Category: 3. Middle East

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Human toll rises as flooding leaves trail of damage and causes severe disruption, leaving thousands of people stranded.

The death toll from devastating floods across…

16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim is recovering after spending 9 months in an Israeli prison, for allegedly throwing rocks. The Palestinian American boy’s plight sparked widespread outrage and condemnation at Israel’s abuses in the…

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel on December 6 and 7 for his first official visit since taking office, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Merz is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin…

The resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and Director of News Deborah Turness over a Panorama edit of a 2021 speech by United States President Donald Trump have plunged the United Kingdom’s national broadcaster into one of the deepest…

Venezuela has revoked operating permits for six international airlines after they suspended flights to the country following a United States warning of airspace risk, in the latest point of tension between the two countries.

Last week, the US…

Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 56 people as Cyclone Ditwah, a deadly tropical storm, swept across the South Asian country on Friday.

Here is what we know.

What has happened?

Cyclone Ditwah made landfall early on Friday…