Category: 3. Middle East

Liverpool captain inks a two-year extension, becoming the second key player after Mohamed Salah to re-sign with the club in the last week.

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk has extended his contract, with the Dutch centre-back signing to stay at…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday called on Hungary to provide clarification regarding its failure to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by international justice for…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Thursday that a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its offensive in the Palestinian territory.

The Israeli military said it…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Thursday that a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 37 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its unrelenting military offensive in the Palestinian territory.

The…

ANKARA — The Central Bank of Turkey on Thursday hiked interest rates to 46% from 42.5%, marking a return to monetary tightening after a year-long pause. The move comes amid economic turmoil triggered by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem…

A Palestinian man has been arrested in Gaza for spying for Israel, a resistance movement security officer revealed on Wednesday. According to Al-Hares website, the officer said that the Israeli army “collaborator”…

US President Donald Trump halted a planned Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in favour of reopening diplomatic talks with Tehran, according to the New York Times. The decision followed months of internal…

Algeria and Mauritania yesterday discussed security developments in Africa and signed a defence cooperation agreement, Anadolu reported.

This came during a visit by Mauritanian Defence Minister Hanena Ould Sidi Ould…

Israel’s defence minister says blockade is a ‘pressure lever’ against Hamas and there are no plans to ease it.

Hamas has accused Israel of openly using starvation as a weapon of war, a day after Israel’s defence minister pledged to…

At least one civilian was killed as US warplanes carried out more than 20 air strikes on the provinces of Sana’a and Al-Jawf in northern Yemen late yesterday, the Palestinian Information Centre reported Yemeni…