Art Teacher - August 2026

Morning update

Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, The US and Iran exchanged attacks late on Wednesday, escalating worries of a collapse in discussions around a long-term ceasefire. While US officials said the attacks…

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Report: US hosting third round of Israel-Lebanon talks on 14 May

Report: US hosting third round of Israel-Lebanon talks on 14 May The US will be hosting the third round of talks between Israel and Lebanon on 14 and 15 May, a State Department official and an Israeli official told The…

Hezbollah claims 13 attacks on Israeli military

Hezbollah claims 13 attacks on Israeli military Hezbollah announced early on Friday that it carried out 13 attacks on Israeli forces and military sites in response to escalating attacks in Lebanon. This includes the…

Latmiya: Inside the Ashura rituals shaping Iran’s wartime narrative

Latmiya: Inside the Ashura rituals shaping Iran’s wartime narrative Submitted by Zahra Ladha on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 09:36 Mourning performances, Karbala symbolism and nationalist reinterpretations converge in Iran's…

Mandelson: How decades of influence secured role as Starmer's man in Washington

Mandelson: How decades of influence secured role as Starmer's man in Washington Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Fri, 05/08/2026 - 07:00 The 'almost hypnotic' Mandelson cast a spell over the Labour Party, becoming US…

Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon kill at least 12, including children

Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon kill at least 12, including children Israel's wave of attacks on Thursday killed at least 12 people, including two children and a paramedic, in southern Lebanon, the Ministry of…

Global Sumud Flotilla activists report sexual abuse while in Israeli custody

Global Sumud Flotilla activists report sexual abuse while in Israeli custody The Global Sumud Flotilla said that activists who were detained during the Gaza-bound aid mission by Israeli forces were subjected to sexual…

Tennessee approves map dismantling majority-Black district

Tennessee has approved a new congressional map that breaks apart a majority-Black district centred on Memphis.

Trump heads for Xi summit overshadowed by Iran war

US President Donald Trump heads for a superpower summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next week hoping the Iran war will not spoil the mood in Beijing. Trump will be expecting a lavish welcome at the high-stakes…

CPJ demands progress on US probe of journalist Abu Akleh killing, four years on

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called for US authorities to relaunch their investigation into the Israeli military's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was gunned…

US military says it carries out retaliatory strikes against Iran

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran on Thursday, targeting sites it said were responsible for attacking U.S. forces in what it…

US military says it carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran on Thursday, targeting sites it said were responsible for attacking U.S. forces in what it…

Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire with new attacks

May 8 (Reuters) - Iran accused the United States of violating a ceasefire by targeting two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, the country's top joint military command said early on Friday. The…

Hundreds of Iranian nationals detained by ICE amid June 2025 attack on Iran

Hundreds of Iranian nationals detained by ICE amid June 2025 attack on Iran Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/07/2026 - 21:45 More than 500 Iranian nationals were in US detention as late as December 2025, amid a wartime…

Italy and Libya discuss strengthening energy ties

Italian ‌Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libyan counterpart ‌Abdulhamid Dbeibah ⁠discussed ‌yesterday strengthening energy co-operation ‌at a time when Italy is looking to ⁠diversify energy supplies due to the turmoil…

Quran memorisation centres in Gaza: Faith-filled spaces from which recitations of verses emanate to heal souls weary from war

The devastating war waged by the Israeli entity against the Gaza Strip for over two years, and the immense destruction it left behind, were not enough to extinguish the flame of devotion to the Holy Qur'an and its…

PM, Pakistan counterpart, Egypt, Jordan FMs review situation

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani held a phone call yesterday with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The two sides discussed bilateral…

Cloud kitchens drive Qatar delivery boom

Qatar’s food delivery sector is expanding at a pace that is reshaping how restaurants operate, with cloud kitchens increasingly seen as a lower-risk, cost-efficient alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar…