Category: 3. Middle East

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun called on Hezbollah and other political parties on Thursday to hand over their weapons to the army, a move the powerful militant group is resisting as Washington ramps up pressures for it to…

Au Kam San accused by police of being in contact with an unnamed ‘anti-China organisation abroad’ since 2022.

A leading democrat from Macau has been arrested for collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, police said, as the…

The United Kingdom will recognise Palestinian statehood – unless Israel takes substantive steps to end the horror in Gaza and…

More than 700 doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in the Tuscan region of central Italy have launched a symbolic hunger strike in protest of what they describe as genocide and the deliberate starvation of…

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be “very hard” to make a deal with Canada after it gave its support to Palestinian…

Canada has become the latest country to announce its intention to recognise a Palestinian state if certain conditions are met. Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Israeli government for allowing a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza.

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday night killed several people, including a six-year-old boy, as multiple locations across the city were hit including a hospital and a residential building.

FBI Director Kash Patel travelled to New Zealand to inaugurate the office, which will also oversee the bureau’s operations in Pacific countries.

The United States’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has upgraded its presence in New Zealand to a…

Former NBA All-Star is among six indicted on US federal charges for conducting illegal gambling at his California mansion.

Former NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas and five other defendants have been arrested on a federal indictment alleging they…

CBS’ recent cancellation of the popular The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is yet another case of heavy‑handed political and corporate meddling in the role of media in the US. It occurred just three days after the comedian and talk show host…