Category: 3. Middle East

Israeli and US pressure on Lebanon’s army to speedily disarm militant group Hezbollah is intensifying, with the army chief cancelling a visit to Washington after officials snubbed him, a military official told AFP.

Lebanon’s army has been beefing…

A surge of flooding is overwhelming parts of south-central Vietnam, with a bridge connecting two villages falling apart from the pressure of the deluge. Officials say at least 16 people have been killed from rains, floods and landslides…

South Africa says it does not want to receive any more chartered flights with Palestinians,…

Kanu’s Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wants a swathe of the southeast, the homeland of the Igbo ethnic group, to split from Nigeria.

A Nigerian court has…

Kashmir Times says raid in Indian-administered Kashmir marks ‘yet another attempt to silence’ its reporting.

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have raided an…

Dutch government’s decision to relinquish control of chipmaker comes after major disruption to automotive supply chains.

The Netherlands has announced that it will…

The International Atomic Energy Agency board on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Iran provide “full and prompt” cooperation including access to sensitive nuclear sites, but Tehran immediately rejected the measure.

Long-simmering…

A series of Israeli air strikes across Gaza marked the deadliest breach of the ceasefire, killing at least 30 Palestinians, many of them children. Hamas rejects accusations it targeted Israeli troops first, while Israel has violated the…