War and famine frequently go together. This can be a consequence of violence, such as wars fought across fields of crops. But depriving people of…
US. Navy/REUTERS
The participation of the Palestinian national football team in the prestigious Asian Cup was an achievement in more ways than one.As well as showing…
War has a habit of reducing human lives to numbers — 27,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. People see the number, hear the number, frown, and carry on…
You can tell a lot about a place based on the boats and ships that sail to and from it. How large are they? How narrow? What do they carry? What are…
The Gaza war has refocused the world’s attention on the Palestinian cause. Mass rallies, particularly in the West, put pressure on politicians, as…
Since the 1990s, every conflict between Israel and Palestinian factions has reignited discussions about the establishment of a long-awaited…
In the long-running struggle between the US and Iran to exert their influence in the Middle East, one of the defining characteristics has been their…
This week’s news of Imran Khan’s newest prison sentence of ten years for leaking state secrets only adds to the political drama unfolding in Pakistan…
French farmers' tractor protest inches closer to Paris
AFP
Farmers drive their tractors during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30, 2024.
AFP
The nationwide protests called by several farmers unions are over pay, tax and regulations.
Reuters
French farmers rest by a fire as they block a highway with their tractors during a protest over taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris on January 30, 2024.
AFP
French farmers stand next to a fire as they settle to a new place to block the road, to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market, during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.
AFP
A farmer stands atop a tractor to take a picture during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30.
AFP
Farmers stand next to a tractor displaying the slogan "our end, your hunger" during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg.
AFP
A banner reading "Let's fight for our means of production" hangs from a tractor as farmers take part in a roadblock protest on the A6 highway near Lisses, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.
AFP
French farmers create a human chain to move boxes of food as they settle to a new place to block the road to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris.
Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter
Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.
Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.
Trump says Iran deal likely after midterms
