Middle East News Headlines
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PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala
PEN America gathered Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even higher because some wondered if it would be held at all
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As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay
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Yemen's Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea
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Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict
Anti-war protesters have taken down their tents in Harvard Yard after the university agreed to meet to discuss their demands
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Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found
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Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record
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Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's
President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it's often Donald Trump’s that he's citing
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As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to European campuses, UK government seeks to head off unrest
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is calling for an end to “antisemitic abuse” at U.K. universities as protests against the war in Gaza expand and the government tries to prevent the type of unrest seen on American campuses in recent weeks
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Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections
Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program
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Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death across the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East has latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war
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