Category: 3. Middle East

An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 21 people and injured 61 others. Nearly 500 rescuers were deployed to the scene, as authorities search for the missing and investigate the cause of the…

Tensions are rising in the Gulf again after the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted 15 missiles and four drones fired from Iran and warned that it reserves the right to respond to the “treacherous”…

Brent crude rises nearly 6 percent as soaring tensions in waterway push ceasefire to the brink.

Oil prices have risen sharply as violence in the Strait of Hormuz cast doubt over the fragile ceasefire between the…

Security forces have intensified their presence across parts of Mexico’s Sinaloa, setting up checkpoints as rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel battle for control. Despite the visible military deployment, more than 3,000 people have…

On a sunny afternoon, Shina Shabso was busy making traditional cheese pastries for a wedding on Israel’s border with Lebanon, the celebration in the Circassian village of Rehaniya a much-needed break from weeks of war.

Known as “halyuj”, the fried…

Video from Gaza City shows flames rising after an Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians near Al-Jalaa Roundabout in the Al-Oyoun area in northern Gaza City.

Alabama lawmakers adjourned their special session after protesters entered the State House during demonstrations over redistricting. The unrest follows a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened protections of the Voting Rights Act, fuelling…

May 4 (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday meteorological monitoring equipment at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine had been damaged by a drone.

The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s…

A Palestinian family in Nablus has welcomed a newborn whose father, 26-year-old Nayef Samaro, was shot dead by Israeli forces a day earlier during a raid in the occupied West Bank.