Category: 3. Middle East

After a week of high-stakes diplomacy aimed at halting the war in Ukraine, United States President Donald Trump says he is set on arranging a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Following…

A Palestinian research institute said on Wednesday that the Israeli Army has declared 63 Palestinian archaeological sites in the West Bank as “Israeli heritage sites”, in a move described as a clear violation of…

Hamas issued a strongly worded statement today against the launch of what it called the “Gideon 2” operation, which the Israeli army intends to carry out to occupy Gaza City.

The movement said the operation…

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey believes a ceasefire must first be secured between Russia and Ukraine before it and other states take any decisions on a peacekeeping mission as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, a defence ministry source said on…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lili Bayer

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

Pakistan has been reeling from flooding triggered by torrential rains, with nearly 400 people killed since August 14.

On Wednesday, Karachi was inundated following a heavy downpour, paralysing the southern port city of 20 million people less than…

The senators urged for the protection of journalists in Gaza and international media access to the territory.

A group of 17 US senators has written to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, condemning an Israeli attack last week that killed several Al…

Seventeen members of the US Senate, including 16 Democrats and independent senator Bernie Sanders, have sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to press Israel to protect international journalists…

Federal immigration agents have been filmed using pepper spray and zip ties against a protester in San Francisco. Video shows officers, some wearing ICE patches, heading toward the ICE field office with protesters following, before one is…

At least one person has been killed and 18 others wounded in a Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, officials said, as Moscow launched its largest attack on its neighbour in weeks amid an ongoing diplomatic push for a ceasefire.

Russian…