Category: 3. Middle East

ISIS-linked group has tortured, killed and abducted civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including children.

Amnesty International has accused a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of mass war crimes and crimes…

May 4 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned the Iranian drone and missile strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates.

Starmer called on Iran to engage in diplomacy to prevent further escalation in the Middle East, the…

At first sight, last week’s unprovoked attack on a French nun walking along a street in occupied East Jerusalem came without warning. However, for the roughly 180,000 Christians living in Israel – and the 10,000 or so Christians living in…

Media reports state that Brazilian president will meet with US counterpart in the White House in coming days.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to travel to the…

US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks United States ships as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz push the truce between the two countries to the brink.

Hostilities were renewed…

By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a…

Israeli forces detain two activists after stopping the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla off the coast of Greece.

It happened in international waters nearly a thousand kilometres from the Strip.

So, was it legal?

Presenter: Tom McRae

Guests:

Heidi Matthews…

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP is set to GAIN (wrest) control of West Bengal, an opposition stronghold, in legislative elections. It would be a significant win for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has never governed…

Moscow’s declaration of a May 9 truce for its WWII parade comes as Kyiv revels in its adversary’s ‘fear’ of its drones.

Russia and Ukraine have declared competing unilateral ceasefires in their four-year war.

Russia announced on Monday that…

ICE agents arrested a Nigerian immigrant in Brooklyn on Saturday night. People promptly staged a protest outside Wykhoff Heights Medical Center, where Chidozie Wilson Okeke was taken after the violent arrest. NYPD officers assaulted and…