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Adla Massoud

Adla Massoud

Adla Massoud is The National’s New York and United Nations correspondent, where she reports on diplomacy, politics and the Middle East’s shifting conflicts. Also a documentary filmmaker, she was recognised in 2022 by the Arab Film and Media Institute as one of six “Rising Arab Women in Filmmaking.”
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A distraught Palestinian child receives food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on May 8. Reuters
UK rejects any Gaza aid distribution plan that endangers vulnerable civilians

US and Israel have announced plans for a new distribution procedure in the enclave, bypassing UN-led channels

MENAMay 13, 2025
Cutouts in the shape of the Palme d'Or symbol near the port of Cannes, France, where the 78th Cannes Film Festival is being held. Reuters
Cannes jury head honours slain Gazan journalist after letter condemns 'genocide'

Jury president Juliette Binoche did not sign letter but later paid tribute to Gazan photojournalist Fatima Hassouna

CultureMay 13, 2025
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the crisis would be solved by 'countries paying their contributions'. AFP
UN liquidity crisis due to unpaid member dues, says Guterres

World body has faced chronic funding shortfalls, with the US historically its largest debtor

NewsMay 12, 2025
Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad. Photo: Pakistan mission to the UN
ExclusiveIndia cutting Pakistan's water would be 'act of war', Islamabad's UN envoy warns

Pakistan's water comes mainly from rivers originating in the Himalayas

USMay 10, 2025
Ships from partner nations of Combined Task Force North participate in an exercise in the Arabian Gulf in 2022. Reuters
US set to begin using 'Arabian Gulf'

Term has been flashpoint for decades, with many American officials still using Persian Gulf

USMay 07, 2025
Palestinians carry bags of flour from an aid lorry near an Israeli checkpoint in February 2024. Reuters
Aid groups condemn Israel's move to tighten control

Groups express concern over Israel's requirement to submit complete staff lists and sensitive information when registering

MENAMay 06, 2025
Mosab Abu Toha, left, looks at books with his friend Shafi Salem in the garden of Mosab's family home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on February 20, 2017. AFP
Palestinian poet wins Pulitzer Prize for essays on life in war-torn Gaza

The New Yorker wins three Pulitzers, the most ever awarded to a magazine in a single year

USMay 05, 2025
Supporters of the Pasban-e-hurriyat Jammu Kashmir shout anti-Indian slogans during a rally in Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, on May 5. AFP
India and Pakistan tension has reached 'boiling point', UN chief warns

New Delhi blames Islamabad for attack on civilians at tourist site of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir

AsiaMay 05, 2025
Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol a street in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
India planning imminent strike, Pakistan tells UN

Tension reaching dangerous levels in wake of Pahalgam terror attack

AsiaMay 02, 2025
The UN, which is examining cost-cutting measures, flies its flag at half-mast after the death of Pope Francis at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. EPA
UN considers major overhaul to cut costs amid funding crisis

Suggestions include consolidating dozens of agencies into four departments

NewsMay 02, 2025
Mike Waltz, then national security adviser, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30. Reuters
Who is Mike Waltz, Trump's choice for ambassador to the UN?

Republican former congressman from Florida is a hawkish, long-time ally of Donald Trump

USMay 01, 2025
Marco Rubio, left, has been given two top national security jobs at once; Mike Waltz, right, former US national security adviser, is set to become UN ambassador. Reuters; AP
Trump names Rubio as National Security Adviser and nominates Waltz as UN envoy

US President makes the announcement on his Truth Social platform

USMay 01, 2025
A boy holds an empty shell reportedly left behind by Israeli troops in Horsh Sad Tassil, in Syria's southern province of Deraa, on April 3. AFP
UN chief calls for 'maximum restraint' after Israeli air strikes in Syria

Antonio Guterres alarmed over continued Israeli breaches of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity

MENAApril 30, 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani at UN headquarters in New York City on April 28. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister meets US officials in New York for first time

Damascus is seeking the permanent lifting of sanctions, which the US has kept in place

USApril 29, 2025
Residents return to the southern Lebanese village of Marwahin in late January following strikes by Israel. AFP
Lebanon must regain complete sovereignty, says France

Israeli troops are still present in southern Lebanon and launched strikes on Beirut this week

MENAApril 29, 2025
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