Category: 3. Middle East

Egypt’s leading Islamic authority, Al-Azhar, came under criticism this week after it abruptly removed a strongly worded statement condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza from its official social media accounts,…

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is overwhelmed with trauma patients and working without adequate power or water after the local Druze minority clashed almost two weeks ago with…

In Porciuncula, Brazil, small-scale coffee farmer Jose Natal da Silva is losing sleep – not just to protect his arabica crops from pests, but over fears raised by a new 50% United States tariff on Brazilian goods announced by President Donald…

An internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas of the US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stressed his country’s “firm” right to pursue nuclear energy for peaceful purposes including the right to enrich uranium, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported.

This…

The UK-based charity warned about the crippling health care situation Thursday posed by the deliberate blockade of aid by Israel, with waterborne diseases increasing nearly 150 per cent inside the Gaza Strip.

Oxfam…

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Al Jazeera direct talks with Cambodia are priority as deadly clashes continue.

Thailand has called for a peaceful resolution to deadly border fighting with Cambodia, saying it prefers to settle the matter…

France defended its decision to recognise Palestinian statehood amid domestic and international criticism on Friday, including against the charge that the move plays into the hands of militant group Hamas.

President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday…

Hungary has banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country to perform at a music festival, accusing the band of using antisemitic hate speech, over the group’s public support for the Palestinians enduring…

Around the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Social disconnection – when a person lacks sufficient social contact, feels unsupported in their existing…