Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, his office said in a statement Friday.

Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces…

It is 2am in the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency department of Assahaba Medical Complex in Gaza City. Through the open windows, I can hear the never-ending hum of drones in the sky above, but aside from that, it is quiet. A breeze flows…

New Delhi, India – What if Michael had died instead of Sonny in The Godfather? Or if Rose had shared the debris plank, and Jack hadn’t been left to freeze in the Atlantic in Titanic*?

Eros International, one of India’s largest production…

By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City, as the country expands its military operations despite…

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has urged Israel “not to go down this path”, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza.

“Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the…

On a crisp spring morning in Brampton town of Canada’s Ontario province in May, Harjit Singh Dhadda meticulously tied his traditional sage green turban as he got ready for work.

He embraced his daughter Gurleen before leaving for his trucking…

The resignation is a blow for the Labour government, which trails Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party in polls.

Britain’s minister for homelessness has resigned over allegations that she evicted tenants from a property she owns and…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested earlier this week that Israel will ‘take control of all Gaza’.

Israel’s security cabinet has approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to occupy Gaza City, located in the…

US Attorney General Pam Bondi says Venezuelan president one of the world’s ‘largest narco-traffickers’.

The United States has offered a $50m reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, doubling an…

Here are the key events on day 1,261 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, August 8:

Fighting

• The Ukrainian military said its drone units hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region. It was not…