Category: 3. Middle East

The co-founder of UK-based Palestine Action has won her bid to challenge a government decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. A judge ruled the ban may violate freedom of expression. Since the ban in early July nearly 200…

She was accused of having an affair, then shot dead on camera, allegedly under orders from a tribal council in Balochistan. But only after the video of the killing went viral did authorities in Pakistan arrest suspects. What does the killing of…

By Gram Slattery and Ryan Patrick Jones

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions on Wednesday on over 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities and vessels, in a sign the Trump administration is doubling down on its…

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said agreed on Wednesday to deepen collaboration across energy, technology, defence and security, a Downing Street spokesperson said.

During talks in…

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has said that calls for the Lebanese group’s disarmament serve only Israel, amid pressure from the United States for Beirut to take such steps.

“Those who call for submitting arms practically demand submitting them…

Belgian prosecutors have referred a war crimes complaint against two Israeli soldiers to the International Criminal Court (ICC), following allegations that they participated in atrocities in Gaza.

The Hind Rajab Foundation, which filed the…

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Momentum seems to be building for more countries to recognize a Palestinian state in Israeli-occupied territory after France said last week it would do so in September. Britain said Tuesday it would…

Aboard a Jordanian military plane, aid crates are parachuted into Gaza, where war and blockade have pushed more than two million Palestinians to the brink of famine.

The Jordanian Air Force C-130’s crew of eight soldiers pushes pallets of food out…

US freezes Judge Moraes’s assets, citing role in arbitrary detentions, censorship, and Bolsonaro-related prosecutions.

The US Department of the Treasury has said it was imposing sanctions on Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes…

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The decision also drew dissent from two of the central bank’s governors, both appointees of US President Donald Trump, a first in more than 30 years.

Despite pressure from the White House, the United States Federal Reserve will…