Category: 3. Middle East

Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba – Arabic for “catastrophe” – a term that refers to the mass expulsion and flight of some 750,000 Palestinians from their homes…

Monaco forward Takumi Minamino also misses out due to injury, but ex-Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu makes the cut.

Injured Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma has been left out of Japan’s World Cup squad in a…

Endangered Egyptian vultures, with their vivid yellow face and white plumes, would usually be nesting across the Balkans in their dozens by April.

But experts tracking the rare birds say local teams have struggled to find more than a handful in…

Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.

A few dozen aspiring tobacco farmers inspected the broad…

When European Jewish settlers embarked on brutal ethnic cleansing to establish Israel in 1948, they thought the Palestinian population would be the least of their problems. In fact, Zionist leaders like David Ben-Gurion believed that “the…

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The US and Chinese leaders agreed during talks in Beijing that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to ensure global energy supplies.

United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi…

India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the Hindu far right, says it is organising visits to the United States and other Western countries to bolster its public image globally and dispel claims it is involved…

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting for a second day in Beijing, in a summit closely watched worldwide as the two powers seek to ease tensions over trade, Taiwan and global conflicts. Trump says the two…

Admiral Brad Cooper defended the results of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as lawmakers questioned whether they had in fact damaged the Iranian military’s capabilities. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane has more on the head of US Central…

Before arriving for his high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump aimed to set expectations high.

He said he’d urge Xi to “open up” China’s economy and announced a delegation of top business…