#middleeastandnorthafrica — Public Fediverse posts

Fears grow for Iranian athletes on death row as mountaineer latest to be hanged https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/27/fears-grow-for-iranian-athletes-on-death-row-as-mountaineer-latest-to-be-hanged #GlobalDevelopment #Iran #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Sport #CapitalPunishment #ArabAndMiddleEastUnrest #SportPolitics #TransnationalRepression

Fears grow for Iranian athletes on death row as mountaineer latest to be hanged
By Ed Aarons

Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist group

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/27/fears-grow-for-iranian-athletes-on-death-row-as-mountaineer-latest-to-be-hanged

#Globaldevelopment #Iran #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Sport #Capitalpunishment #ArabandMiddleEastunrest #Sportpolitics #Transnationalrepression #TheGuardian #EdAarons

Israel election live: polls open in most consequential vote in country’s history
By Jonathan Yerushalmy

Most polling shows prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its majority, with Gadi Eisenkot the leading opposition contender

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/israel-elections-knesset-netanyahu-likud-eisenkot-gaza-latest-updates

#Israel #IsraelGazawar #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #BenjaminNetanyahu #TheGuardian #JonathanYerushalmy

Israel election live: polls open in most consequential vote in country’s history https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/israel-elections-knesset-netanyahu-likud-eisenkot-gaza-latest-updates #Israel #IsraelgazaWar #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #BenjaminNetanyahu

Is this the end for Benjamin Netanyahu? – podcast
By Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Emma Graham-Harrison; produced by Guy Szafman, Alex Atack, Hanna Adan and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Homa Khaleeli

It’s being called the most consequential election in Israel’s history. Emma Graham-Harrison explains what’s at stake

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/27/is-this-the-end-for-benjamin-netanyahu-podcast

#Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PresentedbyNosheenIqbalwithEmmaGrahamHarrison #producedbyGuySzafman #AlexAtack #HannaAdan #RudiZygadlo #executiveproducerHomaKhaleeli

Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack
By Associated Press in Amman

Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/jordan-attacks-militants-syria-retaliation-for-last-week-church-attack

#Jordan #Syria #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AssociatedPressinAmman

Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/jordan-attacks-militants-syria-retaliation-for-last-week-church-attack #Jordan #Syria #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

British politicians among international delegates barred from entering West Bank
By Sinéad Campbell

Group was on visit to meet Palestinian children, farmers and civil leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/british-politicians-among-international-delegates-barred-from-entering-west-bank

#WestBank #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #ArabandMiddleEastunrest #Civillibertiesinternational #Protest #Palestine #Israel #Worldnews #UKnews #TheGuardian #SinadCampbell

British politicians among international delegates barred from entering West Bank https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/british-politicians-among-international-delegates-barred-from-entering-west-bank #WestBank #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #ArabAndMiddleEastUnrest #CivilLibertiesInternational #Protest #Palestine #Israel #WorldNews #UkNews

Netanyahu reportedly pressured military to attack Iran in runup to election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/netanyahu-reportedly-pressured-israel-military-attack-iran-runup-to-election #BenjaminNetanyahu #Israel #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #DonaldTrump

Netanyahu reportedly pressured military to attack Iran in runup to election
By Emma Graham-Harrison and Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Israeli prime minister increases alarmist rhetoric as his far-right coalition narrowly trails in polls

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/netanyahu-reportedly-pressured-israel-military-attack-iran-runup-to-election

#BenjaminNetanyahu #Israel #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #TheGuardian #EmmaGrahamHarrison #JulianBorgerinJerusalem

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
By Mark Townsend

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/uk-sanctions-sudanese-military-leaders-implicated-in-el-fasher-campaign-of

#Globaldevelopment #Sudan #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Warcrimes #Rapeandsexualassault #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #ForeignCommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice #Law #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #MarkTownsend

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/uk-sanctions-sudanese-military-leaders-implicated-in-el-fasher-campaign-of #GlobalDevelopment #Sudan #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #WarCrimes #RapeAndSexualAssault #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #Law #Politics #UkNews

High-level delegation in Iran in push to avert flare-up of conflict with US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/saudi-pakistani-turkish-delegation-iran-avert-flare-up-conflict-us #Iran #UsisraelWarOnIran #SaudiArabia #Pakistan #Turkey #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

High-level delegation in Iran in push to avert flare-up of conflict with US
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey travel to Tehran as bellicose rhetoric heightens

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/saudi-pakistani-turkish-delegation-iran-avert-flare-up-conflict-us

#Iran #USIsraelwaronIran #SaudiArabia #Pakistan #Turkey #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

What you need to know about the most consequential election in Israel’s history
By Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu seeks a new mandate in Israel’s first election since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-most-consequential-election-in-israels-history

#Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EmmaGrahamHarrisoninJerusalem

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalia-flood-el-nino #GlobalDevelopment #Somalia #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #ElNioSouthernOscillation #InternallyDisplacedPeople #Flooding #ConflictAndArms #Alshabaab #HumanitarianResponse #WarCrimes #UsMilitary #ExtremeWeather #UsNews #ClimateCrisis #Dro...

