Category: 3. Middle East

Thousands of people are protesting outside the US embassy in Havana to show their support for Raul Castro. That’s after the US filed criminal charges against the former president over his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian…

Approval of populist former leader is a shift for the EU country that was recently run by a liberal government.

Slovenia’s parliament has voted to bring back right-wing politician Janez Jansa as prime minister,…

Several French pro-Palestinian activists on Friday described what they said was a violent and humiliating ordeal after they were detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Eight French nationals arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport near…

US President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he would miss his son’s wedding, insisting he had to stay in Washington because of “circumstances pertaining to government.”

Trump had said a day earlier that the Iran war made it “bad timing” for him to…

Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is in Iran as part of ongoing mediation efforts to end Israel and the United States’s war that began on February 28.

Munir arrived…

An exhibition in Marseille is showcasing 300 photos taken in Gaza between the 1940s and the 1970s. The photographer, Kegham Djeghalian Sr, opened Gaza’s first photo studio in 1944, four years before the Nakba.

Mohamad Saaydoun, an amputee displaced by the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, is living in a makeshift camp in central Beirut after repeated displacement, loss of income, and damage to his home. He is among more than 1.6 million people…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Alberta is “at the centre” of his plans for the country’s economy, hours after the province announced that it will vote later this year on whether to hold a referendum on separating from…

Taiwan fears a US pause on a $14bn arms package could weaken its defences and shake confidence in Washington’s support, as Trump signals arms sales could be used as leverage in negotiations with China. William Yang, a senior analyst at…

Pep Guardiola is more than a football manager, using his high-profile platform to highlight causes close to his heart.

Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly may have believed football was “much, much more…