Category: 3. Middle East

Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer a harsh daily struggle to access food, water, and essential medical supplies one week into the ceasefire agreement as Israel…

Arab Barghouti, son of respected Palestinian leader and prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, talks about his father’s continued…

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Mass demonstrations in recent weeks over power and water shortages have killed more than 20 people.

Madagascar has sworn in an army colonel as…

Politicians overwhelmingly vote to oust the Mongolian premier, four months after doing the same to his predecessor.

Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar has…

State of emergency to be declared in capital as protests that led to last week’s ouster of former president intensify.

Peru’s new president, Jose Jeri, is refusing to resign amid Gen Z antigovernment protests, inflamed by the death of a…

Past visits by top leaders to Yasukuni, which honours convicted war criminals, have angered Japan’s neighbours.

The new leader of Japan’s governing party, Sanae…

Huge explosions were seen in southern and eastern Lebanon as Israeli war planes targeted the area, killing at least one person. Israel said it attacked Hezbollah infrastructure, despite a ceasefire deal in place since November last year.

Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt remains closed as Trump threatens Hamas over gang clashes.

Here are the key events from day 1,331 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, October 17, 2025:

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• Russian war correspondent Ivan…

Islamabad, Pakistan – The provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, is seeking federal approval to ban the far-right religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) amid a violent crackdown on the group’s…