Nada AlTaher

Nada AlTaher

Senior Foreign Reporter


Vendors sell vegetables after heavy floods in the Hays region of Yemen's Hodeidah province. AFP
What is left after decade of conflict in Yemen?

Civil war has created one of world’s worst humanitarian crises

September 13, 2024, 8:27 AM
Nasser Al Qudwa said the peace plan had been leaked by Palestinian parties seeking to undermine it. Reuters
Al Qudwa outlines peace terms drawn up with Olmert

Arab peacekeeping force in Gaza and five-nation trusteeship of Old Jerusalem among suggested terms

September 08, 2024, 9:37 AM
The threat of the spread of polio in Gaza has been exacerbated by the complete halt of rubbish collection in the enclave. AFP
Apocalyptic scenes in southern Gaza shock polio vaccination team

Israel has blocked access to waste dump sites, with Gazans using old car parts to fix sewerage pipes, UN says

September 06, 2024, 7:52 AM
The makeshift tent camp in the Mawasi area of southern Gaza where Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Strip are staying.  AP
UN teams head to southern Gaza for second phase of polio vaccination campaign

Medical workers aim to immunise 340,000 children following successful roll-out in the enclave

September 05, 2024, 9:01 AM
A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio at a UN health centre in Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
'Mission accomplished' in central Gaza as polio vaccine teams prepare to head south

Administering vaccines in the south expected to be as difficult, UN says

September 04, 2024, 9:08 AM
The polio vaccination campaign in central Gaza has exceeded targets set by UN agencies as it entered its third day on Tuesday. Bloomberg
Gaza polio vaccination campaign beats first-phase targets

More than 160,000 children under 10 have received a dose as inoculation drive enters third day

September 03, 2024, 12:37 PM
Abdul Rahman Abu Al Jidyan contracted polio in the first case in Gaza and the occupied territories for 25 years. Photo: Mohamed Elsaifi
Rollout of Gaza polio vaccines will test commitment to humanitarian pauses, says UNRWA

UN agency aims to deliver two doses of the vaccine to 640,000 children via health centres and mobile teams

August 30, 2024, 1:49 PM
EU foreign commissioner Josep Borrell had little support for his sanctions plan. EPA
EU divided over Israel sanctions as West Bank on precipice

Foreign commissioner Josep Borrell receives little support for imposing penalties on Israeli ministers

August 29, 2024, 6:51 PM
A Palestinian family flees an Israeli raid in Nour Shams camp, near the city of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israeli offensive on occupied West Bank enters second day as death toll climbs to 17

A disabled Palestinian man is reportedly among those killed in the large-scale raid that began on Wednesday, according to Wafa news agency

August 29, 2024, 7:56 AM
Palestinians near the site of a drone strike in Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 27. Reuters
Palestinian shot dead in West Bank after five killed in Tulkarm

Man killed and three others hurt in attack near Bethlehem

August 27, 2024, 10:03 AM
Libya's two rival governments are embroiled in a power struggle for oil revenue. Reuters
Libya oil production under threat amid row over central bank governor

Government in east of divided country says it will end production after rival administration removes bank chief

August 26, 2024, 4:00 PM
Workers unload a shipment of polio vaccines at a Health Ministry depot in Gaza on Sunday. AFP
First shipment of polio vaccine arrives in Gaza

Unicef says aim is for 640,000 children to be vaccinated in the Palestinian enclave amid a high risk of the disease spreading

August 26, 2024, 4:42 AM
A doctor examines a Palestinian girl at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah amid fears over the spread of polio in Gaza. Reuters
Gaza baby paralysed after contracting polio, UN says

The 10-month-old is the first case detected since Palestine was declared free of the disease 25 years ago

August 23, 2024, 2:42 PM
Taliban security forces celebrate the third anniversary of the group's takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul. AFP
Five repressive measures imposed on Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

Most of the restrictions introduced in the past three years have targeted women and girls

August 23, 2024, 11:17 AM
The World Health Organisation, Unicef, Gaza's local health authorities and other groups are planning to vaccinate children under 10 in the last week of August. Reuters
Polio vaccination in war-torn Gaza facing logistical nightmare

One case in the Palestinian territory is too many, aid agencies warn, as they plan urgent campaign to immunise children

August 22, 2024, 1:40 PM