Category: 3. Middle East

Despite living just 300 metres from the border wall separating Israel from Lebanon, Sigalit Levin has little enthusiasm for the new ceasefire deal meant to bring a lasting end to fighting with Hezbollah.

“We can’t keep doing this,” the 60-year-old…

Iranian-French artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56. Known for her graphic novel ‘Persepolis,’ Satrapi was a prominent voice on exile and women’s freedom. Her family says she died of ‘sadness’ after the…

June 4 – Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon, with Israeli forces still actively…

LJUBLJANA, June 4 (Reuters) – Slovenia’s parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s centre-right government, which has pledged tax cuts, targeted spending and an anti-corruption drive.

Jansa, a pro-Trump populist who secured a…

The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran’s nuclear material posed a “proliferation concern” and called on Teheran to act “constructively”.

The International Atomic Energy…

While it might be true that the cases are progressing, families of the missing argue they are moving at a snail’s pace.

Since early December, Fault Lines has spent time with families who are pushing for accountability and pleading with the…

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is set to accept a plea deal in a case related to the handling of classified documents, according to media in the United States.

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Israel’s Supreme Court rejects government ban on prisoner visits, affirming Red Cross access under international law.

Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a government policy banning representatives…

Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed after a career entirely out of the spotlight as a behind-the-scenes figure, faces the challenge of occupying a role incarnated by his father for most of the Islamic republic’s existence.

Mojtaba…

The FIFA World Cup 2026 could be the final act for some of football’s finest talents.

Although some of this tournament’s players will set a men’s football record by appearing in their sixth World Cup, age is catching up, and other players…