Category: 3. Middle East

Pope Leo has called for “coexistence” during the second day of his visit to Lebanon, gathering clerics from across the religious spectrum on both sides of a former civil war dividing line, and appealing for unity in a region fractured by…

Meeting to build on earlier agreements to end fighting in eastern DRC, which has persisted throughout talks.

United States President Donald Trump will host the leaders…

Dec 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of sustainment for F-16 jets and related equipment to Bahrain for an estimated cost of $455 million, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The principal contractors for the sale…

US President Donald Trump told Israel on Monday to avoid destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, days after a deadly operation by Israeli forces killed 13 people.

Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and invited him for…

Investigators say substandard fire-resistant netting installed across multiple floors at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court failed safety tests, helping explain how the deadly high-rise blaze spread so fast. The death toll stands at 151, with…

In her latest book titled Girlhood at War, political science scholar Vjosa Musliu tells the story of the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo, through the eyes of her 12-year-old self. Musliu explains how following the end of the war, international…

The death of veteran politician Ekane sparks accusations of medical neglect and intensifies the country’s post-election crisis.

Veteran opposition figure Anicet Ekane…

By Brad Brooks

Dec 1 (Reuters) – The surviving National Guardsman shot by a gunman last week near the White House gave medical personnel a thumbs up when asked if he could hear them and also wiggled his toes in response, West Virginia Governor…

In a Beirut square that was once a physical embodiment of Lebanon’s sectarian rifts, Christian and Muslim leaders united around Pope Leo XIV on Monday as he urged them to work for peace in their divided nation.

Lebanon, whose political system has…

Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire during a military raid on Monday in the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, medics said, Anadolu reports.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews provided…