Category: 3. Middle East

Victims of crash were aged between four and 18 years old, US authorities say.

Four people, including children, were killed when a car drove into an after-school camp in a village outside Chicago, the United States, authorities have said.

The…

The case of Erin Patterson, accused of killing three with toxic Beef Wellington, has gripped the nation.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering three elderly people after serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch has begun in Australia.

Erin…

Violence reportedly flaring up in region long plagued by ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram.

At least 26 people have been killed as a truck hit an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s restive northeast.

The blast…

These are the key events on day 1,160 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Tuesday, April 29:

Fighting

• Explosions were heard across Kyiv after the Ukrainian military issued a red alert and air defence systems responded to a…

“The Israelis did not achieve the objective of destroying Hezbollah.”

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Jimmy Butler III fought through injury to lead the Golden State Warriors to a crucial Game 4 win over Houston Rockets.

Jimmy Butler III returned from a one-game injury absence to score 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to help the Golden…

A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman is to go on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction, accused of complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war.

French authorities arrested Majdi Nema, now 36, in the…

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of committing a “live-streamed genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.

In its annual report, Amnesty…