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U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the media during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House
Gaza War
MENA
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Trump names Blair, Rubio to Gaza 'board of peace'

Trump himself will chair the board, it said, adding that further members would be announced in coming weeks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 2026
Police officers patrol around Villa Park Stadium ahead of the UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4 between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Local UK police chief retires amid Maccabi fan ban row

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
The picture shows the headquarters of Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Jerusalem affairs in the occupied West Bank town of al-Ram, near Jerusalem, on November 4, 2018.
East Jerusalem
MENA
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Israel bars PA Jerusalem affairs minister from West Bank

The New Arab Staff
16 January, 2026
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United Nations
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US threatens funding freeze over Palestine UN bid and ICC action

The New Arab Staff
16 January, 2026
Heavy machines of Qassam Brigades leave Shejaiya neighborhood after finding the body of 1 more Israeli soldier to hand over to Internaional Red Cross in Gaza City, Gaza on November 05, 2025. (Photo by Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Gaza War
MENA
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Exclusive: Hamas says US must oblige Israel to move to phase two

The New Arab Staff
16 January, 2026
Gideon Saar
United Nations
World
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Israel severs ties with UN agencies over criticism of Gaza war

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2026
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff looks on as he delivers a press conference upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine
Gaza ceasefire deal
MENA
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Witkoff announces launch of 'phase two' of Trump's Gaza plan

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2026
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Protests in Iran
Analysis
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What next for Iran: Repression, concessions, or intervention?

Saeedeh Fathi
14 January, 2026
This picture taken from the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood of Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem
occupied East Jerusalem
MENA
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E. Jerusalem schools suspend classes after Israeli restrictions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
Illustration - Analysis - Saudi-UAE rift
Saudi-UAE tensions
Analysis
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Exposed fault lines: Why the Saudi-UAE alliance has ruptured

Giorgio Cafiero
14 January, 2026
Hezbollah supporters gather to listen to the speech of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on the first anniversary of the death of the commander-in-chief of Hezbollah's special operations unit
Hezbollah
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Hezbollah warns Lebanese state against expanded disarmament push

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
Islamic group lebanon
Muslim Brotherhood
MENA
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Why US gave Lebanon's Muslim Brotherhood harshest terror tag

The New Arab Staff
Rita El Jammal
14 January, 2026
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Antonio Guterres
MENA
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UN chief warns he could refer Israel to ICJ over UNRWA actions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
Displaced Palestinians struggle carrying on with daily life amid the rubble left by Israeli attacks in Jabalia, Gaza on January 12, 2026
Gaza ceasefire deal
MENA
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Exclusive: US set to announce new Gaza administration

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2026
Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on December 26, 2025.
Somalia
MENA
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Somali regions dismiss government decision to sever UAE ties

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026
Israeli Knesset passes law targeting Palestinian minors
Israel Knesset
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Israel advances death penalty law targeting Palestinians only

Agnese Boffano
13 January, 2026
Yahya Sinwar-Gaza-Hamas
Hamas
MENA
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Hamas to elect first leader since Sinwar killed by Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2026
Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade speaking at the 2025 Labour Party Conference on the 29th of September 2025 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
MENA
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Rights groups slam UK pledge to resume Israel arms sales

Matthew Hoare
13 January, 2026
Hikmat al-Hijri
Syria
MENA
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Al-Hijri incites against Syria, claims Druze 'part of Israel'

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026
Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson of the Iranian government...
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iran forms task force to study 'Gen Z anger' amid protests

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026
Damaged infrastructure is visible at Rantisi Children's Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza
Gaza War
MENA
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Artists condemn Israel's 'medicide' as Gaza healthcare collapses

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026