Category: 3. Middle East

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…

May 21 (Reuters) – European Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was “appalled” by the treatment of aid flotilla members attempting to enter Gaza by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir.

Video on Wednesday showed Israeli police forced…

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has announced a cabinet reshuffle and other measures as protests demanding his resignation continue. Paz said the government wants to build a collaborative government with broader participation from social…

Hundreds marched in Buenos Aires against President Javier Milei’s austerity policies and cuts to Argentina’s healthcare system. Protesters said funding cuts and rising costs are worsening access to healthcare and medicines and pushing…

By Jana Choukeir and Humeyra Pamuk

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing Washington’s latest position on ending the war after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he was prepared to wait a few days to “get…