Category: 3. Middle East

Authorities in Myanmar have held a minute of silence to honour the victims of a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 children at one preschool near the city of Mandalay.

The moment of remembrance on Tuesday…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday he had reversed a decision to appoint former navy commander Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit as security agency chief following criticism, including from a key US senator.

Netanyahu had…

Houthis claim to down US drone. President Donald Trump declares Yemeni rebel group ‘decimated’ by air strike campaign.

The United States military launched a series of air attacks on Yemen overnight, targeting Houthi rebels.

Strikes hit an area…

Leak in pipeline belonging to state-run Petronas sends fire spreading to villages during Eid public holiday.

A leaking gas pipeline has sparked a huge fire on the outskirts of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, injuring more than 100 people.

The…

At least six of the court’s eight justices need to uphold Yoon’s impeachment to remove him from office.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has announced that it will on Friday issue its ruling on whether to permanently remove impeached…

Bardiya, Nepal – Bali, unlike most girls around her, never liked to sing and dance. She loved cars and dreamed of how it would feel to wrap her fingers around the wheel and leave her village behind in the rearview mirror.

But her dream was cut…

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least three people and wounded seven others.

Israel’s military has bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the second time in less than a week, killing at least three people and threatening…