Category: 3. Middle East

The Gaza Ministry of Health has warned that it strongly rejects an Israeli request to move medical resources from Gaza governorate to the southern part of the Strip.

In a statement, the ministry said: “We reject any…

A new opinion poll has found that 49 per cent of Israelis support the complete occupation of the Gaza Strip, the displacement of Palestinians and the establishment of settlements on their land. Meanwhile, 44 per cent…

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY -Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state came after the government sensed a major shift in the domestic mood over the war in Gaza, and showed that Canberra was unafraid of upsetting Israel, historically one…

Authorities say more bodies are expected to be discovered as search efforts continue in southeastern Kenya.

At least five bodies have been recovered from shallow graves at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have…

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel’s terms.

“Soon, the gates of hell will open upon the heads of…

The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming “systematic obstruction of aid” by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory’s largest city.

Israel angrily denied there was a…

The attack is the second in the past three months to prevent a UN aid convoy from delivering to North Dafur.

A drone attack has hit a convoy of 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan‘s famine-hit North Darfur region, the United…

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing…

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will have a joint phone call with his French, British and German counterparts on Friday to discuss nuclear talks and sanctions, state news agency IRNA reported.

The three European powers have…