Category: 3. Middle East

More than 700 doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in the Tuscan region of central Italy have launched a symbolic hunger strike in protest of what they describe as genocide and the deliberate starvation of…

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be “very hard” to make a deal with Canada after it gave its support to Palestinian…

Canada has become the latest country to announce its intention to recognise a Palestinian state if certain conditions are met. Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Israeli government for allowing a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza.

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday night killed several people, including a six-year-old boy, as multiple locations across the city were hit including a hospital and a residential building.

FBI Director Kash Patel travelled to New Zealand to inaugurate the office, which will also oversee the bureau’s operations in Pacific countries.

The United States’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has upgraded its presence in New Zealand to a…

Former NBA All-Star is among six indicted on US federal charges for conducting illegal gambling at his California mansion.

Former NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas and five other defendants have been arrested on a federal indictment alleging they…

CBS’ recent cancellation of the popular The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is yet another case of heavy‑handed political and corporate meddling in the role of media in the US. It occurred just three days after the comedian and talk show host…

Thailand’s military said the detained Cambodian troops will be returned home after ‘legal procedures’ are completed.

Cambodia has called on Thailand to return 20 of its soldiers who were taken captive by Thai forces hours after a ceasefire…

Sikkim, India – It was the middle of the night when Tashi Choden Lepcha was jolted awake by the tremors that shook her mountainside home in Naga village. Perched above the Teesta River, which flows through a gorge just below, Naga is a remote…

US Senate vote highlights growing split among Democrats over support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

The United States Senate has rejected a bid to halt arms sales to Israel amid growing international condemnation of its war in Gaza.

Though…