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Iran and Israel at UN, Netanyahu’s UAE trip, and US leave Iraq
This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the final speeches at the UNGA, Netanyahu’s secret trip to the UAE, and the US has finally left Iraq.
The New Arab
Culture
Ramla Ali’s In the Shadows: From Somali refugee to Olympic boxer
We speak to Ramla Ali about fleeing Somalia, secretly finding boxing and making Olympic history – and why ’In the Shadows’ is a story about more than sport
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Yemen hunger crisis could become ’absolutely devastating’: UN
Renewed fighting between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government forces has left thousands of civilians at risk of further food insecurity.
Politics
Meloni’s burqa ban won’t fix Italy’s struggling schools
Giorgia Meloni’s burqa ban and cap on migrant pupils scapegoats minorities instead of addressing Italy’s underfunded education system, writes Randa Ghazy.
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Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges dismissal
Davis, said he had worked at the FAO for 26 years on a renewable contract, and that his dismissal was linked to staff activism over Israel’s genocidal Gaza war
Politics
Israeli Supreme Court overturns Joint List, Ra’am, Cassif ban
The overturning of the ban now means Palestinian parties will continue to run in the upcoming elections.
Technology
The humans behind AI warfare
Israel’s war on Gaza has become a testing ground for AI-enabled warfare. But behind the algorithms, data systems and targeting tools are people making decisions
Business
’Flydubai incident’ tests regional aviation sector
Flydubai’s emergency landing highlights lingering security concerns as regional airlines recover from war-related disruption, rising fuel costs and fluctuating
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Inside Washington’s tougher position on Iran
Washington has hardened its stance by unleashing sanctions on Iran, while Tehran retains leverage through oil, regional infrastructure and Hormuz.
Culture
Cotton Queen: Sudan’s colonial past meets its cinematic future
We speak with Suzannah Mirghani about ’Cotton Queen,’ Sudan’s disrupted film history, the legacy of British colonialism and making cinema during wartime
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Egypt expels Ethiopian diplomat in growing rift over GERD
The dispute is the latest in a years-long rift between the two countries over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Egypt builds rail link in Sinai, with Israel watching closely
An empty, massive expanse of desert on the Egyptian Israeli border was always viewed as a good sandy buffer against direct contact between the two states.
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Lebanon PM says scale of war recovery beyond state’s capacity
Last month, the Lebanese prime minister said the estimated total cost of the two wars could exceed $27 billion.
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Yemen gov’t launched 20 strikes on Houthi sites in Taiz province
The renewed conflict has already displaced tens of thousands of people and could reshape control in Yemen, with implications for Red Sea shipping lanes.
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UN urges more US action on Marshall Islands nuclear legacy
The US, which administered the Pacific islands after World War Two, conducted 67 nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958.
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Sudan’s jailed Omar al-Bashir seeks treatment abroad: lawyer
He remains wanted by the ICC. However, he has never been handed over and has been in Sudanese custody since his removal from power.
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As tankers hit in Hormuz, Trump deploys thousands of US troops
The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as he ponders his next move.
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9,000 troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new strikes on Iran
The US military is dispatching thousands of troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East as Trump threatened Iran with more strikes.