Category: 3. Middle East

Kyiv, Ukraine – Serhiy Parkhomenko’s two-storey apartment building stood right next to its twin that was struck and levelled by a Russian missile early on Thursday.

The unbearably red, eardrum-rupturing explosion killed 12, wounded 87, gouged…

The UN’s World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.

After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza “is probably the worst” now, the United…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised the country’s new three-starred flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The move signals the new Syrian government’s push for legitimacy and relief from Western sanctions.

Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea emotionally responds to Real Madrid TV pressure before refereeing the Copa del Rey final.

Copa del Rey final referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea welled up before Saturday’s match when speaking about pressure…

Members of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee were left visibly exasperated during a tense hearing this week, after UK Lawyers for Israel advocate, Natasha Hausdorff, claimed that Palestinians have no…

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Fort Worth, Texas – The toughest part of Ana Maria Fores Tamayo’s job is seeing the trauma etched into the faces of the refugees she helps. That trauma was clear when she and her husband travelled to Aurora, Colorado, last year to meet with…

Collor, 75, held by federal police in the northeastern city of Maceio, capital of Alagoas state, lawyer says.

Brazil’s former President Fernando Collor de Mello has been arrested after a Supreme Court justice rejected his challenges against a…

Canada’s relationship with the United States is back in the spotlight after US President Donald Trump suggested that…