Category: 3. Middle East

Israel made good on its threat Friday to strike Beirut after rockets were fired towards its territory, rattling an already fragile truce in Lebanon that had largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.

It was the second time…

Israel carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon Friday after its defence minister threatened Beirut over new rocket fire, rattling an already fragile truce that largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.

It was the second…

Israel said on Friday it will strike anywhere in Lebanon it sees a threat, after rocket fire prompted it to bomb Beirut for the first time during the fragile four-month-old truce with Hezbollah.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam described the…

On Monday, Ghassan Abdel Basset and his family left their home in the occupied West Bank to visit a relative.

They were going to break their fast together during the holy month of Ramadan.

Later that evening, their neighbours informed them that…

Just days after the collapse of the Awami League government in Bangladesh in August 2024 following deadly street protests that culminated in the dramatic flight of then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country’s newly appointed banking chief…

Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.

United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to remove what he describes as “corrosive” anti-American…

Magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes have struck Myanmar, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with reports of strong tremors felt in Thailand and elsewhere in the region.

The first tremor hit 16km (10 miles) northwest of the…

A tourist submarine sank on Thursday during a routine underwater sightseeing tour off the coast of Hurghada, a popular Red Sea resort city in Egypt, killing at least six Russian nationals on board.

The vessel, which is owned by a private tourism…

US defence secretary meets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos amid controversy over leaking of Yemen strike plans.

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said the US and the Philippines must stand “shoulder to shoulder” against…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,128.

Here is the roundup of key events as of Friday, March 28.

Fighting

• Kyiv’s air force said it shot down 42 of the 85 Russian drones launched at Ukraine in an overnight attack, including a Russian…