Skyrocketing rent and resident evictions ahead of Qatar World Cup

The global sporting event has been mired in controversy over the abuse and deaths of thousands of migrants

Israeli army fires artillery into Gaza, raising fears of escalation

Previous Israeli provocations in the occupied West Bank have led to brutal Israeli bombing campaigns in Gaza in the past

South African parliament votes to downgrade ties with Israel

The parliament voted to downgrade the South African embassy in Tel Aviv in solidarity with the Palestinian people

Death toll of sunken Mediterranean migrant ship reaches 62

The migration crisis has intensified over the past decade, as many migrants flee not only poverty but also conflicts initiated by EU members Britain and France in cooperation with the United States

Yemen condemns Israeli, Emirati eviction of Socotra island residents

About 1,000 fishermen from the Abd al-Kuri Island of the Socotra archipelago are being relocated, as the UAE intends to limit it to a strictly Israeli and Emirati presence

African Union renews full support for Palestine, confirms Israel not invited to summit

The head of the AU commission confirmed Israel's observer status remains suspended, adding that an investigation is ongoing to discover how Israeli officials entered the opening ceremony

Tribesmen arrested by Saudi authorities on charges of resisting eviction

Forty-seven members of the Howeitat tribe were arrested after they protested their eviction from the Tabuk province to make way for the NEOM city project

Israel authorizes construction of nine settlement outposts

Netanyahu’s office claims that the communities existed for decades and were made without the authorization of the Israeli government

Blinken criticizes Israel’s illegal settlement expansion during meeting with PA president

Mahmoud Abbas backtracked on claims the PA would stop security cooperation with Tel Aviv during a meeting with CIA director William Burns

Migrant workers left to sleep on the streets in Qatar ahead of World Cup

Qatari authorities gave thousands of migrant workers two hour notice to vacate their apartments, which will be used to accommodate fans

Israel mass eviction of Palestinians a ‘war crime’: UN

OCHA says 215 Palestinian families, including 569 children, face the threat of home demolitions in Masafer Yatta

UK officials decry living conditions of Afghan refugees nearly a year after evacuation

The isolated and restricted living conditions for Afghan refugees in the UK is in stark contrast to the British government slogan of offering refugees a 'warm welcome'

Germany to limit admission of refugees from Afghanistan

Afghans remain the second main citizenship of first-time asylum applications for the third year in a row in Germany

Home demolitions in Jeddah leave residents destitute

Jeddah, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia, is home to 4.5 million people and is an important economic hub

Germany evicts Afghan refugees to make way for Ukrainian refugees: Report

The unequal treatment reflects a trend among western governments and media outlets towards refugees depending on their race and nation of origin

Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes during Ramadan

The decision was made on the pretext of avoiding escalation, but Israel continued its destruction of Palestinian property up to the day the decision was made

Eviction of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem delayed by Israeli court

The Israeli court has asked several families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to pay over $700 a year to Israeli settlers to be recognized as 'protected tenants'

Israeli forces suppress peaceful demonstrations in Sheikh Jarrah and Nablus

Israeli crackdowns on protesters in Sheikh Jarrah have become increasingly violent

Amnesty International becomes fourth major human rights group to call Israel an ‘apartheid state’

The designation includes accusations of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian population

Saudi Arabia puts Shia clerics behind bars amid brutal crackdown

The crackdowns are part of Riyadh's campaign of persecuting Shia figures and activists

Israel’s secret war on the ‘48 Palestinians

Inside the 1948 borders of the Israeli occupation, Palestinians are anything but ‘ordinary citizens’, and anger is rising against Israeli ploys to criminalize their communities

West Bank: Embers under the ashes

Today, the West Bank is a 'sleeping lion' about to wake from decades of lethargy. Its Palestinian youth now openly reject the Palestinian Authority and the treachery of Arab 'peacemaking' – so they're taking the fight directly to the Israeli occupation, to the streets, using the Gaza model of resistance.