1+ hour, 8+ min ago (752+ words) Inside Pope Leo's tour of Lebanon's important Christian sites Gaza death toll tops 70,000 as Israel continues bombing Ayoub Khan urges fellow independents to rejoin UK's 'Your Party' As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Lebanese are preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV on Sunday for what many are calling a historic moment for the country. After years of overlapping crises, many hope the visit will offer a measure of comfort to a nation still recovering from the 2020 Beirut blast and living under the threat'of renewed war as Israeli attacks continue along the border. The three-day trip is expected to be one of the most significant papal visits to Lebanon in decades, with stops at some of the country's most…...

14+ hour, 55+ min ago (491+ words) Ayoub Khan urges fellow independents to rejoin UK's 'Your Party' Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees Israel weighs Lebanon-style action in Syria after Beit Jinn raid As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran British lawmaker Ayoub Khan has urged his colleagues in the independent MPs' coalition, who left Your Party last week, to reconsider their decision as the party's inaugural conference gets underway. Khan, who is set to give a speech on Sunday at the conference in Liverpool, told The New Arab'on the sidelines that he hopes to see fellow independents Adnan Hussain and Iqbal Mohamed rejoin the new leftwing party. "They're very, very good colleagues of mine, and we're going to be continuing with the Independent…...

15+ hour, 47+ min ago (297+ words) Tunisia arrests opposition figure Issa to enforce jail term Syria's Sharaa in Aleppo a year after fall of second city German far right founds new youth wing in face of protests As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa at a protest in the capital Tunis on Saturday to enforce a 20-year prison sentence, her lawyers said. An appeals court handed jail terms of up to 45 years to opposition leaders, business leaders and lawyers on Friday on charges of conspiracy to overthrow President Kais Saied, in what critics said was a sign of increasingly authoritarian rule. "They will arrest me shortly," Issa told Reuters news agency moments before her arrest. "I say…...

17+ hour, 35+ min ago (667+ words) Jeremy Corbyn's new party gathers amid fight for UK left Global airlines affected by major Airbus A320 recall" How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Syrian social media users have expressed widespread anger after videos emerged of pro-government demonstrations featuring slogans and chants accused of promoting sectarian and ethnic hatred, according to reporting by The New Arab's Arabic edition"Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. The demonstrations took place after President Ahmad al-Sharaa called in a televised address for public marches marking the first anniversary of the "Deterrence of Aggression" operation that led to the fall of the Assad regime. The call produced a large turnout of Syrians who simply wanted to celebrate their…...

18+ hour, 30+ min ago (705+ words) Jeremy Corbyn's new party gathers amid fight for UK left Global airlines affected by major Airbus A320 recall" Two children killed in Israeli strike inside Gaza's 'safe zone' How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn called for his new political party to "come together" as he opened its inaugural conference Saturday, as it seeks to move on from a messy launch and become a viable left-wing challenger to Labour. As British politics fractures into a multi-party system and Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes Labour rightward on some issues, Corbyn's outfit hopes to fill a gap on the left. But the ex-Labour leader acknowledged the new…...

19+ hour, 44+ min ago (445+ words) Two children killed in Israeli strike inside Gaza's 'safe zone' Syria rules out military action after Israel's Beit Jinn attack How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a hospital reported, marking the latest deaths of Palestinians as a shaky ceasefire with Hamas held. The two brothers, aged 11 and 8, died when an Israeli drone struck close to a school sheltering displaced people in the town of Bani Suhaila, according to staff at Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the killings. At least 352 Palestinians have been killed across the territory…...

20+ hour, 18+ min ago (700+ words) Former Mossad chief reveals details of Hezbollah infiltration Hezbollah urges pope to reject Israeli 'aggression' on Lebanon How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Syria condemned Israel's deadly attack on the town of Beit Jinn, with its envoy to the UN saying Damascus would not resort to a military response despite rising tensions, according to comments carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday. Syria's permanent representative to the UN, Ibrahim Aloubi, denounced the strike and said "the military response to Israel's provocations is not currently on the table", arguing that Damascus is seeking to preserve "important gains" it believes it has made in its international relations....

21+ hour, 30+ min ago (490+ words) Hezbollah urges pope to reject Israeli 'aggression' on Lebanon Israel detaining, abusing Palestinians in West Bank weekly Weary, MENA Christians see hope in Pope Leo's visit to Lebanon How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Lebanese group Hezbollah on Saturday urged Pope Leo XIV to reject Israeli "injustice and aggression" against Lebanon, in a message to the pontiff who arrives in Beirut this weekend. Hezbollah emerged heavily weakened from more than a year of hostilities culminating in two months of open war with Israel that began when the Iran-backed group started cross-border attacks against Israel over the Gaza war. A ceasefire a year ago was supposed to end the…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago (306+ words) West Bank arrests far higher than Israel reports: prisoner group Weary, MENA Christians see hope in Pope Leo's visit to Lebanon New push seeks release of jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran A Palestinian rights organisation says Israeli forces are detaining, interrogating and mistreating hundreds of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank every week, far beyond the numbers Israel publicly reports. The Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on Friday that Israeli troops had carried out widespread detentions during raids, subjecting people to field interrogations, intimidation and abuse. Most detainees are released after hours or days, meaning they never appear in the army's…...

22+ hour, 25+ min ago (763+ words) Weary, MENA Christians see hope in Pope Leo's visit to Lebanon New push seeks release of jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti Israel blocks EU commissioner from entering Gaza How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Christians in Lebanon and across the region are preparing for the Pope's visit on Sunday, hoping it will bring a measure of comfort after years of conflict and upheaval. Pope Leo is scheduled to arrive in Beirut from Istanbul, marking his first foreign trip since his election in May to succeed the late Pope Francis. Lebanon has declared a two-day public holiday for the visit. The crisis-stricken country is looking for a moment to breathe....