Category: 3. Middle East

Kyiv, Ukraine – There is tension in the air in Zaporizhzhia, the southeastern Ukrainian city that straddles both banks of the Dnipro River.

In recent weeks, the front line on the left, eastern bank, moved closer and is raging about 40km (25…

The UN’s World Food Programme warned Tuesday that funding cuts mean it will struggle to feed even a third of the 318 million people facing severe hunger in 2026.

“Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP to prioritise food…

Palestine welcomed on Tuesday the UN Security Council’s adoption on Monday of a US-drafted resolution authorizing a Board of Peace and an International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

In a…

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner invited the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a high-profile 2013 New York Observer anniversary gala that listed Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and a slate of prominent…

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian representatives will not take part in talks on Ukraine in Turkey on November 19, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier he would go to Turkey on Wednesday in an attempt to revive…

CAIRO (Reuters) -A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the enclave’s population has stopped operations to protest at the detention by Hamas of one of its staff.

Youssef Yassin, a board member of the Abdul…

More than 130 people suspected of being in the United States illegally have been detained in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said, as President Donald Trump’s nationwide deportation push intensifies. The raids took place over just two…

Israel on Tuesday hailed Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan after its endorsement by the UN Security Council, as Hamas rejected the resolution which calls for the deployment of an international force in the Palestinian territory.

The United Nations…