Category: 3. Middle East

On Sunday, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, emphasised that Hamas should be recognised as a legitimate political movement rather than a group of…

By Alexander Cornwell and Alasdair Pal

TEL AVIV/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has cancelled the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for…

The Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has issued a decision to merge all allied militias carrying weapons and operating alongside the army…

The first World Humanoid Robot Games have concluded in Beijing with more than 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they took part in events ranging from the 100m (109-yard) hurdles to kung fu.

Two hundred…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported a series of abusive practices perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian female detainees in the notoriously harsh conditions of Damon…

Who: Real Madrid vs Osasuna
What: Spanish La Liga
Where: Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, Spain
When: Tuesday 9pm (19:00 GMT)

How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 6pm (16:00 GMT) in advance of our live text…

Sixty people in Gaza were killed on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes across different parts of the Strip, including more than 40 who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

The Israeli army’s Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, on…

Rescuers are looking for more than 150 people who were still missing on Monday in northwestern Pakistan, which was devastated by landslides and flash floods on Friday.

Torrential rains triggered the flash foods killing at least 344 people and…

The human rights group Amnesty International has accused Israel of enacting a “deliberate policy” of starvation in Gaza as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian enclave.

In a report quoting displaced Palestinians…