Category: 3. Middle East

Since last week, nine Red Crescent crew members have been missing after they came under Israeli fire in Rafah.

The president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has condemned Israel for targeting its paramedics as they “fulfil their…

The smell of decaying bodies permeates the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city as volunteers work frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding people still alive, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,600…

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.

The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo…

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.

The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo…

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s council of ministers has elected Karim Souaid as central bank governor – a candidate backed by the country’s bank lobby and a businessman who many say is emblematic of the malaise Lebanon is suffering.

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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate as they marked Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israeli bombardment.

Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the day marking the end of the…

Foreign rescue teams and supplies have arrived in Myanmar to help the impoverished country cope with a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people and left thousands wounded.

The deadly quake, followed by a second magnitude 6.4…

What role has hip-hop played in activism?

From the 1980s, hip-hop has essentially enabled marginalised voices to break through to the mainstream.

The song Girl (Cocaine) That’s Your Life, released by Too Short in 1985, explores the gritty reality…

Brandon Moreno defeats Steve Erceg by unanimous decision in their main event flyweight title eliminator bout in Mexico City.

Former two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno erased a stigma from his last Ultimate Fighting Championship Mexico…

Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the mandatory head covering for women, state media reported, after authorities deemed the gathering illegal.

The demonstrators — largely women in black full-body robes…