Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s largest banks are facing public outrage for posting record profits during a genocide in Gaza. Banks have come under sharp criticism over the financial windfalls as emblematic of a system profiting from war,…

(Reuters) -Major European powers have said they could recognise an independent Palestinian state in coming weeks. What would that mean for the Palestinians and Israel?

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD NOW?

The Palestine Liberation…

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has downgraded diplomatic ties with Australia, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, a week after Australia expelled the Iranian ambassador over accusations that Tehran directed two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities…

One of thousands of public servants in Gaza’s Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary message on his phone: an invitation “for a coffee”.

The text gave a time for a meeting near a school…

September 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

In the decades since, deep…

The ruling Pheu Thai party has nominated former Attorney General Chaikasem Nitisiri.

The Thai parliament will vote for a new prime minister after royal officials rejected a request by the ruling Pheu Thai Party to…

Mauritanian delegations have begun arriving in Tunisia to take part in the Global “Sumud” Flotilla, which is preparing to set sail in solidarity with the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Mauritanian participation includes…

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -When journalist Shamael Elnoor left Sudan at the outbreak of war in 2023, Sudanese newspapers were already suffering under an economic crisis and the worldwide shift to digital news.

Then the fighting brought presses to an…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) accused Israel on Wednesday of endangering its peacekeepers after an Israeli drone dropped four grenades near UN personnel clearing roadblocks close to the Blue…