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‘They saved their whole lives for this’: American woman’s heartbreak as parents die on Hajj
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWhat was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime turned tragic this week when Saida Wurie learned her...
Six Hajj pilgrims die from heatstroke in Mecca, as temperatures head for 118 degrees Fahrenheit
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSix people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi...
As press freedoms decline in Israel, people there see the war differently from the rest of the world
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWarning: This story contains a photograph showing the body of a Palestinian journalist killed in...
‘Heroic’ Palestinian surgeon dies in Israeli prison after months in detention
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA senior Palestinian doctor has died inside an Israeli prison after being held in detention for more...
Haunted by their colleagues’ deaths: The journalists risking their lives to report on Gaza
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn World Press Freedom Day, Palestinian reporters tell of the dangers and emotional toll of...
Australian student protests show US campus divisions over Gaza war are going global
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSo far, violent scenes seen at universities across the US have not been repeated in Australia where...
‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn 1987, Faris spent eight days in space with the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos spaceflight program...
Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following...
Why ultra-Orthodox conscription could threaten Israel’s coalition
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoUltra-Orthodox Israelis have long held a privileged position in that society. Yet young men of the...
No space left for bodies, says gravedigger who’s overseen half of Gaza’s burials
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSaadi Baraka wakes at dawn and works until dusk, digging on his knees in the dirt as he tries to...