Tag: Middle East

From left to right: UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

Biden congratulates UAE president, Harris to head delegation mourning predecessor

Jenny Goldsberry · May 14, 2022 6:37 pm

Floyd Mayweather fight in Dubai postponed ‘until further notice’

Jenny Goldsberry · May 13, 2022 8:01 pm

Israeli police confront with mourners as they carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in east Jerusalem, Friday, May 13, 2022. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin.

Violence breaks out at funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist

Cami Mondeaux · May 13, 2022 5:11 pm

United Arab Emirates president dies at 73

Christopher Hutton · May 13, 2022 12:23 pm

Palestinian holds a light candle and a picture of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, to condemn her killing, in front of the office of Al Jazeera network, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Abu Akleh was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin.

Palestinian Authority declines to cooperate with Israeli investigation into slain journalist

Christopher Hutton · May 12, 2022 12:26 pm

Forensic official: Unclear whether Israeli or Palestinian forces killed journalist

Christopher Hutton · May 11, 2022 5:40 pm

Journalists and medics wheel the body of Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, into the morgue inside the Hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Al Jazeera journalist shot and killed while reporting in the West Bank

Victor I. Nava · May 11, 2022 6:32 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Leonard Cohen feels his way to war

Sean Durns · May 5, 2022 10:52 pm

Taliban bans TikTok in Afghanistan

Christopher Hutton · April 22, 2022 2:14 pm

Egyptian TikToker sentenced to three years in prison

Egyptian TikToker sentenced to three years in prison

Christopher Hutton · April 18, 2022 12:00 am

Afghan women push to enter a room to register for the upcoming presidential elections in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Last minute registration of voters continues despite the fact that more than 21 million voter registration cards have been issued while only roughly 12 million Afghans are eligible to vote. The discrepancy is the result of repeated registrations since the first round of elections in Afghanistan in 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

The Taliban have rolled back women’s rights in Afghanistan despite promises to liberalize

Christopher Hutton · April 4, 2022 9:00 am

Magazine - Features

Biden throws Putin a nuclear lifeline

Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz · March 18, 2022 3:00 am