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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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Portraits on a Sanaa fence of senior Houthi leaders. EPA
Yemen’s Houthis detain 10 more UN staff in escalating crackdown

Rebel group now holds 69 UN personnel

MENADecember 18, 2025
Then-Iraqi President Barham Salih, soon to be head of the UNHCR, in Baghdad in March 2019. AP Photo
Iraq's Barham Salih confirmed as new UNHCR head in historic move

UN General Assembly endorsed former president of Iraq to serve five-year term as head of refugee agency

USDecember 18, 2025
President Donald Trump salutes as troops in Delaware carry the remains of Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a US civilian killed alongside two soldiers in Syria. Getty Images / AFP
ISIS ambush and extremists in Syrian forces cause alarm in Washington

Not all Republicans happy with President Trump's unfettered embrace of Syria's new leader

USDecember 18, 2025
Forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, arrive in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, on December 15. Reuters
Unilateral actions in Yemen will not clear path to peace, warns UN chief

Southern Transitional Council forces advanced earlier this month into the eastern provinces of Hadhramaut and Al Mahra

USDecember 17, 2025
Matilda Britvan, 10, a victim of the Hanukka shooting on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. Reuters
Palestinian UN envoy rejects linking statehood to Bondi Beach terror attack

Fifteen people killed and dozens wounded when attackers fired on crowd gathered to celebrate Jewish festival of Hanukkah

MENADecember 16, 2025
Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon urged member states to give the next UN leader stronger political backing to match the office’s moral authority, saying credibility is insufficient without the power to act. EPA
Ban Ki-moon calls for single seven-year term for next UN chief

Secretary General Antonio Guterres's second and last term ends at close of next year

NewsDecember 15, 2025
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the resolution on Friday. Reuters
UN passes resolution calling on Israel to co-operate with UN agencies and allow aid into Gaza

Vote gives 'strong endorsement' to recent judicial ruling that found claims of Hamas infiltration within UNRWA to be unsubstantiated

USDecember 12, 2025
US President Donald Trump at the signing of a peace deal with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, left, and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi in Washington on December 4. AFP
US 'incredibly disappointed' over renewed violence in eastern DRC

Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of eastern DRC over past year and resumed its offensive in recent days

USDecember 12, 2025
The gate of UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem. Israel has long called for the agency’s dissolution. Reuters
Trump administration explores options to hold UNRWA 'accountable'

Terrorism-related sanctions for UN Palestinian refugee agency under discussion

USDecember 11, 2025
Syria's President Ahmad al Shara with senior officials in Damascus. AP
SDF, Sweida and Israel key challenges to Syria's stability, experts say

Government will struggle to consolidate control without progress on 'thorny issues', Washington event hears

USDecember 10, 2025
Relations between the Iran-backed Houthis and international organisations have deteriorated sharply in recent years. EPA
Guterres calls on Yemen's Houthis to 'rescind' referral of UN staff to criminal court

Many have been held in isolation, with families and colleagues not knowing about their whereabouts or health

GulfDecember 09, 2025
Alina Habba is now an adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi. AFP
Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey US Attorney after court rules she served unlawfully

Lawyer of Iraqi origin was one of President Trump’s most visible legal surrogates during his years out of office

USDecember 08, 2025
Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting in New York. AFP
Mike Waltz heads to Jordan and Israel as US pushes Gaza peace plan

US ambassador to the UN will meet humanitarian organisations to assess relief efforts

USDecember 05, 2025
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said young Americans were getting their information from social media. AFP
Hillary Clinton says social media misinformation fuelled youth support for Palestine

Former US secretary of state says New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is 'brilliant social media candidate'

USDecember 03, 2025
An Iraqi flag on a military vehicle at an oilfield in Dibis, on the outskirts of Kirkuk, in 2017. Reuters
Iraq begins new chapter as UN mission to end after 22 years

Iraq’s 'long and difficult' path towards durable peace and economic stability remains unfinished, Unami head says

USDecember 02, 2025
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