Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Lebanese security officials for the first time, along with four Hezbollah-affiliated lawmakers and the Iranian ambassador in Beirut, all accused of assisting…

The United States has imposed sanctions on nine people it accuses of enabling Hezbollah to “undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty”, the latest US effort to destroy the group’s financial networks around the world.

In a statement on Thursday, the…

May 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. decision to remove Francesca ​Albanese, a U.N. expert on the ‌Palestinian territories, from a list of sanctioned individuals is temporary and does not reflect a policy change, the State Department said on…

Julien Cabral has just completed his first voyage with the “Flotilla for Gaza”. One of his eyes is ringed with purple, he has a wound on his left temple and an injured shoulder blade.

The 57-year-old Belgian originally from the port of Antwerp was…

World Cup fans are wielding artificial intelligence to mass-produce viral songs supporting their teams ahead of next month’s tournament.

As the fan-made football anthems are raking in millions of plays across…

Residents in a town at the centre of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set fire to a treatment facility after being prevented from taking the body of a local man,…

The Democratic Party in the United States has released its long-awaited report examining why former Vice President Kamala Harris failed to beat Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

But the so-called autopsy document, made public on…

In a week that began with Donald Trump revealing he was just an hour away from “making the decision” to resume attacks on Iran, the United States president has oscillated between expressing hope for a lasting ceasefire and threatening…

Flotillas carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza began in 2008, two years after Israel imposed a blockade on the Strip. Two boats succeeded, despite Israeli attempts to…