Category: 3. Middle East

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Armed gangs control about 85 percent of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the UN.

Thousands of Haitians have taken to the streets of Port-au-Prince to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and its…

Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians across Gaza overnight, including six members of a family.

The strikes hit a displacement camp that Israel had designated as a “humanitarian” zone, and several tents housing displaced people…

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 10 percent global baseline tariff on almost all imports to the United States, claiming the move marks the “Liberation Day” of the US economy. The policy is, however, as pro-US as the…

Athens, Greece – Greece on Wednesday became the first European Union member to take advantage of relaxed spending rules for defence, announcing a 25bn-euro ($27bn) multi-year rearmament programme.

The centrepiece of the programme was a…

The South China Sea is one of the most contested waterways in the world.

Hundreds of kilometres from its mainland, China appears…

Al Jazeera’s Moath al-Kahlout reports on the aftermath of an Israeli attack on an UNRWA clinic sheltering displaced families in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, where at least 22 people including women and children were killed.

Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges.

A jailed Tunisian opposition activist facing state conspiracy charges has launched a hunger strike to protest against being barred from…