Category: 3. Middle East

The vote is taking place in a highly polarised climate, with the US backing the right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura.

Hondurans are heading to the polls to elect a new…

Ukrainian Member of Parliament Lisa Yasko discusses the investigation of President Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak over corruption accusations following his resignation.

France called on Israel on Sunday to respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity after a cross-raid attack killed 13 civilians in the Damascus countryside, Anadolu reports.

The Israeli army attacked the…

A senior Kurdistan Workers’ Party commander told AFP the group will take no further steps in the peace process with Turkey, urging it to advance negotiations and free PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan.

“All the steps the leader Apo has initiated have…

On 27 November, just blocks from the White House, an Afghan evacuee named Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly opened fire on two U.S. National Guard soldiers on duty.  One of them, Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, has…

At least two areas of the country’s worst-affected Sumatra island are still unreachable, as authorities struggle to deliver aid.

The death toll from devastating…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a formal pardon from President Isaac Herzog in his long-running corruption cases, for the sake of ‘national unity’. Israel’s opposition says Netanyahu must admit guilt and…

Sudan was teetering on the edge of crisis long before open war erupted in April 2023. Decades of authoritarian rule under Omar al-Bashir resulted in a fragile economy, fragmented security forces, and entrenched paramilitary structures.

Following…

Egypt’s top administrative court has annulled the results of parliamentary elections in 26 electoral districts due to violations, local media reported on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

The first phase of the parliamentary…

Follow the build-up, analysis and live text commentary of the game as Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.