Category: 3. Middle East

Take a look at Ticketmaster or most secondary market websites this week and there are plenty of seats still available at various stadiums for this year’s Club World Cup in the United States.

No, not the World Cup. The “FIFA Club World Cup…

Spain’s public broadcaster said on Friday it has called for a “debate” over Israel’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland due to “concerns” over the situation in war-torn Gaza.

RTVE has sent a letter to the European…

The United Nations has warned that the cumulative effect of Israel’s actions in Gaza is threatening “the future viability of Palestinians as a group”, as the most recent predawn strike killed at least 10 people, including seven…

European defence ministers from the so-called “coalition of the willing” have been meeting in Brussels to discuss boosting military support for Ukraine.

Some…

The trial of dozens of Tunisian opposition figures resumed on Tuesday under tight security, with six detained defendants on hunger strike after they were barred from attending court in person.

Foreign diplomats were in court to monitor the trial…

CONMEBOL president makes official proposal to FIFA to expand men’s 2030 World Cup on the continent to 64 teams.

Alejandro Dominguez, the president of South American football’s ruling body CONMEBOL, has made an official proposal to expand the…

Palestinian Ahmad Manasra, who was jailed at 14-years old, has been freed after nearly a decade in an Israeli prison. Manasra was convicted in a controversial case which rights groups say highlights Israel’s ‘ill-treatment’ of child…