Category: 3. Middle East

By Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani

BERN (Reuters) -Swiss medics began a hunger protest outside parliament on Monday over the war in Gaza, pressing Bern to take a more critical stance on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian enclave.

Switzerland has…

Survivors of Morocco’s 2023 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people rallied in Rabat on Monday, demanding their houses be rebuilt as part of the government’s reconstruction programme.

Marking the disaster’s second anniversary, dozens of…

An RAF veteran using a walker was among hundreds arrested in London on Saturday during a mass act of civil disobedience against the UK government’s decision to ban the non-violent group Palestine Action under…

The French government looks set to collapse in a vote of no confidence and tip the eurozone’s second biggest economy into a political crisis. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to be ousted, casting doubt over President Emmanuel…

The Saudi film Hijra, directed by Shahad Ameen and produced by Faisal Baltyour and Ahmed Darraji, has been awarded the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. Supported by the…

A former Israeli soldier has created a video game based on the Gaza war, which he says aims to ‘humanise’ Israeli troops. Scenes from the game’s promo video depict the destruction in Gaza, which rights groups say Israeli soldiers…

The Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP) has confirmed that millions of activists from all six continents in last weekend’s Global Day of Action. A press statement by the organisation said more than 75 solidarity…

Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in one of the deadliest anti-Israeli attacks since the outbreak of the…