Category: 3. Middle East

Bangladesh has beefed up security as trial mulls charges of crimes against humanity for Hasina – currently in exile in India – due to 2024 crackdown on protests that killed hundreds.

The deputy secretary-general of Islamic Jihad, Mohammed Hindy, has warned that the United States’ proposed resolution on Gaza carries serious risks and overlooks key issues for the Palestinian people.

Speaking in…

A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s Dhaka has found former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity over her government’s violent suppression of last year’s student-led protests.

Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have plummeted over Japanese leader’s recent remarks on Taiwan.

Japanese shares linked to the tourism industry have nosedived…

Israeli forces released the Palestinian nurse Tasneem al-Hums on Sunday evening after detaining her for nearly six weeks.

Family sources said that Tasneem, the daughter of detained doctor Marwan al-Hums, arrived in…

An organisation run by a man with dual Israeli–Estonian nationality is behind the recent charter flights taking Palestinians from Gaza through Ramon Airport, Haaretz reported. 

The investigation found that the body…

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus will meet on November 20, officials said on Monday, marking their first encounter since the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader last month.

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Greek…

United States President Donald Trump has called on Congress to make public additional files related to the notorious late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a reversal of his earlier opposition to the documents’ release.

“House Republicans…

Russian attacks killed three people in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region as President Zelenskyy visits Paris to meet President Macron.

By Timour Azhari and Matt Spetalnick

RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A visit by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while…