Category: 3. Middle East

Lucknow, India – On the evening of September 4, an illuminated signboard lit up a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Kanpur, an industrial town in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

The signboard said: “I love Muhammad” – with a…

Here are the key events from day 1,335 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Tuesday, October 21, 2025:

Fighting

• Russian forces launched several…

Israel has continued its air strikes and shootings in Gaza, raising fears over the future of its fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas, as United States envoys ramp up diplomacy to get the deal back on track.

The Palestinian Civil Defence agency said…

Dissenting justice says decision ‘erodes core constitutional principles’; and risks violating freedom of expression.

A United States court of appeals has ruled…

The central bank said deal was part of a comprehensive strategy to help it respond to forex and capital markets volatility.

The Central Bank of the Argentinian…

September Lisbon funicular crash killed 16 due to faulty cable, prompting closure of other funiculars for safety checks.

A Portuguese official inquiry has found that…

Pakistani Defence Minister Asif says Pakistan Taliban operates ‘in connivance’ with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad…

Israel says it’s returned to the Gaza ceasefire – after launching a wave of air strikes on Sunday, killing more than 40 Palestinians.

It blamed Hamas for the…

Another Palestinian detainee died in Israeli detention on Monday, taking the death toll to 80 since October 2023, prisoners’ affairs groups said, Anadolu reports.

Kamel al-Ajrami, 69, from Gaza, breathed his last at…

A fragile ceasefire is in effect, and the living Israeli captives are back home, but Israel is continuing to restrict humanitarian aid into Gaza. With decimated medical infrastructure across the strip and famine conditions in the north, what will…