Category: 3. Middle East

Portugal will officially recognize Palestine, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday, becoming the latest country to take the step ahead of next week’s UN General Assembly, Anadolu reports.

“The ministry of foreign…

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The Irish rap group has been denied entry for their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah, accusations the group denies.

Irish band Kneecap has slammed the Canadian…

The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year, after it was ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco.

Morocco’s formal adoption of the Marine Biodiversity Treaty on Friday means the…

A Kenyan court this week ordered the arrest and extradition of a British national suspected of murdering a 21-year-old woman in a town close to a United Kingdom army training camp in Kenya in 2012.

The ruling has brought renewed attention to the…

Trump administration says Syrian nationals in the US must leave the country within 60 days or face arrest and deportation.

The United States has ended the Temporary…

Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on Gaza’s main urban centre, with two children killed in a strike on tent.

Noorgal, Kunar, Afghanistan – Four months ago, Nawab Din returned to his home village of Wadir, high in the mountains of Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, after eight years as a refugee in Pakistan.

Today, he lives in a tent on his own…

Nine other countries, including France and the UK, also plan to recognise Palestinian statehood next week.

Portugal has joined Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state.

In a statement on…

The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’.

A prominent Republican senator has joined the Democrats in criticising threats made by the government of the United States against…