Category: 3. Middle East

Russia has lodged an official protest with Israel following an airstrike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, warning of potential risks to Russian personnel working at the facility.

According to political…

By Emma Farge

GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) – Tens of millions more people will face acute hunger if the Iran war continues through to June, according to analysis from the World Food Programme released on Tuesday.

The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has declared that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to global shipping, but warned that access is effectively closed to the United States and its allies amid escalating…

Egypt has formally designated several senior figures from the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists on a “permanent and definitive” basis, following final court rulings, authorities announced.

The Office for Regulating…

Turkana, Kenya – In the relentless heat of Kainama in Turkana county, Veronica Akalapatan and her neighbours walk several kilometres each day to a half-dried-up well surrounded by the parched earth of northern Kenya.

The dug-out hole in the…

Iran has appointed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohsen Rezaei as a military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iranian state media.

The move marks Rezaei’s return to the core of…

Signs of growing shock within Israeli political and military circles are emerging over Hezbollah’s military capabilities, with officials acknowledging that previous intelligence assessments may have significantly…

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) – Kaja Kallas, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told Reuters on Tuesday there is no appetite among the bloc’s countries to return to business as usual with Russia as…