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Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up

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Israeli soldier visiting India accused of war crimes in Gaza's Khan Younis

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Israel admits that it fired on vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab

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Germany has chosen Israel over international law

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Burnham is the new captain, but he's charting the same course on Israel

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Is the Mecca Agreement Israel's worst nightmare come true?

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Why the Mecca Agreement is a necessary show of force

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Criticising Israel is becoming a crime, one redefined word at a time

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Israel has the power to dominate, but not to lead the region

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Elon Musk is a race-war entrepreneur

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Israel's 'pilot zones': Withdrawal on paper, continued occupation of south Lebanon

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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt's inclusion in Mecca agreement, sources say

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Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact

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From autonomy to 'settler colonialism': How India redrew Kashmir's demographic and political landscape

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Exclusive: ICC judges order Taliban case split from Afghanistan probe that covers US troops

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Trump labels Strait of Hormuz 'US territory' as Iran says Israel is biggest obstacle to negotiations

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Iran's new Security Council shake-up reveals growing divisions over US deal

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US mulls shrinking military footprint in Gulf as a result of war on Iran: Report

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Trump warns US will 'bomb shit out of' Oman if it strays from Washington's line on Iran

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Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance

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US considering nuclear weapons against Iran as war falters, claims Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Iran war pushes Middle Eastern airlines towards $4.3bn loss in 2026

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Israeli strike on Gaza port kills at least seven, including a child

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Former Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza asks Ben Gvir to let him execute Palestinian prisoners

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Israeli general says Gaza should remain 'destroyed for generations'

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UK charity regulator to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements

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Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes

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Israeli soldiers number Palestinian detainees on their foreheads

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Israel allows Jewish ritual at Al-Aqsa Mosque in unprecedented violation of status quo

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Israeli settlers paralyse Palestinian nurse in West Bank shooting

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Israeli settler who stripped Palestinian naked and zip-tied his genitals released from house arrest

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US sanctions International Criminal Court president, trial lawyer in bid to dismantle body

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Trump envoy 'deeply concerned' by Israeli strikes on Syrian air base

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'Political stunt': Cair slams Texas governor for threatening airports that install ablution stations for Muslims

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Tucker Carlson says Israel pushed him to report false allegations against Hunter Biden

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Anti-Muslim lawmaker Andy Ogles loses Republican primary

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US Senator Fetterman struggles to defend support for Israel as progressives win big

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UN secretary-general race: What it takes to be the world's top diplomat

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Why are there sanctions on Iran and when could they be lifted?

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Infantino's Middle East playbook: How Fifa boss uses geopolitics on the World Cup stage

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How US law protects Israel's Qualitative Military Edge

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Is Fifa World Cup 2026 the most exclusionary tournament in history?

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Iranian-American comedian Max Amini sparks backlash over 'species' remarks on Iranian people

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Pro-Israel Emirati influencers mocked for claims of Islamic plot to take over West

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Turkey: Mo Salah welcomed by fans chanting 'Allahu Akbar' after move to Trabzonspor

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Shabjdeed's Saint Levant diss track: Who gets to represent Palestine?

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'Whitewashing Laura Loomer': AP interview sparks backlash on social media

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Photo of Israeli soldiers posing next to blindfolded Palestinian fuels anger online

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Anger rises as ICC member states accused of facilitating Netanyahu's flight to Washington

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Israeli election campaign billboards in Cyprus spark debate

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Palestinians launch #TheyLiedtoYou campaign to debunk Gaza 'ceasefire' narrative

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Muslim man stabbed more than 15 times in Islamophobic attack in Utah

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World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch

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A vision of dissent: Tarik Saleh on his acclaimed Cairo trilogy

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Bidon Waraq: How a Kuwaiti media start-up recreates the 'diwaniya' for the digital age

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The Renewal of Islam: An Oxford academic's antidote to bigoted narratives

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America's Middle East: How Washington brought ruin to the region

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: How one of Islam's most revered figures still speaks to the modern world

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Every Moment Is a Life: A Gaza anthology curated by Susan Abulhawa is a tour de force

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After 7 October: Five Israeli films that try to address the Palestinian elephant in the room

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The Route Back Home: How Gaza's children use art to express the nightmares of genocide

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The Foundations of Zionism: An epic work of Palestinian scholarship now available in English

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Ramadan TV: Six things we learned from the 2026 season

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The resurrection of Hezbollah

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The Gaza genocide has turned the Palestinian question into the Israeli problem

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The night Tunisia changed

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How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed

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How Mandelson reviewer failed to probe counter-terror police failings on Southport killings

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The Israeli unmaking of the Ibrahimi Mosque

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Stephen Kapos: The Holocaust survivor who leads pro-Palestine protests

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Helena Cobban: Why understanding Hamas matters

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Gideon Levy: Reporting on the Intifada changed how I see Israel

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Iyad el-Baghdadi: Israel as an ethno-nationalist state, won't last beyond the 2030s

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Hossam el-Hamalawy: How has Israel's war on Gaza weakened Sisi's rule?

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War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess

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How can you look at the horrors in Palestine and feel nothing?

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The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan

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Doha is a warning to all Arab autocrats: The US will not protect you. Stand against Israel

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Doha strike shows that no peace can be achieved by recognising Israel

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Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice

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Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza

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From Damascus to Gaza, Israel's plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it

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Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists

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Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order

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