Category: 3. Middle East

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul today slammed Israel’s Gaza strategy, stressing that denying food and medicine to Palestinian civilians was “unacceptable” and violated international humanitarian law.

Speaking at the WDR European…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised Israel’s recent military actions in Gaza, saying the scale of civilian harm can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas. While reaffirming Germany’s interest in remaining Israel’s…

Palestinian traders in Jerusalem’s Old City returned to their shops on Tuesday to clean up a day after a march by Israeli nationalists that saw scuffles, insults and acts of vandalism.

Some had to use crowbars, hammers and wirecutters to regain…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) General Assembly yesterday voted in favour of a resolution to allow the flag of the State of Palestine to be raised at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva.

According to the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that he will quit his club team Al Nassr, possibly ending his association with the lucrative Saudi Pro League.

The 40-year-old Portugal striker announced only hours after his club’s final match of the season that…

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou today rejected turning Islam into a political focus or pitting French people against each other.

“I have no desire to make Islam an obsession in French society. I know it’s…

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas today called for three days of protests around the world to pile pressure on Israel to end its destructive war on Gaza, as the onslaught approaches its 600th day.

Wednesday will…

More than 200 emergency workers respond to explosion and blaze in Weifang in Shandong province, Chinese state media report.

At least five people have been killed and 19 injured in a huge chemical plant explosion in eastern China, according to…

The Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster today condemned in the “strongest terms” the escalating attacks on displacement sites in Gaza, warning that civilian protection is collapsing amid…

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are on their first official visit to Canada since Charles became the British monarch in 2022.

The two-day trip, though brief, carries symbolic weight at a time when Canada has faced tariffs and threats from US…