MENA

Israel's President Isaac Herzog meets Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Australian Zomi Frankcom was one of four World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by an Israeli drone on 1 April 2024
No bodies to bury: Israel ‘evaporated’ thousands in Gaza through use of thermal weapons
An investigation alleges Israeli thermobaric weapons incinerated thousands in Gaza, leaving victims with no identifiable remains.
A view of a camel as Al Afad camp hosts displaced people from the Darfur and Kurdufan regions, primarily from Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state in al-Dabbah, Sudan
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
Netanyahu meeting with Trump to push for broader Iran deal
Israel's Netanyahu met with Witkoff and Kushner ahead of talks with the president on Iran diplomacy as Trump continues to make war threats.
Israeli state aircraft Wing of Zion which flew to Greece from Ben Gurion airport
The prime minister's office said in a statement that it had stopped Kolyohin from travelling on the flight but could not say why "for security reasons"
Displaced Palestinians struggle for survival in Gaza City
Israeli fire wounds child in Gaza as US drafts plan to disarm Hamas, and West Bank raids intensify amid annexation concerns.
Abed Trad (C) ploughs a field in the town of Kfartebnit, south of Beirut on 22 November 2021. [Getty]
Glyphosate is a non-selective, systemic herbicide that attacks plant roots, preventing regrowth for two to three years.
Dubai skyline
Transparency International's 2025 CPI shows that corruption is still embedded in many MENA institutions, despite some signs of improvement.
According to Palestinian reports, at least 87 shelters were directly targeted or rendered out of service, forcing hundreds of thousands of displaced people to search for any available refuge. [Getty]
Experts in engineering and public safety warn of the danger posed by tilted and cracked residential buildings across all neighbourhoods of Gaza City.
Hamid Al-Shatri
Hamid Rashid Faleh Al-Shatri has led the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) since December 2024, after his appointment by PM Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani.