Category: 3. Middle East

Korir tested positive for a drug that stimulates red blood cell production during out-of-competition tests.

Kenya’s 2021 New York marathon champion Albert Korir has been banned for five years after he admitted…

JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament is expected on Monday to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military court of killing Israelis, a measure that Israel’s European…

Luisa used to work in a clothing store, but now looks after Juanito full-time while her husband, Ricardo Quintín, works as a delivery driver for a local auto parts shop, earning about 2,000 pesos ($112) a week. Each journey to Mexico City costs…

Two Palestinians were killed and a third injured early on Monday in an Israeli air strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.

According to the Anadolu Agency, the strike targeted civilians near the…

In a joint statement on Sunday, Berlin, Paris, Rome and London expressed “deep concern” over a proposed law that would allow the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of carrying out attacks that result in the…

A public opinion poll in Israel on Sunday found that 66 percent of Israelis are worried about a possible “collapse of the army”, following warnings by the Chief of Staff about multiple fronts and ongoing…

BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Syrian refugees who found asylum in Germany had an important role to play in rebuilding their country and Berlin would help those that wanted to return.

“We are working…

JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) – An industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel’s Oil Refineries in the northern city of Haifa was hit by debris from an intercepted missile, Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said on Monday.

It was not…

In the densely populated neighbourhoods of southern Tehran, the 11th Criminal Investigation Base once stood as a mundane symbol of local law enforcement. Its detectives investigated economic crimes, fraud and petty thefts.

The building housed no…

PRAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) – A fifth person was detained in connection with an arson attack on an optics and drone factory in the Czech Republic, a public prosecutor said on Monday.

Police said on Saturday they had detained a fourth suspect over…