Areeb Ullah

2 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah

Rights groups and charities gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to support a legal challenge against the UK government's continuing export of F-35 fighter jet parts for use by Israel. Holding Palestinian flags and signs calling on the government to “stop arming Israel”, dozens of campaigners joined the lawyers leading the case to demand an end to all UK arms exports to the country.

4 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah

Palestinian health ministry officials said Israeli strikes on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday killed nine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children. Two of the strikes hit tents in the southern city of Khan Younis, each killing two children and their parents. Nasser hospital reported that a third strike killed a child and wounded seven people.

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah |JONATHAN COOK

The rector of St Andrews University in the UK has won her appeal after the institution removed her from its governing body for issuing a statement that condemned Israel's "genocidal attacks" on Gaza. Last year, the University of St Andrews removed Stella Maris from her position on the university court after its investigation concluded that she exercised "poor judgment" for sending an email to all students in November 2023 that called for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah |Joseph A. Massad

Staff inside Google DeepMind are attempting to unionise in order to challenge the tech company's ties with the Israeli government and its decision to sell artificial intelligence technologies to defence groups, according to reports. Figures with knowledge of the organising spoke to the Financial Times and said approximately 300 employees inside Google DeepMind, the company's artificial intelligence London office, want to join the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah

Pakistan's government mistakenly transferred millions of dollars - paid by pilgrims for Hajj - to the wrong Saudi account, jeopardising the plans of 67,000 Pakistanis Hajj pilgrims throw stones in Mecca as part of the pilgrimage that Muslims must perform at least once in their lifetime (AFP) 25 April 2025 17:10 BST ago Thousands of Pakistanis are at risk of missing the Hajj pilgrimage after their government mistakenly deposited money they had paid for the trip into the wrong Saudi account....