Category: 3. Middle East

US and Taiwan presidents have not spoken since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition ⁠to Beijing from Taipei in 1979.

Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te has said he would be “happy” to talk to…

May 21 (Reuters) – Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments.

US intelligence indicates…

Aston Villa ended their 30-year trophy drought in style as spectacular goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia inspired a 3-0 win against Freiburg in the Europa League final in Istanbul.

Unai Emery’s…

This is the story of Walid Daqqa, one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, told by his immediate…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening in Geneva, Switzerland this week for the 79th World Health Assembly, where mental health is among the more than 75 agenda items that will be discussed.

More than one billion people – roughly one…

The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Affairs has condemned Israel’s illumination of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque with Israeli flag colours, calling it a ‘blatant assault’ on the site’s sanctity. Hebrew slogans were projected onto…

Iran says diplomacy with the US remains open as Hormuz tensions deepen and outrage grows over Israel’s flotilla arrests.

Iranian state media said on Thursday that the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is…

Benchmark KOSPI rises more than 8 percent following deal to avert strike at top memory chip maker.

South Korea’s stock market has rallied following a last-minute deal to avert a strike that had threatened…

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pulled the Oklahoma City Thunder level with the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals, as the defending NBA champions won their second heavyweight clash 122-113.

Having been…

141 UN member states voted in support of the ICJ’s finding climate change is an ‘existential threat’.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted to support a landmark ruling from the International…