Category: 3. Middle East

Critical minerals are crucial to clean energy technologies and defence manufacturing. Their demand is growing fast, and so is competition among leading…

The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal in the Black Sea.

The White House and the Kremlin announced the deal on Tuesday after teams…

Sometimes journalists befuddle me, and I’m a journalist – although my touchy detractors would dispute that.

Perhaps like you, I have been watching – with a healthy dose of bemusement and amusement – the outrage-du-jour dominate the latest…

Outside his bullet-riddled home in Sudan’s war-ravaged capital, Jamil Morjan stood with his hands raised in prayer for his mother’s soul over a mound of earth.

There was no headstone — just a rough wooden plank marking the spot where his mother…

New Zealand continue dominance on Pakistan’s tour with 129-run win in T20 series finale.

A destructive Tim Seifert has ensured New Zealand made short work of their 129-run target to win the final Twenty20 against Pakistan by eight wickets in…

Israel’s renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a ninth straight day, killing  dozens of Palestinians, as the United Nations says more than 140,000 people have been displaced since last week.

The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA,…

Dallia Abdelmoniem, a political commentator & civil society activist, explains the recent advances the…

Sudan’s army has recaptured Khartoum airport from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), “fully securing it”, according to a military source.

Soldiers also encircled areas surrounding the airport in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday,…

Israel kills a child in Gaza every 45 minutes.

That is an average of 30 children killed every day over the past 535 days. ​

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children, including 15,600 who have been identified. Many more…