Category: 3. Middle East

Pope Leo XIV embarks on his debut overseas trip Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon to promote Christian unity and urge peace efforts amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.

The six-day trip is the first major international test for…

Arrests come amid outrage over ‘ghost’ flood control projects estimated to have cost the Philippines $2bn.

Seven people have been arrested in the Philippines as part of an investigation into a sprawling corruption scandal related to flood…

Senior Hezbollah official says the group’s leadership considering response after Israeli air strike killed its commander.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Gunmen attacked a paramilitary force headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.

The complex, the headquarters of the frontier constabulary paramilitary force, was also hit by two…