Category: 3. Middle East

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said Israel and Russia should be banned from international sports competitions until “barbaric acts” end, referring to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Sanchez said he condemned the…

Pro-Palestinian protestors invading the Vuelta a Espana course to force the final stage of the cycling Grand Tour to be abandoned was “absolutely unacceptable”, organisers said on Monday.

“What happened yesterday was absolutely unacceptable, I…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday praised the pro-Palestine demonstrations held during the Vuelta a España cycling race, calling them “a model and a source of pride for the international…

Israeli forces have destroyed at least 16 more buildings in Gaza City, displacing thousands, according to Palestinian officials.

Israel has announced plans to seize…

Israeli forces raided an elementary school in the town of al-Khader in Bethlehem, southern occupied West Bank on Sunday evening and physically assaulted the town’s mayor and other officials, according to a local…

GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate in Geneva on Tuesday on Israel’s September 9 attack targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, the Council said on Monday.

The September 9 airstrike, which Hamas says…

DUBAI (Reuters) -The Abraham Accords, which normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states, are under the spotlight after Israel attacked Hamas on September 9 with airstrikes on Qatar, outraging the U.S. ally that has hosted…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Simon Lewis

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel destroyed a score of buildings in Gaza City, killing at least 16 Palestinians, local health authorities said on Monday, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the…

The United States and China are set to hold a second day of trade talks in Spain amid efforts to de-escalate tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

US and Chinese officials will meet at the Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid on Monday in…