Arab and International

EU fuel prices rise 16.9% year-on-year in July, Eurostat says

Friday, 21 August 2026

Fuel prices increased in 25 of the 27 European Union member states in July 2026 compared with the same month last year, with prices for fuels and lubricants for personal transport rising 16.9% across the bloc, according to Eurostat. &l...

Police surveillance cameras targeted across 36 US states

Friday, 21 August 2026

License plate readers used by US police to monitor vehicle movements have been vandalized in at least 36 states, according to an NPR report citing an analysis of local media coverage. The cameras have reportedly been stolen o...

China rejects Bessent's demand to economically isolate Iran

Friday, 21 August 2026

China said Friday it will not join Washington's campaign to isolate Iran economically, rejecting US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for Beijing to fall in line as officials in Beijing branded sanctions and pressure counterproductive...

80 million tons of Gaza rubble hinder recovery of missing people

Friday, 21 August 2026

The Director General of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, Munir al-Barsh, said on Thursday that nearly 80 million tons of rubble across the Gaza Strip are posing a major obstacle to locating and documenting missing people, as thousands of bodies rem...

War on Iran exposes limits of US power and alliances: Axios

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

US President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Washington’s allies over their refusal to participate in the US war on Iran, with South Korea becoming the latest target of his demands for support, Zachary Basu writes for Ax...

Iran war marks end of US Middle East order: Foreign Affairs

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

A decades-old regional system built around US military supremacy, support for "Israel", and the containment of Iran has reached a breaking point following Washington and Tel Aviv's war on Tehran, political scientist Marc Lynch argued ...