Category: 3. Middle East

The European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, on Sunday called on the Israeli occupation authorities to stop using starvation as a weapon against civilians in the Gaza Strip…

At least 54 migrants died when a boat carrying around 150 people sank off Yemen’s coast in bad weather on Sunday, with dozens still unaccounted for, health officials said, Reuters reported.

The boat capsized off the…

Pressure to end the war intensified further on Sunday evening, as a large group of former senior security officials launched a campaign calling for the Gaza war to stop immediately.

The group included former heads of…

More than 60 Palestinian women are staging a hunger strike to demand the release of the body of Palestinian activist and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot dead last week in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of Hebron in the occupied…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he spoke with the International Red Cross’s regional head, Julien Lerisson, and requested his involvement in providing food and medical care to captives held…

Behind a car repair business on an unremarkable Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer: Two lions and a 200kg (440lb) lion-tiger hybrid called “Big George”.

Lion ownership is legal in Thailand, and Tharnuwarht…

On eve of new Premier League season, captain Bruno Fernandes calls for ‘more quality to get everyone to step up’.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes let rip at his teammates after their 2-2 preseason draw with fellow Premier League side…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday vowed that “justice is coming”, five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port for which nobody has been held to account.

The blast on August 4, 2020 was one of the world’s largest non-nuclear…

The Israeli occupation continues to detain 24 doctors from the Gaza Strip in extremely dire humanitarian conditions, a prisoners’ rights group has said.

The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Advocacy said in a…

(Reuters) -More than a dozen House Democrats have signed a letter pressing the Trump administration to recognise a Palestinian state, with at least one lawmaker planning to introduce a pro-statehood resolution, Axios reported on Monday.

Reuters…