three-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, wrapping up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader, during which he pleaded for peace in the Middle…

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Arab World President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, DC on November 30, 2025. (Getty Images via AFP)

Trump Warns Israel Not to ‘Interfere’ in Syria

US President Donald Trump warned Israel on Monday against destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, days after a deadly operation by Israeli forces in the…

Arab World An image of Syrian President Bashar Assad, riddled with bullets, is seen on the facade of the provincial government office in the aftermath of the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syria Launches First Official Print Newspaper Since Fall of Assad

Syria published the first print issue of the official Al Thawra Al Souriya newspaper Monday, the latest government-owned media outlet to launch since the fall…

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