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Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order
Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues t…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
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‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
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Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians ‘inadequate for Gaza winter’
Thousands have blown down in storms and tents from China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia found to be not waterproofTho…
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact as regional tensions escalate
Deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan comes as Gulf Arab states worry about US reliability while Saudi official say…
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Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diploma…
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Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup building boom
Two reports published today catalogue ‘gruesome yet avoidable accidents’ on construction sites despite the Gul…
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‘Many migrant workers will die’: the likely human cost of awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia
Millions of migrants will build stadiums, transport networks and hotels. But testimonies from Bangladeshis who…
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Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsE…
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More than 1,000 hajj pilgrims die amid temperatures approaching 52C in Mecca
Saudi authorities said they sent away unregistered pilgrims but many appear to have taken part without access …
- Bangladesh, Fifa, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World Cup
Used, abused and deported: migrant workers land back in Bangladesh after Saudi dreams turn sour
As the Gulf kingdom bids to host a World Cup that will see its reliance on cheap foreign labour soar, planeloa…
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Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid…
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Revealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi Arabia
Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squ…
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Record numbers expected as Europe’s biggest arms fair opens in London
Egypt, Vietnam and Indonesia among countries sending delegations to four-day DSEI at ExCeLEurope’s biggest eve…
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The NatWest boss, the missing Malaysian billions and the damning email
Rick Haythornthwaite stonewalled investigator on the trail of ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’Read more: Ne…