Category: 3. Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement on Thursday to expand the illegal Maale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank. He said Israel would never allow a Palestinian state, framing the move as safeguarding…

The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for urgent EU action on Gaza’s “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, as its plenary session in Strasbourg wrapped up on Thursday after running from Sept. 8 to…

Israel has attacked a United States ally, pulled the US into a war with Iran and continues to commit genocide in Gaza.

Yet it still has US support.

The US Treasury Department sanctioned 32 individuals and entities Thursday in what officials described as the largest action targeting Iran-backed Houthis, claiming the networks facilitate weapons procurement and…

Israeli forces mounted a series of raids across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, arresting dozens of Palestinians, wounding a young man near Jerusalem, and issuing demolition orders for homes and a school in the…

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned recent strikes on Qatar’s capital Doha, but did not mention Israel in the statement agreed toby all 15 members, including Israel’s ally the…

RTE says participating would be ‘unconscionable’ as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza and the ‘appalling loss of lives’.

Ireland, which has been critical of…

By Saeed Shah

KABUL (Reuters) -The United Nations called on Thursday for the Taliban administration in Afghanistan to lift restrictions on its local female staff coming to work, warning that aid for earthquake victims and other vulnerable Afghans…

(Reuters) -Germany’s government has decided to back a France-led proposal for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the plan.

Germany is planning to support a…