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2 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: Ongoing conflicts will force an additional 6.7 million people worldwide from their homes by the end of 2026, with Sudan alone accounting for nearly a third of the new displacements, according to the Danish Refugee Council’s latest predictions. The agency’s Global Displacement Forecast Report 2025 revealed a massive spike in the number of expected forced displacements this year to 4.2 million, the highest such prediction since 2021.
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4 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour |Robert Edwards
DUBAI/LONDON: Iraq has long had to balance its relationships between competing regional powers, particularly Iran and the Gulf states. Now, with renewed US harrying of Iraq to stop buying gas and electricity from Iran, Baghdad could be drawn further into the Arab orbit. On March 8, the US State Department said it was not renewing a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to import Iranian electricity.
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4 weeks ago | 
arabnews.pk | Nadia al-Faour |Robert Edwards
DUBAI/LONDON: Iraq has long had to balance its relationships between competing regional powers, particularly Iran and the Gulf states. Now, with renewed US harrying of Iraq to stop buying gas and electricity from Iran, Baghdad could be drawn further into the Arab orbit. On March 8, the US State Department said it was not renewing a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to import Iranian electricity.
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1 month ago | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: Thousands of students in Lebanon, where public institutions including schools and universities are heavily reliant on international assistance, have been badly hit by the new US administration’s suspension of foreign aid. The executive order issued in January to ensure all United States Agency for International Development (USAID) projects align with US national interests has plunged students and academic institutions in Lebanon into uncertainty.
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1 month ago | 
arabnews.jp | Nadia al-Faour
Is Hezbollah sincere in ceding ‘resistance’ to Lebanon’s government?
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2 months ago | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: When the UN launched the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, it set out a bold action plan to eliminate premature death and needless suffering caused by preventable diseases by 2030. With just five years to go, the world appears to be moving backwards. Indeed, 2024 actually witnessed an alarming surge in a triad of preventable or manageable child-killer diseases. Dengue, cholera and mpox returned with a vengeance, claiming the lives of thousands of children.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: Kitty van der Heijden, deputy executive director of the UN children’s fund, has praised the collaboration between UNICEF and the private sector to address the many urgent challenges facing the world’s children. In an interview with Arab News on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, van der Heijden explained how UNICEF’s partnerships are aiding its response to conflicts, mass displacements, climate change, and natural disasters.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: Savvy logistics investments and business-friendly policies are transforming Saudi Arabia into a global trade hub, a Davos panel was told on Thursday. Nouf Al-Fares, assistant deputy minister at the Saudi Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services; and Ehab Aziz, chief financial officer of Agility, were speaking at Saudi House during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: Frightened, alone, and often injured during arrest, Palestinian children routinely find themselves vulnerable to abuses and deprived of basic rights after they are taken into Israeli custody, according to human rights monitors. Under legislation passed in November by the Knesset, Israeli authorities are now permitted to detain Palestinians under the age of 14 — a measure that rights groups claim is motivated by revenge rather than security needs.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Nadia al-Faour
DUBAI: As the third edition of the Dubai Future Forum kicks off, the UAE’s commercial capital is once again playing host to futurists, visionaries, and thought leaders from across the globe. This year’s event, being held at the city’s iconic Museum of the Future, is expected to draw over 2,500 experts, policymakers and innovators from around 100 countries.
