Category: 3. Middle East

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield

GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -In a makeshift tent on a Gazan beach, three-month-old Muntaha’s grandmother grinds up chickpeas into the tiniest granules she can to form a paste to feed the infant,…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that intensified fighting since the start of 2025 in the three states of Sudan’s Kordofan region has caused the deaths of hundreds of people, mass…

At least 16 people have died from heat-related illnesses in South Korea this year, according to health authorities.

South Korea has shattered a 117-year record for the number of sweltering nights in July amid a scorching heatwave.

Temperatures in…

Hamas has informed mediators that it will not enter negotiations with Israel until the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves, according to two sources who spoke to the Jerusalem Post.

Meanwhile, Israel has…

The Belgian Public Prosecutor has decided to refer the cases of two Israeli soldiers to the International Criminal Court (ICC), following complaints accusing them of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

In a…

Lithuania Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has stepped down following investigations into his business dealings that prompted protests in the Baltic country’s capital calling for his resignation.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced…

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun called on Hezbollah and other political parties on Thursday to hand over their weapons to the army, a move the powerful militant group is resisting as Washington ramps up pressures for it to…

Au Kam San accused by police of being in contact with an unnamed ‘anti-China organisation abroad’ since 2022.

A leading democrat from Macau has been arrested for collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, police said, as the…

The United Kingdom will recognise Palestinian statehood – unless Israel takes substantive steps to end the horror in Gaza and…