Category: 3. Middle East

Ministers of the OPEC+ oil alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, discussed production on Wednesday as another hike looms despite falling prices.

The 22-nation group began a series of cuts in 2022 to prop up crude prices, but Saudi Arabia,…

Trump administration has criticised countries for restrictions on expression, even as it cracks down on dissent at home.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will place new visa restrictions on foreign officials who “censor” American…

The European Council extended asset freezes and travel bans on individuals linked to the former Assad government.

A vessel carrying 28,500 tonnes of wheat has docked at the Syrian port of Tartous, marking one of the first major trade deliveries…

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, criticised the method of distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza, describing it as “sadistic.”

In a post on X, showing photos and…

In Fallout Zone, we explore the intensifying geopolitical tensions between the United States and China in the South Pacific and…

The United States and Israel are backing a new aid initiative in Gaza that critics say sidelines the United Nations and violates humanitarian…

Germany has acknowledged early 1900s genocide of Herero and Nama people, but reparations remain elusive.

Namibia has held its first Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonisers in…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez affirmed that his country would raise its voice to put an end to the massacre in Gaza, where Israel continues to commit genocide.

Sanchez said in a post on X on Wednesday, “One…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared again before the Tel Aviv District Court on Wednesday to respond to corruption charges against him.

The privately owned Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on…