Category: 3. Middle East

US President Donald Trump has criticised decisions by several countries to unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state, telling the UN General Assembly it amounts to rewarding Hamas for the October 7 attack.

US President Donald Trump attacked the United Nations as he told the UN General Assembly that he has helped to end seven wars – and complained about a faulty UN escalator.

Yoweri Museveni urges supporters to back his vision for the future as he seeks to run for a record seventh term.

Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has…

In Gaza, the war will not end when the bombs stop falling. It will continue to hurt us from within, having left behind wounds that cut deep – wounds that are not reported in casualty figures or news broadcasts.

For my family, one of the…

The three West African countries say they are leaving the International Criminal Court to seek ‘sovereignty’.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, three nations in West…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres drew applause at the UN General Assembly when he called on Israel to comply with the rulings of the International Court of Justice on the Gaza war.

Harold “Dickie” Bird, one of cricket’s most famous and much-loved former umpires , has died at the age of 92, England’s Yorkshire County Cricket Club (CCC) has announced.

Bird “died peacefully at home”, Yorkshire CCC wrote in a post…

NATO has issued a stern warning to Russia against what it calls an “increasingly irresponsible” string of violations of its member states’ airspace, adding that it will employ “military and non-military” measures to defend itself.

In a…

World leaders recognised Palestinian statehood ahead of this week’s UN General Assembly, aiming to revive the two-state solution and press for an end to the war on Gaza, while Israel and the US boycotted the three-hour pre-summit.

While headlines are mainly focused on the war in Gaza, violence is intensifying in the occupied West Bank. Since October…