Category: 3. Middle East

US accused of raising pressure amid Trump’s calls to annex semi-autonomous island, while Denmark raises security.

Greenland’s prime minister has criticised a planned trip by a high-profile United States delegation as a “provocation”.

The…

United States President Donald Trump has been talking about buying Greenland, but the backdrop is a bigger story about competing interests and growing competition in the Arctic – a region where big global powers collide.

So what is going on?…

An Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza has killed at least five Palestinians, including senior Hamas official Ismail Barhoum. Several others were injured. The attack targeted the surgical building of the hospital,…

Montreal, Canada – Canadians will be heading to the polls next month for a federal election taking place in the shadow of a trade war with the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday triggered the vote as he seeks to build on his…

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and…

Negotiators from the United States and Russia have started talks in Saudi Arabia as they aim to make progress towards a broad ceasefire in Ukraine, with the resumption of the Black Sea grain deal and a continued pause in attacks against energy…

Plane carrying 199 deportees lands as Caracas agrees to work around US crackdown on foreign nationals.

A plane carrying 199 people deported from the United States has landed in Venezuela, as President Donald Trump continues his crackdown on…

Beirut, Lebanon – Recent clashes along the Lebanon-Syria border have drawn in their respective armies and threaten to disrupt both governments’ efforts to establish their authority.

The clashes appear to have calmed for the moment, as a…