Mideast News from WN Network

Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods 2024-04-18
The Peninsula

Dubai: Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after...

photo: AP / Christopher Pike

UN Security Council to vote on full Palestinian UN membership on Friday amid US opposition 2024-04-18
Press TV

The United Nations Security Council is slated to hold a vote on Friday concerning the Palestinian request for full UN membership, amid warnings by diplomats about the possibility of a US veto. The 15-member council is scheduled to hold a vote on Friday at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) regarding a draft...

photo: UN / Loey Felipe

China and Indonesia Call for Immediate and Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza 2024-04-18
Time

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign...

photo: AP / Ismael Abu Dayyah

Iran, Israel and the potential for miscalculation 2024-04-18
Al Jazeera

The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than ever. That spectre has waxed and waned since the war on Gaza began in October with the fear that it would spiral into a regional war, dragging...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Germany Buries the Evidence of Complicity in Gaza Genocide: Nicaragua Exposes It 2024-04-17
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photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov

Iraq’s dangerous balancing act between Iran and the US 2024-04-17
Al Jazeera

Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war dragging in the United States. On Monday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was in...

photo: AP / Alex Brandon

Israel still imposing 'unlawful' restrictions on Gaza aid, UN rights office says 2024-04-17
Middle East Monitor

Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the UN human rights...

photo: AP / Fatima Shbair, File

Middle East tensions and Ukraine top EU summit list in Brussels 2024-04-17
Naharnet

European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate...

photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko

Dubai submerged in floods as UAE gets over a year’s worth of rain in hours 2024-04-17
Al Jazeera

Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates (UAE), dumping more than a year and a half’s rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in just a few hours and flooding major highways and its international airport. The rains began late on Monday, soaking the sands and roads of Dubai with some...

photo: AP / Jon Gambrell

Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering 2024-04-16
United Nations

Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza...

photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana