Category: 3. Middle East

United States President Donald Trump has pledged to boost Argentina’s economy with a $20bn currency swap, but only if the South American country’s right-wing president prevails in the upcoming elections.

The president, the self-described…

Israel has imposed new restrictions on aid entering the besieged Gaza Strip and will not open the Rafah crossing as planned, while Israeli forces killed several people in the Palesitinian territory as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire came under growing…

President Donald Trump announced that the United States has carried out another air strike on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, once again accusing the boat of transporting drugs.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said six people were…

President Donald Trump said that Hamas “is going to disarm” but if they don’t the US would act to disarm them “quickly and perhaps violently.” Trump declined to elaborate or to explain how the group would disarm a day after the…

Four more bodies of deceased captives from Gaza have been handed over to the International Red Cross and are on their way to Israeli forces. Israel earlier said it will only allow in 300 aid trucks per day into Gaza because of what it…

Qatar appeared at the 2022 World Cup as tournament hosts, but the 2026 edition is their first via the qualification route.

Qatar qualified for football’s 2026 World…

Under the new ceasefire, the Turkish ship, the Akdeniz, is sailing to Egypt’s El-Arish port with desperately needed food supplies for the people of Gaza.

Local official says more than 120 people hospitalised in the city amid surge in reported cases of respiratory problems.

Dozens of people have been hospitalised in…

South Africa book their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as Nigeria are pushed into CAF playoffs despite beating Benin.

South Africa became the latest African nation…

Political analyst Sarah Eltantawi says the ceasefire in Gaza is a result of public pressure, particularly within the US, and that Trump must recognise how that’s shifted his party.