Category: 3. Middle East

A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday.

Visibility fell to less than one kilometre (barely…

An island in the middle of Sudan’s capital that used to draw crowds to its Nile River farms now stands nearly deserted after two years of war, its homes ransacked and once-lush fields left fallow.

Nestled at the confluence of the Blue and White…

More than 6,500 Israeli academics and teachers, along with about 1,000 parents, signed petitions on Monday evening demanding that the Israeli government should ensure the return of the hostages in Gaza, even if it…

Hamas said yesterday it was studying the proposal it received from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, adding it will submit its response “as soon as possible”, Reuters reported.

Egypt earlier received an Israeli…

The Israeli occupation army closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers today to allow illegal settlers to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover, a Palestinian official…

The UN human rights office is concerned about the protection of civilians in Lebanon as Israeli military operations have continued to kill civilians since the ceasefire came into effect last November, Reuters has…

Some 234 senior members of organised crime organisations were taken into custody in an international drug operation, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced today.

Of the suspects, 225 were arrested in…

Turkiye has launched a landmark restoration project on Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, marking the most extensive structural intervention to the 1,500-year-old monument in over 150 years.

The restoration focuses on…