How a journey to Kuwait during the Iran war revealed a divided Gulf
Anonymous
New Lines Magazine / August 19, 2026
When a drone strike closed an airport, a writer was forced to make his way home from Saudi...
[VIDEO] Israel numbers Palestinian detainee foreheads: what we know
AJ Staff
Al-Jazeera / August 19, 2026
Palestinian news outlets reported a man with the number ‘44’ written on his forehead following a raid in Qabatiya.
The...
Global outcry fails to break West Bank siege
AJ Staff
Al-Jazeera / August 18, 2026
Jewish settlers besiege Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, while the Board of Peace goes back on the...
More questions than answers about the Israeli mole inside the UN
Dulcie Leimbach & Damilola Banjo
PassBlue / August 18, 2026
Two weeks since news broke that an Israeli mole working inside the United Nations was leaking confidential information...
Netanyahu throws ‘poison pill’ into Gaza deal as Kushner meets with Hamas & Israel:...
Democracy Now ! / August 18, 2026
Guest: Mouin Rabbani – Middle East analyst
President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister...
[VIDEO] The rats terrorizing everyone in Gaza
Huda Skaik
The Nation / August 18, 2026
This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people...
Why has Trump threatened to bomb Oman – for a second time ?
Sarah Shamim
Al-Jazeera / August 18, 2026
US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, with US-Iran peace negotiations in...
House progressives mounting new push to pass bill blocking arms to Israel
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / August 18, 2026
The campaign to pass the Block the Bombs Act comes amid a shift among Democrats and a slate of...
How Iran has staved off economic collapse despite the US-Israeli war
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Responsible Statecraft / August 18, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has promised ‘unprecedented’ squeeze on Tehran. Why hasn't this worked already ?
Nearly six months...
‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: how Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most...
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / August 18, 2026
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked...
