Category: 3. Middle East

Indonesia’s rupiah is trading at record lows against the US dollar, stirring memories of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

While the rupiah has been battered by the market uncertainty stemming from US President Donald Trump’s sweeping…

Kyiv, Ukraine – When it comes to Ukraine, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree on their deep dislike of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The US and Russian leaders both want their Ukrainian counterpart gone.

“We have a situation where we haven’t had…

Hundreds of people joined a protest in Germany to try to stop the deportation of the so-called Berlin Four, a group of foreign nationals who have campaigned against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane was at the…

Israel has attacked several locations across Syria, a move condemned by Damascus as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty.

Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, said the attacks “serve as a warning for the future”.

Using Syrian…

The ruling says the Trump administration can invoke the law, but deportees have the right to challenge their removal.

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can continue to deport Venezuelan…

Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir — When Showkat Ahmad’s body was found, it had sores and a bloodied eye. His hair was falling out, and the skin on the 18-year-old’s hands and legs was peeling off, recalled his father, Mohamad…

All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh’s family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform with Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.

To Azadeh, smoothing out the bump in what Iranians…

These are the key events on day 1,139 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Tuesday, April 8:

Fighting

• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its units intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight, of which 13 were…