Category: 3. Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements are closely watched.

Saudi Arabia has named Sheikh Saleh…

World Health Organization says 41 critical patients evacuated yesterday as Rafah border remains shut, despite ceasefire.

Alleged trafficker, Zhi Dong Zhang, who had escaped Mexican authorities in July, was arrested in Cuba,

A fugitive Chinese national, whom authorities in the United States accuse of trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine into the…

Laurence des Cars told France’s Senate the heist exposed the museum’s camera shortage and other security ″weaknesses”.

The Louvre’s director has said a “terrible failure” in security at the iconic Paris museum resulted in last…

The figure amounts to roughly $111,000 of debt for every person in the US, think tank says.

The United States national debt has topped $38 trillion, as the gap…

United States President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia for the first time since returning to the White House, citing a lack of progress in ceasefire talks to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The same day, European Union leaders…

Donald Trump and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro have engaged in a new round of verbal sparring, with the United States president calling his South American counterpart a “thug” who is “making a lot of drugs”, and the Colombian leader…

Clashes with police follow arrest of man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.

Twenty-three people have been arrested in Dublin, Ireland, following a…

Frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa faced off in the final debate of the New York City mayoral race on Wednesday, in a final push to woo voters before the November 4 vote.

But the attack lines they…

Here are the key events from day 1,337 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Thursday, October 23, 2025:

Fighting

• Russia’s Ministry of Defence…