Category: 3. Middle East

The newly discovered tombs are believed to date back to the Hellenistic or Hellenistic-Seleucid period.

Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country’s…

Jelena Ostapenko has apologised for some of the words she used in a tense altercation with American Taylor Townsend at the US Open, which led to a backlash, with the Latvian stating that English was not her…

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have proved they are only human, showing that even the best players in the world have to figure things out on the fly sometimes, as they fought back to claim victories at the US Open.

Wimbledon champion Swiatek…

US president is seeking to overhaul country’s electoral system, falsely claiming his 2020 loss was a result of fraud.

United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to sign an executive order…

Israeli forces step up air attacks as the military advances with plans to seize Gaza City and push out 1 million people.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has cancelled a trip to China, as deadly antigovernment protests spread outside the capital, and social media platform TikTok suspended its live feature, citing concerns…

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona on Sunday vowing to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.

Some 20 vessels set off from the port city on…

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.

The vessels will set off from the…

Here are the key events on day 1,284 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Sunday, August 31:

Fighting

• Russia launched “massive” strikes against Ukraine overnight on Saturday, with a total…