Category: 3. Middle East

Outrage is growing over a photo of an Israeli soldier pushing a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon. Israeli army officials say the ‘matter is under examination.’

K-pop group BTS appeared on the balcony of Mexico’s National Palace after meeting President Claudia Sheinbaum, drawing a crowd of around 50,000 fans to the Zocalo within hours. The appearance came ahead of their concert, which is…

US State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggott tells Al Jazeera that the United States is working to create conditions for “good faith conversations” between Lebanon and Israel, while accusing Hezbollah of trying to derail diplomacy…

ASEAN leaders have begun meeting in the Philippines as residents near the summit venue say their main concerns are soaring fuel prices and living costs. The regional bloc enters what officials describe as a “stress test decade”,…

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Board of ImmigrationAppeals has reinstated deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his lawyers.

A U.S. immigration judge in…

Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state ‘will not change based on external rhetorical claims’.

North Korea’s envoy to the United Nations has declared that Pyongyang will not be bound by any treaty on…

Police have arrested an anti-war protester after he ended a five-day sit-in atop Washington’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. Guido Reichstadter, opposed to the war on Iran, started the protest to rally others into non-violent…

The UN has called on Israel to free two members of the Gaza aid flotilla abducted in international waters and being held without charge.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Beijing, seeking support on a deal with the US, while US President Trump will be in China next week, and Iran will be on the agenda.

Why is everyone turning to China? What role is Beijing…

Five Palestinians were killed in one day in separate Israeli strikes across Gaza, as violence continues despite a fragile ceasefire. Victims included a 16-year-old, with strikes hitting a car in Khan Younis and tent shelters in Gaza City.