Category: 3. Middle East

The United Kingdom’s new left-wing political party, Your Party, cofounded by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has become mired in a bitter divide between its leaders.

On Saturday, Your Party cofounder Zarah Sultana said she would skip…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before the Tel Aviv District Court on Monday for the first time since he requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog in his corruption trial, Anadolu reports.

On…

An international campaign was launched on Monday to demand the release of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been in Israeli detention since 2002, Anadolu reports.

Barghouti, 66, a senior leader of…

The United Nations Committee Against Torture has found credible evidence that Israel is operating a “de facto State policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment,” warning that such practices may…

Chinese authorities have arrested several activists and issued a stern warning to “anti-China and pro-chaos elements” amid criticism of the government’s response to Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in a generation.

Hong Kong’s national…

The Israeli army claimed to have killed 40 Hamas members who had been trapped in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, last week, Anadolu reports.

The army said in a statement late Sunday that it continued to intensify…

Global arms sales reached a new peak in 2024 as governments accelerated military modernization and expanded weapons procurement amid ongoing conflicts and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a Stockholm…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked President Isaac Herzog to pardon him for bribery and fraud charges to end his five-year corruption trial.

Netanyahu is facing three separate corruption cases filed in 2019: Case 1000, Case…