Category: 3. Middle East

Recent arguments advocating for the international recognition of an integral part of Somalia called Somaliland rest on a series of assumptions that deserve closer scrutiny. While proponents portray Somaliland as a unified, stable, and…

Syria’s nominee for ambassador to Egypt was rejected by Cairo due to concerns about his Islamist background, according to a report on Monday, potentially complicating efforts to normalize ties between the two countries.

What happened: The…

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday there has been no change in U.S. policy on Taiwan and that Washington wants to see the status quo preserved.

“The most important thing to understand is we want to see…

In a south Lebanon hospital heavily damaged by deadly Israeli strikes nearby, Dr Nasser al-Masri held a new-born baby, calling him “a message of life and hope” despite the war.

Israeli strikes near the Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre on Monday killed…

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the war against Iran as having degraded the Islamic Republic’s conventional military capabilities even as he conceded that a nuclear agreement remains uncertain.

An interim deal with Iran…

Hundreds have rallied in Albania against plans by a Jared Kushner-linked investment firm to develop Albania’s Sazan Island and parts of a protected national park into a luxury seaside resort. Anger was fuelled by comments by Kushner’s…

More than two years ago, Gaza resident Hanin Muhammad accompanied by her 39-year-old sister Sabreen, a kidney transplant recipient, was flown to the Iraqi capital Baghdad for medical treatment. But Muhammad has since been confined to the Private…

Even if the Middle East war stopped immediately, disrupted global humanitarian supply lines would not recover before 2027, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Nearly 100 days on from the February 28 US-Israeli attacks on Iran which triggered the…

Embolo is Switzerland’s first-choice forward, with 24 goals in 86 internationals, but could not join the squad.

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo has not travelled with the rest of the World Cup squad to the…