Category: 3. Middle East

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public,…

Israeli has assassinated Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai, the most senior leader killed since last November’s ceasefire. Hezbollah has accused the US of giving Israel the green light for the attack.

Heavy rain has caused severe flooding across southern Thailand, where parts of the city of Hat Yai are under floodwater and evacuations have begun in high-risk areas. Vietnam has begun clean-up operations after extensive flooding there…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza near the line demarcating areas of Israeli control on Monday, underlining the struggle to broaden a fragile ceasefire deal…

Israel has attacked the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, killing five people, including Hezbollah’s highest ranking military official.

Sunday’s attack, which took place amid an uptick in Israeli attacks…

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence (AI) products, leaving users in the United States to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted to train AI tools.

Meta (which owns Facebook,…

More rainfall is expected in the region over the coming days as thousands lose homes and crops.

Heavy rains continue to cause widespread flooding and landslides…

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said: “We attacked a senior commander in Hezbollah. The goal was to prevent the group from increasing its strength and to stop anyone who tries to threaten Israel.”

Zamir added:…

Hezbollah will hold a funeral on Monday for its top military chief and other members of the militant group, a day after Israel killed them with a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Haytham Ali Tabatabai is the most senior Hezbollah commander to…

Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian vice president, met in Ramallah on Sunday with former UK prime minister Tony Blair, who is being considered for a future administrative role in Gaza, along with a representative of…