Category: 3. Middle East

As a new secretary-general assumes leadership of the Commonwealth, it seems de rigueur in some circles to dismiss the organisation as a relic of a bygone era. To speak of it with any seriousness places one in a social pillory, the face upturned…

The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas militants in a strike on a UN building in Jabalia refugee camp Wednesday that Gaza’s civil defence agency said killed 19 people, nine of them children.

The army said in a statement that it struck the…

Atletico Madrid host Barcelona in second leg of their Copa semifinal after the teams played out a thrilling 4-4 draw on February 25.

Who:  Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
What: Spanish Copa del Rey semifinal – second leg
Where: Metropolitano…

President Donald Trump’s plan to impose widespread tariffs on foreign goods aims to persuade foreign manufacturers to produce their goods in factories in the United States and employ Americans.

During a recent interview with the conservative…

Their death sentences over the botched 2024 coup effort have been commuted to life imprisonment.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted…

Italy’s government has tightened the country’s citizenship laws, amid criticism that people – often with little real connection to the European nation – were delving into their family history to try to claim a passport only to ease their…

Convicted of fraud and barred from public office.

The end of the road it would seem for Marine Le Pen’s presidential ambitions.

She may appeal – but that is not…

More journalists killed in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, says Costs of War project.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 232 journalists – an average of 13 per week – making it the deadliest conflict…

Israel has been gripped by allegations linking aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to financing from Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and helped broker the release of hostages from Gaza.

Dubbed “Qatargate” by Israeli media, the reports that…

Rescuers pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the military government to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels.

The shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday flattened…