Category: 3. Middle East

By Hannah Confino

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Researchers in Israel are hoping to make new discoveries about Jewish history by loading a digital database of manuscripts stretching back a thousand years into a new transcription tool that uses artificial…

Gaza City – Near a burned-out car that had been targeted in front of their home, Faiq Ajour stood with other family members cleaning up scattered debris and shattered glass.

Faiq had been on his way to buy a few items from a nearby vegetable…

Rescuers in Sumatra are racing to find survivors after floods and landslides killed at least 10 people.

Torrential monsoon rains have set off destructive floods and…

Protesters around the world have rallied to express their anger over the persistence of violence against women and to demand greater public action to combat the…

Thailand has declared its southern Songkhla province a disaster zone, after heavy rainfall left thousands stranded and at least 13 people dead, according to Thai officials and media reports.

Floodwaters were running as high as 2 metres (6.6 feet)…

The spike in fees for non-US residents comes as the National Park Service budget faces potential cuts next year.

The United States is implementing a new…

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government’s decision to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation will be challenged in court on Wednesday, with lawyers representing a co-founder arguing it is a misuse of…

Tit-for-tat strikes overnight as Russia accuses European nations of trying to scupper US-backed ceasefire negotiations.

China’s Foreign Ministry said Trump initiated call with Xi Jinping and that communication was crucial for developing stable US-China relations.

Chinese President Xi…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish ‘femicide’ with life imprisonment.

Italy’s parliament has formally added the crime of…