Category: 3. Middle East

Washington, DC – United States President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to be a dictator – but only on “day one” of his upcoming term. That was the statement Trump gave to Fox News in December 2023, in the midst of his most recent… Continue Reading

When Donald Trump presented his 2020 plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it included the Israeli annexation of swathes of the occupied West Bank, a controversial aspiration that has been revived by his reelection. In his previous stint… Continue Reading

Israel’s government has approved a deal with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza, which is to begin on Sunday morning. Continue Reading

Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open on Saturday in the only women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions. If you thought that meant it would be… Continue Reading

But the organisation carried on. In 2018, Women’s March leaders helped rally against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he faced questions about allegations of sexual assault. Then, in 2020, they held a vigil for the late… Continue Reading

Lebanon’s new president said on Saturday that Israel must withdraw from his country’s south by the January 26 deadline set to fully implement an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreed last year. His remarks follow a speech by Hezbollah leader Naim… Continue Reading

Female doctor’s bloodied body was found in a classroom at a state-run college and hospital in Kolkata last August. A police volunteer has been convicted of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in India that led to nationwide… Continue Reading

Teenage qualifier Learner Tien said it was “pretty crazy” after becoming the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round since Rafael Nadal in 2005 when he overcame Frenchman Corentin Moutet on Saturday. The American 19-year-old… Continue Reading