Category: 3. Middle East

With food scarce in the besieged and war-battered Gaza Strip, some desperate families have turned to eating sea turtles as a rare source of protein.

Once the shell has been removed, the meat is cut up, boiled and cooked in a mix of onion, pepper,…

Armed illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Bedouin village of Ras Ein al-Auja, north of Jericho in the occupied eastern West Bank on Saturday, attacking Palestinian-owned property, according to eyewitnesses and human…

These are the key events on day 1,150 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Saturday, April 19:

Fighting

• Russia launched eight missiles and 87 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Saturday, causing damage in five…

Amid the financial market fallout which followed Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement on April 2, the value of the US dollar has plunged.

But while United States stock markets have largely recovered since then, the greenback…

Ja Morant shrugged off a sprained right ankle to score 22 points and add nine assists and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-106 on Friday night to advance to the NBA playoffs.

Memphis secured the Western Conference’s eighth…

Sitting in a crowd of mothers and children under the harsh sun, Najlaa Ahmed described the moment the Rapid Support Forces men poured into Darfur’s Zamzam displacement camp, looting and burning homes as shells rained…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has warned that 200,000 people with chronic illnesses are at life-threatening risk due to the continued closure of crossings by Israeli forces, which threatens the functioning of…

Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years.

Dozens of opposition figures in Tunisia have been handed lengthy prison terms on national security charges, according to state…

The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the International Bank of Yemen and three of its senior officials, accusing the bank of providing financial support to the Houthi group.

In a statement…