Category: 3. Middle East

The world is becoming more unstable, and the likelihood that nuclear weapons may one day be used is increasing, despite the wishes of humanity.

That is the broad conclusion of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI)…

Ebrahim Rezai, the spokesperson of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Mejlis (Parliament) of Iran, called on the republic’s government to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of…

Israel and Iran have launched more strikes on one another overnight and into the morning as the military confrontation between the two traditional adversaries persists.

Iranian attacks on Israel on Monday morning killed at least eight people and…

UN rights chief Volker Turk says Israel’s warfare methods ‘inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians’.

The United Nations rights chief has condemned Israel’s conduct in the besieged Gaza Strip, where deadly Israeli…

‘Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,’ says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused.

The United Nations has announced sweeping cuts to its global humanitarian operations, blaming what it described as the…

Hamas has denied reports circulated on social media about an alleged attempt to assassinate Khalil al-Hayya, the head of the movement in Gaza, in the Qatari capital, Doha.

In a brief statement issued on Sunday,…

The Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah warned on Sunday it would resume attacks on U.S. troops in the region if the United States intervenes in the conflict between Israel and Iran, Reuters reported.

“We are closely…

The military escalation between Iran and Israel has entered an unprecedented phase, with Iranian attacks now covering a wide area from the northern town of Naqoura to the southern city of Eilat. Early on Monday,…