Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s army continued its assault overnight on Gaza City, killing at least 18 people, including seven children.

KABUL (Reuters) -Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction on Friday in a region where about 2,200people died…

Goodwill messages continued this week’s unprecedented public display of diplomatic unity between Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that North Korea…

Here are the key events on day 1,289 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, September 5:

Fighting

• Russian drones killed three people – two men and a woman – and injured three others in…

Demonstrations have gripped Indonesia since late August when anger at a faltering economy erupted into full-blown violence following reports that politicians received a $3,000 housing allowance on top of their salaries – a perk equal to between…

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Martin Petty

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s parliament was set to choose a new prime minister on Friday, after days of political chaos, in a vote that could be overshadowed by the dramatic departure from the country of…

By Panu Wongcha-um

BANGKOK (Reuters) -When Sakda Vicheansil, a lawmaker from western Thailand, announced his resignation from the ruling Pheu Thai party in early September, his words reflected the extraordinary decline of the country’s most…

By Martin Petty

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Two rival camps in Thailand are in a dogfight for power after a court’s dismissal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister, with parliament set to vote on a new premier on Friday.

WHAT HAPPENED SINCE THE…

Authorities in Argentina have opened a criminal investigation into the daughter of a former Nazi official and her spouse after an 18th-century painting stolen from a late Jewish art dealer was recovered from one…