Category: 3. Middle East

Tehran, Iran – In a first, Iranian authorities have dispersed a demonstration calling for stricter implementation of the country’s dress code rules.

On Friday evening, after state-organised Quds Day rallies in support of the Palestinian cause…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to let the leaders of Hamas leave the Gaza Strip but demanded the group abandoned its arms, as his country kept up its bombardment of the Palestinian territory.

On Sunday morning, an…

Israeli military says it intercepted a missile after it activated air raid sirens across multiple areas of the country.

The Israeli military says it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, as the United States launches intense military operations…

The Argentine star made an immediate mark upon his return to his club side, scoring the game-winning goal.

Lionel Messi scored his second goal of the season less than two minutes after he entered the game as a second-half substitute, and Inter…

Since last week, nine Red Crescent crew members have been missing after they came under Israeli fire in Rafah.

The president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has condemned Israel for targeting its paramedics as they “fulfil their…

The smell of decaying bodies permeates the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city as volunteers work frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding people still alive, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,600…

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.

The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo…

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.

The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo…

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s council of ministers has elected Karim Souaid as central bank governor – a candidate backed by the country’s bank lobby and a businessman who many say is emblematic of the malaise Lebanon is suffering.

Just out…

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate as they marked Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israeli bombardment.

Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the day marking the end of the…