Category: 3. Middle East

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators hold truce talks.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and pro-government fighters have clashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

Ukraine Defence Minister says Kyiv will view movement of Russian military vessels beyond eastern Black Sea as violation.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed separately to avoid military strikes on vessels in the Black Sea, the United States has…

Israel is again starving Palestinians in Gaza as its renewed bombardment kills hundreds, many of them children.

Israel has repeatedly used food and international humanitarian aid as a tool of collective pressure against Palestinians over 17 months…

French movie star Gerard Depardieu has admitted in a Paris court to grabbing by the hips a woman who accuses him of sexual assault, but denied this was assault and said any crude comments he made were just because of his bad mood.

The plaintiff,…

Israel has resumed its assault on Gaza, shattering the ceasefire with Hamas. Hundreds of people were killed in the first week of renewed attacks and Palestinians have once again been given evacuation orders. As destruction mounts the hope of…

Fast fashion has made clothing more affordable, but behind the low prices lie exploitative labour practices and environmental destruction. Workers in the Global South receive low salaries and often work in unsafe conditions while textile waste…