Category: 3. Middle East

Eight European countries on Sunday “strongly” condemned the Israeli government’s plans to fully occupy Gaza City and “firmly” rejected any demographic or territorial changes, Anadolu reports.

In a joint…

France has been suffering its largest wildfire in at least 50 years, according to disaster officials.

Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire they have been battling, which spread across an area bigger than Paris, could…

By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s far-right finance minister has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrap his plan to seize Gaza City in favour of a tougher one, while Italy said on Sunday the plan…

We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far East. Last month, wildfires broke out throughout Turkiye, Greece, Cyprus and…

The UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories called on the European football governing body (UEFA) on Sunday to expel Israel from competitions over its war crimes and crimes against…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has staunchly rejected a suggestion by Donald Trump that ‘swapping territory’ could be a way to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. European leaders have reiterated their support for Kyiv ahead of…

Authorities say the incident happened overnight between the two Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.

More than 600 Shia pilgrims in Iraq have been briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at…

Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa pass away within a day of each other after separate bouts on the same card.

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall.

Shigetoshi…

Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA’s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed by an Israeli attack while waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza, Anadolu reports.

Suleiman…