The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City after it was damaged by an Israeli strike. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University and Eleanor Childs, Deakin University Since October 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza has caused mass human suffering. But it has also brought devastation to the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people.
In a unified diplomatic position, the Foreign Ministers of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Indonesia, Ireland, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of […]
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of 14 Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint statement expressing strong condemnation and deep concern over recent remarks made by the United States Ambassador to Israel, who suggested that it could be acceptable for Israel to exercise control over territories belonging to Arab states, including the occupied West Bank.
Does the nation stand behind him? Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP via Getty Images Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University and Elizaveta Gaufman, University of Groningen Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and […]
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the first senior member of the Royal Family in modern history to have been arrested.
China’s economy has proved resilient in the face of multiple shocks, boosted by robust exports and fiscal stimulus, and it remains a major driver of global growth.
Pope Leo XIV will not be joining US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the Vatican’s top diplomat said, adding that the United Nations should be left to handle crises.
The Israeli government has approved a proposal to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property” for the first time since the Israeli occupation of the territory began in 1967.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Washington wants to revitalise its friendship with Europe in a speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, offering some reassurance to European countries after more than a year of turmoil in transatlantic relations.
Janset Özün Çetinkaya, University of Nottingham and Ian James Kidd, University of Nottingham Valentine’s Day is traditionally a time of heart-shaped balloons, overpriced roses and fully-booked restaurants. Couples kiss and hold hands, smiling selfies celebrate a day of public displays of devotion.
