Category: 3. Middle East

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday that it has resumed operations in Khartoum, becoming the first United Nations agency to return to the Sudanese capital since the outbreak of war…

A constant stream of Palestinians fled in tractors, carts and overloaded vans down a coastal road in the central Gaza Strip, the latest mass displacement as Israel intensified its assault on the territory’s main city.

Those escaping the offensive…

Ethiopia celebrates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt and Sudan express fears over water security.

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project…

‘The Russians continue to destroy lives, but avoid new strong sanctions,’ Zelenskyy says.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said at least 20 civilians were killed when a Russian glide bomb struck an…

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study the possible pardon of high-profile Egyptian-British activist and blogger, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a statement by the Egyptian National Council for…

By Ilze Filks and Terje Solsvik

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway should continue to explore for oil and gas and remain a reliable energy supplier to Europe, the country’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Tuesday, despite having…

Kathmandu, Nepal – Pabit Tandukar was shouting slogans against Nepal’s government outside the country’s parliament building in the capital Kathmandu when he felt sharp pain cutting through his leg.

The 22-year-old university student was…

Ethiopia was set to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has promised to revolutionise the country’s energy sector but sparked diplomatic rows with downstream neighbour Egypt.

For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam…