A video of Iranian authorities sexually harassing a woman protester has sparked outrage on social media, one month after the ongoing wave of protests began. In a video verified by BBC Persian, a member of Iran’s riot police was filmed on Wednesday tryi…
Rival Syria militias pause fighting with preliminary truce
Rival rebel militias in northwest Syria have reached a preliminary ceasefire and joint administration agreements after days of widespread deadly clashes between them, military sources have told The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site. Hardline Islam…
Syria sees 60 cholera deaths as outbreak picks up speed
The cholera outbreak gripping northern Syria is showing no sign of slowing, with 13,000 suspected cases of the disease and 60 related deaths reported, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday. The cholera wave, which began last month, was first linked…
Ukraine: Russia says its forces repelled Kyiv’s advances
Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, inflicting what it described as significant losses against the enemy. The battlefield reports could no…
Iraq investigates $2.5 billion ‘theft’ from tax agency
Iraqi authorities are investigating the “theft” of $2.5 billion from the tax authority, officials said on Sunday, in the latest corruption case to hit the country. State news agency INA reported on Saturday that an internal probe by the finance ministr…
Netanyahu ‘used golf talk’ to turn Trump against Palestine
Benjamin Netanyahu used golf metaphors and New York City similes to turn former US President Donald Trump against Palestinians and push him towards a stronger Israeli backing, the former Israeli premier’s memoir reportedly details. Israel’s ex-prime mi…
Burhan raises hope of Sudan-Ethiopia deal on Renaissance Dam
Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the de facto leader of Sudan reportedly announced on Saturday that there was a possibility of reaching an agreement with Ethiopia over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Burhan met with Ethiopian Prime Min…
Pakistan suffered $29bn loss due to climate effects: report
Climate-related disasters in Pakistan have resulted in economic losses of $29 billion over the past thirty years, according to a report by the World Bank. The report, which was released last week, stated that Pakistan is exceptionally vulnerable to cli…
China: What happened at Xi’s Communist Party Congress?
Rapturous applause greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping as he took the stage on Sunday at the start of a carefully choreographed Communist Party Congress expected to confirm him as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Around 2,300 deleg…
Fire and clashes at Iran’s Evin prison
A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody entered a fifth week. The facility in northern Tehran is infamous for the ill-treatment of political prisoners…