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      Adla Massoud

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      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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      Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the Iranian regime outside the country's embassy in London. EPA
      AnalysisIran protests put Trump at crossroads between military action or making deal

      For Iranians risking arrest or death on the streets, whether US pressure will become action carries great historical weight

      USJanuary 12, 2026
      Activist Masih Alinejad outside a court in New York, in October, after a judge sentenced two men to 25 years in jail each over a plot allegedly hatched by Tehran to kill her. AFP
      Activist Masih Alinejad says Trump should not repeat Biden and Obama's mistakes on Iran protests

      Democratic presidents were too fixated on making a deal with Tehran, overlooking plight of protesters, journalist says

      USJanuary 09, 2026
      Women detainees at Al Hol camp in Syria's north-east in 2023. AFP
      Iraq deserves credit for bringing citizens home from Syrian camps, UN official says

      The world body has now ended its Unami assistance mission in Iraq

      USJanuary 07, 2026
      Abukar Dahir Osman, Somalia's representative to the UN. EPA
      Somalia’s UN envoy linked to company that was convicted of fraud, senior US official says

      Elon Musk calls for arrest of Abukar Dahir Osman, although no charges have been filed against him

      USJanuary 06, 2026
      Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, has defended his country's actions in Venezuela. EPA
      Unease at UN after US seizes Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro

      Washington’s partners on Security Council face delicate balancing act as US moves unilaterally

      USJanuary 05, 2026
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      'Kidnapped' Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to US narco-terrorism charges

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      USJanuary 05, 2026
      Abukar Osman, Somalia's representative to the UN, speaks during a Security Council meeting in New York on December 29. EPA
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      Somalia warns Israel’s Somaliland recognition threatens Horn of Africa stability

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      USDecember 29, 2025
      US President Donald Trump, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in October. Reuters
      Netanyahu travels to US for talks with Trump on Gaza and Iran

      Israeli Prime Minister makes fifth trip this year, with agenda focused on Tehran, analysts say

      USDecember 28, 2025
      Residents wave Somaliland flags in the city of Hargeisa, as they celebrate recognition by Israel. AFP
      UN Security Council to meet after Israel recognises Somaliland

      Somalia, which will assume council presidency in January, requested meeting

      MENADecember 28, 2025
      Donald Trump speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York. AFP
      US leverages institutions to advance revamped 'America First' agenda

      White House is using its pocketbook to push for big changes at institutions that serve as major instruments for US soft power

      USDecember 26, 2025
      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
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      Fifteen people killed and dozens wounded when attackers fired on crowd gathered to celebrate Jewish festival of Hanukkah

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