Category: 3. Middle East

South Sudan is on the brink of another civil war, the United Nations has warned, after weeks of escalating violence and rising tensions between Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir.

After Machar was placed under house arrest this…

Myanmar has been hit by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which also affected neighbouring Thailand, its tremors felt as far afield as Cambodia and India.

Much of the devastation caused by Friday’s quake appeared to be in Myanmar’s ancient capital…

The administration of President Donald Trump has made a formal request to Congress to reorganise the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as the Republican leader faces constitutional challenges over his dismantling of the…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologized Friday for failing to defend an Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker who said he was attacked by Israeli settlers.

The group, which hosts and awards the Oscars each year, wrote to members…

Movie stars including Joaquin Phoenix, Penelope Cruz and Richard Gere have blasted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for failing to defend an Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker who said he was attacked by Israeli settlers.

Hamdan…

Kyiv to assess US proposal on minerals deal, noting major differences from earlier framework shared in bilateral talks.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a new proposal that would give the United States access to Ukraine’s critical…

A federal judge in the US state of New Jersey declined to decide whether pro-Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil should be released on bail and instead will continue to consider whether the case should be transferred to Louisiana.

US President Donald Trump says the United States needs to take over Greenland for “world peace,” as he doubled down on his ambitions to annex the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory.

“We are not talking about peace for the…