Category: 3. Middle East

Dr Asil Jallad says mothers in Gaza are giving birth despite fears about the safety of their other loved ones, a severe lack of resources and a death toll that’s surpassed 70,000.

When fire alarms failed, this woman livestreamed her escape from the Hong Kong apartment inferno to warn other residents. The live-in nanny rescued her employer’s baby as she raced down 23 flights of stairs at the Wang Fuk Court…

Devastating floods have swept through parts of capital Colombo as Sri Lanka reels from the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, with the death toll reaching 193 and 228…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart.

US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart.

US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President…

A huge fireball exploded at a waste facility in an Australian suburb in western Sydney, sending flames 100 metres into the sky. Authorities are investigating the fire’s cause, but say a chemical tank exploded in the blaze, sending…

The Israeli army launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank as illegal settlers attacked foreign activists and Palestinians on Sunday, according to local sources, Anadolu reports.

Three Italian…

Qatar has opened the world’s first museum dedicated to exiled Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, who left India in 2006 after controversy over his artwork. The Lawh Wa Qalam museum showcases the works MF Husain created during his final…

Another 100 people remain unaccounted for after seven high-rise buildings caught fire and continued burning for two days.

Authorities in Hong Kong said 18 more human…