CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
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World / Middle East

Due to war, under 5% of Gaza cropland useable for farming: UN 26 May 2025 - 03:50 pm
Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee the northern Gaza Strip toward the south, along the coastal al-Rashid road on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
34 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza civil defense 25 May 2025 - 11:31 pm
A Palestinian man carries items he salvaged from a house targeted in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 24, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Gaza death toll from Israeli offensive rises to 53,939 25 May 2025 - 06:56 pm
TOPSHOT - People watch as smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
22 killed, many wounded as Israeli strikes continue in Gaza 25 May 2025 - 04:18 pm
People move past destroyed buildings as smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Iraq's water reserves lowest in 80 years: official 25 May 2025 - 03:14 pm
Peninsula
Rescuers say 9 children of Gaza doctor couple killed in Israeli strike 25 May 2025 - 12:29 am
Graphic content / Palestinian stand over the shrouded bodies of people killed during an Israeli drone strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 23, 2025 (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
UNRWA says Israel's Gaza aid plan serves military objective more than humanitarian concern 24 May 2025 - 09:08 pm
Peninsula
Israeli aerial offensives kill 7 Palestinians in central, southern Gaza 24 May 2025 - 09:00 pm
A cloud of smoke erupts from Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
US Ambassador to Turkiye appointed Washington's Special Envoy for Syria 24 May 2025 - 08:05 am
Peninsula
UN chief says Gaza war in 'cruelest phase' as aid trucks looted 24 May 2025 - 07:39 am
A Palestinian boy looks on as smoke billows following an Israeli drone strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
US formally lifts sanctions on Syria: Treasury Dept 24 May 2025 - 12:04 am
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on April 9. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Qatar highlights commitment to protecting civilians means avoiding use of food as a weapon 23 May 2025 - 06:07 pm
Peninsula
Ireland accuses Israeli occupation of genocide in Gaza 22 May 2025 - 11:15 pm
Ireland's Deputy PM Simon Harris / File photo: AFP
'Handful of bakeries' making bread again in Gaza: UN 22 May 2025 - 10:05 pm
Employees of a bakery in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, fill bags with freshly-baked bread, after Israel allowed limited humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territory on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Egypt cuts interest rates for second time in two months 22 May 2025 - 07:24 pm
Egypt central bank. Reuters file photo.
China slams Israel for shots near diplomats in West Bank 22 May 2025 - 11:45 am
This frame grab from AFPTV footage shows members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union reacting after shots were fired as they gathered in the eastern entrance of Jenin camp during a visit to the city of Jenin, on May 21, 2025, amid an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the occupied West Bank. Photo by Mohammad Ateeq / AFPTV / AFP.
Starvation grips Gaza: Pope calls for sufficient humanitarian aid, end to hostilities 21 May 2025 - 08:34 pm
Palestinians gather to receive a hot meal at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
'Recovered' Assange promotes Cannes documentary wearing Gaza T-shirt 21 May 2025 - 04:56 pm
Australian publisher, activist Julian Assange poses during a photocall for the film