Category: 3. Middle East

Sushila Karki asks country to come together to rebuild in first public statement since becoming interim leader.

Nepal’s new prime minister has called for calm and urged her compatriots to “get together to rebuild the country” after violent…

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met in Doha on Saturday with the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, Anadolu reports.

A Foreign Ministry statement said talks between…

More than two dozen far-right demonstrators were arrested after scuffling with police and anti-racism counter-protesters in London during one of the UK’s largest anti-immigration rallies, dubbed ‘Unite the Kingdom’.

The first boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla departed Tunisia’s Bizerte Port and Sicily’s Augusta Port towards the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, organizers said, Anadolu reports.

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Simon Lewis

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces destroyed at least 30 residential buildings in Gaza City and forced thousands of people from their homes, Palestinian officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco…

Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pick-up trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the territory’s main urban centre.

Parents carried their children while the elderly hobbled…

International doctors working in Gaza have reported a disturbing pattern of gunshot wounds among children, raising concerns of deliberate targeting, according to an investigation published Saturday by the Dutch daily…

This week, Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike on Qatar’s capital, Doha, claiming it was targeting senior Hamas leaders. Qatar, a key…

Leaders from across the region are gathering in the Qatari capital to discuss a formal response to Israel’s strikes on Doha last week, which it said targeted Hamas leadership and reverberated through the Middle East and beyond.

Israel launched…

For decades, men in many countries were expected to spend two or even three months’ salary on a diamond engagement ring. This notion – and the iconic status of this gem – did not come about by accident.

The story goes back to 1870, when an…