Category: 3. Middle East

Hundreds of Palestinian Red Crescent staff marched in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday to protest the killing of medical workers in Gaza over the past 19 months of war.

Gathering in the city’s Clock Square, medical personnel,…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will be waiting to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Turkiye to talk face-to-face, as part of peace negotiations scheduled for May 15. It’s not clear however if Putin will attend.

Hamas is part of the Palestinian political system and cannot be excluded, Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh said yesterday.

In an interview with Al Arabiya, Al-Sheikh said: “The United States is the only…

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said it had sold all of its shares in Israel’s Paz Retail and Energy PAZ.TA because the company owns and operates infrastructure supplying fuel to Israeli…

The entire population of Gaza faces a critical risk of famine, with half a million Palestinian facing starvation in the enclave, a global hunger monitor said today, calling this a major deterioration since its last…

Hamas says it will release US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander and confirms direct talks with the US, while Israel insists it has not agreed to any ceasefire – signaling a possible rift with Washington, analysts say.

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel today ahead of the expected release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander from Gaza.

The Israeli daily Maariv said Witkoff will…

The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates discussed ways to deepen strategic cooperation and address regional security challenges, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said today.

During a phone call…

At least 52,862 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023, the Health Ministry said today.

A ministry statement said that 33 people were killed in the Israeli occupation’s attacks in the enclave in the last…

France’s foreign minister on Monday vowed an immediate and strong response from Paris after Algeria revealed plans to expel more French officials from Algerian territory after a similar move last month.

Relations between Algeria and France, the…