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño
By Mark Townsend in Kismayo

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalia-flood-el-nino

#Globaldevelopment #Somalia #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Internallydisplacedpeople #Flooding #Conflictandarms #AlShabaab #Humanitarianresponse #Warcrimes #USmilitary #Extremeweather #USnews #Climatecrisis #Dronesmilitary #TheGuardian #MarkTownsendinKismayo

Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
By Agence France-Presse in Khartoum

Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/sudan-paramilitary-drone-strikes-rapid-support-forces-power-cuts-eastern-states

#Sudan #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AgenceFrancePresseinKhartoum

Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/sudan-paramilitary-drone-strikes-rapid-support-forces-power-cuts-eastern-states #Sudan #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

All About the Money review – confusion and compelling weirdness of wealthy leftwing heir
By Leslie Felperin

This profile of James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, who set up a commune in rural Massachusetts and is fighting extradition from Spain, is a brave attempt to package a complex character and story

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/26/all-about-the-money-review

#Documentaryfilms #Film #Israel #Palestine #Culture #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine Malik
By Nesrine Malik

Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/26/uae-sudan-lana-nusseibeh-un-secretary-general

#UnitedArabEmirates #Sudan #UnitedNations #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #NesrineMalik

‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/collective-punishment-palestinians-displaced-israeli-forces-take-over-hebron-homes #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #BenjaminNetanyahu #InternallyDisplacedPeople

The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine Malik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/26/uae-sudan-lana-nusseibeh-un-secretary-general #UnitedArabEmirates #Sudan #UnitedNations #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homes
By Julian Borger, Sufian Taha and Quique Kierszenbaum in Hebron

Families forced to flee as Netanyahu tries to prove security credentials after two Israeli soldiers killed days before election

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/collective-punishment-palestinians-displaced-israeli-forces-take-over-hebron-homes

#WestBank #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #BenjaminNetanyahu #Internallydisplacedpeople #TheGuardian #JulianBorger #SufianTaha #QuiqueKierszenbauminHebron

I saw a drone suddenly descend towards me. My heart started pounding and I thought, ‘Is this the end of my life?’
By Elsy Moufarrej in Tyre

Photographer Zeinab Faraj, 21, found herself buried under rubble beside a dying colleague while reporting in Lebanon. She had never expected to the target of an Israeli missile attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/zeinab-faraj-journalist-surviving-israel-drone-attack

#Journalistsafety #Lebanon #Globaldevelopment #Israel #Worldnews #Media #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Warreporting #Womeninjournalism #Warcrimes #Dronesmilitary #TheGuardian #ElsyMoufarrejinTyre

Emirati diplomat who helped deliver aid to Gaza enters UN secretary general race https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/lana-nusseibeh-emirati-diplomat-enters-un-secretary-general-race #UnitedNations #AntnioGuterres #UnitedArabEmirates #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #Gaza #Palestine

Emirati diplomat who helped deliver aid to Gaza enters UN secretary general race
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Lana Nusseibeh has Palestine’s endorsement but faces criticism over the UAE’s human rights record and alleged funding of the RSF in Sudan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/lana-nusseibeh-emirati-diplomat-enters-un-secretary-general-race

#UnitedNations #AntnioGuterres #UnitedArabEmirates #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Gaza #Palestine #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

‘A hidden tradition’: Benjamin Moser wants you to know Jewish anti-Zionism is not new
By Aaron Gell

The writer rarely questioned the tenets of liberal Zionism growing up. Now he embraces anti-Zionism with the fervor of a new convert

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/benjamin-moser-jewish-anti-zionism-book

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #IsraelGazawar #Books #Worldnews #Historybooks #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Judaism #Politicsbooks #WestBank #TheGuardian #AaronGell

Ten days that could shake the world: democratic norms at stake in four pivotal elections
By Julian Borger senior international correspondent

Brazil, Israel, Serbia and the US are holding elections within the space of 10 days. Will the authoritarian right cement its global gains, or can pro-democracy forces make a comeback?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/oct/25/ten-days-shake-world-democratic-norms-pivotal-elections-brazil-israel-serbia-us

#Thefarright #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #Israel #Serbia #Brazil #Americas #Europe #Worldnews #FlvioBolsonaro #USpolitics #DonaldTrump #Civillibertiesinternational #BenjaminNetanyahu #Trumpadministration #LuizIncioLuladaSilva #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #TheGuardian #JulianBorgerseniorinternationalcorrespondent

‘Gaza’s suffering has become campaign fodder’: Palestinians fear the worst from Israel election
By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Lorenzo Tondo

Humanitarian catastrophe largely ignored as rivals Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu vow to end Hamas rule

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/gaza-suffering-campaign-fodder-palestinians-fear-worst-israel-election

#MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #IsraelGazawar #Gaza #Palestine #Worldnews #Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #Hamas #TheGuardian #SehamTanteshinGaza #LorenzoTondo

‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s Manchester
By Josh Halliday

The story of the emirates’ presence in Manchester winds from the Arab Spring to some of the most deprived places in England – with complicated results

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/25/thats-the-way-the-city-works-how-the-uae-changed-the-face-of-andy-burnhams-manchester

#Manchester #UnitedArabEmirates #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Gentrification #Urbanisation #Housing #Mayoralelections #Regeneration #AndyBurnham #SheikhMansour #GreaterManchester #Socialhousing #UKnews #Politics #Society #Localgovernment #Localpolitics #Football #Communities #Cities #ManchesterCity #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

‘Gaza’s suffering has become campaign fodder’: Palestinians fear the worst from Israel election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/gaza-suffering-campaign-fodder-palestinians-fear-worst-israel-election #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #IsraelgazaWar #Gaza #Palestine #WorldNews #Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #Hamas

‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s Manchester https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/25/thats-the-way-the-city-works-how-the-uae-changed-the-face-of-andy-burnhams-manchester #Manchester #UnitedArabEmirates #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #Gentrification #Urbanisation #Housing #MayoralElections #Regeneration #AndyBurnham #SheikhMansour #GreaterManchester #SocialHousing #UkNews #Politics #Society #Local...