Category: 3. Middle East

President Mohamud says adopting Swahili ‘important for our integration into the region’.

Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language…

Omar M. Yaghi, a chemist born to Palestinian refugee parents in Jordan, has been awarded a joint Nobel Prize for his work on “metal organic frameworks.”

Turkish citizens, including members of parliament, must not be mistreated and must be released and allowed to return to Türkiye, the Turkish parliament said on Wednesday, warning Israel “in the strongest terms”…

The attack by the paramilitary on the hospital wounded 17 others, and is the second such attack in 24 hours.

At least 12 people have been killed and 17 were wounded…

United States Senator Ted Cruz has accused Nigeria’s government of enabling a “massacre” against Christians, citing a rising number of attacks against the community in the country’s troubled centre.

In an X post on Tuesday, Cruz said…

The smallest belongings can become the most powerful relics. As Palestinians are forced to flee again and again within the Gaza Strip and beyond, people carry personal items that hold deep meaning. In this episode, we explore the stories behind…

The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but that resilience may not last, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.

“Buckle up,”…

Al Jazeera Director General Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani says ‘protecting journalists is protection of the truth.’

The Director General of Al Jazeera Media…

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem and called for “total victory” in Gaza and the destruction of Hamas in a video posted to X. It’s his 11th visit to the holy site,…

Under the buzzing of Israeli drones and warplanes, Jihan Abu Mandeel watched her five young children play with toy animals in their tiny, makeshift tent in Deir Balah, Gaza. It was a brief moment of childhood amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in…