Category: 3. Middle East

Floods across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka have killed nearly 1,000 people in less than a week.

Work-related migration to wealthy countries fell by more than one-fifth last year, as labour markets weakened and countries including Australia and the United Kingdom tightened visa rules, according to new research by the Organisation for…

Hundreds of farmers block parts of the Athens-Thessaloniki highway in protest over the delayed payments.

Greek farmers have clashed with police during protests in…

Maduro asks oil-producing bloc to help protect Venezuela’s oil reserves from US ‘aggression’.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to help his country counter…

Here are the key events from day 1,376 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here’s where things stand on Monday, December 1.

Fighting

• The number of casualties from a Russian…

Angry crowds of Israelis have rallied outside President Isaac Herzog’s home in Tel Aviv, protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s petition for a full pardon from corruption charges.

The protest on Sunday night came hours after…

Pope Leo XIV prayed for peace in Lebanon and the region on Monday on day two of his trip to the multi-confessional country, with joyful Lebanese welcoming the pontiff at two famous pilgrimage sites.

Thousands of people cheered, ululated and threw…

Pope Leo XIV prayed for peace in Lebanon and the region on Monday as he kicked off day two of his trip to the multi-confessional country with a visit to a famous pilgrimage site.

Thousands of people cheered, ululated and threw rice in celebration…

Pope Leo XIV is set to urge peace and unity on his second day in Lebanon on Monday, bringing a message of hope to young people whose faith in their crisis-hit country has dwindled.

After arriving from Turkey on his inaugural visit abroad as…

Pope Leo XIV will urge peace and unity on his second day in Lebanon on Monday, offering a message of hope to young people whose faith in their crisis-hit country has dwindled.

After arriving from Turkey on his inaugural visit abroad as pontiff,…