Category: 3. Middle East

These are the key events on day 1,180 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Monday, May 19:

Fighting

• Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one…

Portugal’s ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) is poised to win the most votes in an early parliamentary election, but is short of a full majority, exit polls have shown, paving the way for more political instability in the…

The ruling party’s pro-European Union candidate and a right-wing nationalist are set for a decisive second-round showdown on June 1.

Rafal Trzaskowski from Poland’s ruling centrist Civic Coalition (KO) is narrowly ahead of Karol Nawrocki, the…

Doctors discovered prostate cancer in Joe Biden last week after urinary symptoms and the detection of a prostate nodule.

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office has said in a statement.

Biden was seen last…

The world is dangerously off course, comes the stark warning from the United Nations after it found that more than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024.

Fears are growing for the…

More than 300 staff members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023, the agency’s chief said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

“Today, that death…

Explosion reported in Al-Mayadeen, in the Deir az Zor countryside, also wounds several people.

At least three people have been killed in a blast targeting a police station in the eastern Syrian town of Al-Mayadeen, the SANA state news agency has…

Any deal between the United States and Iran must include an agreement not to enrich uranium, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, a comment that drew criticism from Tehran, Reuters reports.

While Witkoff was…

European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management on Sunday condemned Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza, saying they resulted in civilian casualties and targeted hospitals and medical staff in…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country would keep enriching uranium “with or without a deal” with world powers, despite ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme.

“If the US is interested in ensuring that Iran will…