Category: 3. Middle East

Nearly 2,000 civilians were displaced from Sudan’s western city of Heglig in West Kordofan after an arduous nine-day displacement journey following the city’s takeover by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said he is ready to work with US President Donald Trump to help bring an end to the war in Sudan, as US-led ceasefire efforts remain stalled.

In a statement issued by the…

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the League of Arab States and the African Union Commission have called on the international community to take all necessary measures to hold the Israeli occupation…

Rescuers save six Palestinians, including two children, in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp after family home collapses.

The Israeli government is advancing plans to establish a large new settlement for ultra-Orthodox Jews in north occupied Jerusalem, in an area previously used as an airport between Beit Hanina and Kafr Aqab.

According…

Fans of English novelist Jane Austen have been celebrating the anniversary of her birth 250 years ago. Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela has been to Austen’s former home in southern England.

Fighting intensifies as humanitarian crisis deepens with cholera outbreak and mass displacement.

At least 104 civilians have been killed in drone attacks across Sudan’s Kordofan region as fighting between rival military factions reached deadly…

New York Knicks end their more-than-half-a-century trophy drought in the NBA with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

OG Anunoby scored 28 points as the New York…

Report finds warmest temperatures, loss of snow cover as US joins arctic countries to push ahead with oil drilling.

A new report has found unprecedented temperature rises and significant loss of snow and ice in the Arctic, a region now described…

By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) – After Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in 1996, the country rushed in some of the world’s toughest gun laws, including mandatory licensing and background checks, as well as registration of ​every…