The UAE said on Tuesday it was pulling its remaining forces out of Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave within 24 hours, deepening a crisis between the two Gulf powers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/uae-forces-yemen-saudi-arabia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #unitedarabemirates #saudiarabia #yemen #middleeast
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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My greatest achievement is that 2 days ago, I began appearing live on a new local commercial satellite channel as a news correspondent. I convey the reality of the suffering from the heart of Gaza Strip to the entire #MiddleEast.
I also work as a volunteer photojournalist for organizations that support orphans here
I’m trying to raise enough money to cover my transportation costs to travel across the #gaza Strip, which’ll enable me to reach my work
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-young-journalist-mohammed-from-gaza-share-now?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US
Hundreds of Colombian ex-soldiers have been drawn to Sudan with the promise of Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/world/colombia-soldiers-sudan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #colombia #sudan #uae #africa #middleeast #latinamerica
My greatest achievement is that 2 days ago, I began appearing live on a new local commercial satellite channel as a news correspondent. I convey the reality of the suffering from the heart of Gaza Strip to the entire #MiddleEast.
I also work as a volunteer photojournalist for organizations that support orphans here
I’m trying to raise enough money to cover my transportation costs to travel across the #gaza Strip, which’ll enable me to reach my work
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-young-journalist-mohammed-from-gaza-share-now?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm in Gaza, presenting a united front with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/world/trump-netanyahu-iran-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #us #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #middleeast #gaza #iran
Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar Assad and has opened a criminal investigation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/syria-mass-grave-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #basharassad #syriancivilwar #damascus #middleeast
Christmas celebrations were in full swing again in Bethlehem in the West Bank, as a fragile truce holds in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/bethlehem-christmas-gaza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #christmas #middleeast #palestinians #israel #westbank #israelhamaswar
The war in the Gaza Strip has not only empowered Israel and weakened Iran, but also diminished the roles of both the U.S. and the region’s Arab power brokers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/world/israel-middle-east-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #us #iran #middleeast #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #abrahamaccords
Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilization force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/asia-pacific/pakistan-asim-munir-trump-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #pakistan #israel #gaza #asimmunir #donaldtrump #middleeast #israelhamaswar
The International Criminal Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Israel, which had argued that the court’s investigation into alleged crimes committed in the Gaza Strip was invalid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/icc-israel-war-crimes-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #icc
Israel's assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of the militant group said, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the truce's terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/hamas-israel-commander-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
STOP OCCUPATION 🍉 S. Costa
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" #Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to #abortion access providers, #queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the #Facebook, #Instagram and #WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide, some serving tens of thousands of people – in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms. Many of these were from #Europe and the #UK, however the bans also affected groups serving women in #Asia, #LatinAmerica and the #MiddleEast."
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U.S. intelligence officials temporarily suspended sharing some key information with Israel during U.S. President Joe Biden's administration over concerns about its conduct of the war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/world/biden-israel-intel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #israel #israelhamaswar #middleeast #joebiden
Trump's National Security Strategy 2025 emphasizes tactical priorities over grand strategy, shifting focus to the Western Hemisphere and Asia, while keeping the overall limits of U.S. policy largely unchanged. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/12/world/reading-trumps-national-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #joebiden #defense #eu #indopacific #usjapanrelations #russiaukrainewar #europe #china #africa #asia #middleeast
The U.S. shift to transactional engagement leaves middle powers exposed but able to shape a multipolar world through defense, partnerships, and economic resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/11/world/trump-putin-and-xis-great-power-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #xijinpingeurope #middleeast #asia #firstislandchain #okinawa #taiwan #russia #ukraine #hongkong #uyghurs #australia #southkorea #asean #quad #india #nato