Category: 3. Middle East

ANKARA — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought against Turkish forces for 40 years, symbolically laid down arms on Friday in a watershed moment for the peace talks between Turkey and the militant group.

Thirty PKK…

One of India’s greatest adversaries has shown up at Lord’s and given England the edge on the first day of the third Test.

As England’s best batter, Joe Root has had a middling impact on the tied Test series so far. But grafting for more…

Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 82 people since dawn, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, amid ongoing ceasefire talks and criticism of plans to forcibly transfer Palestinians to Rafah.

Among those killed on Thursday, 15…

A Palestinian man trapped under rubble in a burning building spoke to his cousin by phone, pleading for help after an Israeli airstrike flattened their home in Gaza City. Rescue teams later found Ibrahim al-Daly dead from severe burns….

The US has closed its ports of entry to Mexican cattle for fear of the parasitic, flesh-eating worm spreading north.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has denounced a decision by the United States to once again suspend imports of her country’s…

US President Donald Trump this week warned at least 22 countries — including four in the Middle East and North Africa — that they could face steep tariffs unless they strike new trade deals with Washington by Aug. 1.

What happened: Trump sent…

Liberians are expressing confusion and anger after United States President Donald Trump praised the English skills of their country’s President Joseph Boakai.

“Such good English,” Trump said to Boakai at the White House on Wednesday, with…

The UN says that despite being permitted to deliver the first fuel shipment to Gaza in 130 days, it was not enough to cover even a single day’s needs, leaving hospitals and other critical facilities on the brink of shutdown.

The United Kingdom has outlawed Palestine Action – an organisation that disrupts the arms industry in the UK with direct action in the form of strikes and protests – grouping it with ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Supporters of the group now risk…

The UN on Thursday said the US decision to impose sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese sets a “dangerous precedent”, Anadolu reports.

“Our reaction to the…