Category: 3. Middle East

Expressing outrage at Israel’s refusal to allow sufficient aid into Gaza, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the crisis as a deliberate famine, saying: “It’s a man-made famine in the 21st century,”…

An Israeli soldier committed suicide Monday inside a military base in northern Israel, raising the number of suicides among troops this year to 18, according to Israeli media.

The Israeli public broadcaster KAN said a…

Italy is among the countries in the world with the largest number of refugees from Gaza and is also working on hosting Palestinian students, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday, Anadolu reports.

Tajani met…

Egypt called Monday for stronger international cooperation to bolster food security, warning that persistently high global food prices are straining public finances and hampering growth in developing countries,…

Move part of broader immigration crackdown as ruling Labour Party comes under pressure from hard-right Reform UK party.

The United Kingdom’s Labour government has said it is suspending a scheme enabling…

Pakistan has been hit by its worst flooding on record.

Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead, with farms and livestock washed away and homes and businesses destroyed.

Just three years ago, a…

Amnesty International on Monday urged Israel to allow an international flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, warning that any attempt to block it would be an attack on humanitarian principles and…

Iran, China and Russia have jointly dismissed European efforts to reinstate UN sanctions on Tehran, calling the move legally baseless and politically destructive, Anadolu reports.

In a letter addressed to UN…

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that “innocent children are murdered with impunity” in the Gaza Strip, stressing “a deficit of trust in the international system,” Anadolu reports.

Anwar…