Category: 3. Middle East

Hundreds of churches across Norway rang their bells on Thursday afternoon in solidarity with Gaza’s civilians in response to a call by the Bishop’s Conference of the Church of Norway. More European churches are…

(Corrects to say “Gaza City”, not “Gaza,” in headline and first paragraph)

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said Israel’s decision to take control of Gaza City was wrong and urged the government in Jerusalem to…

Beijing warns Manila to stop ‘playing with fire’ after Marcos signals potential Taiwan conflict involvement.

China has sharply criticised Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr after he suggested his country would be drawn into a potential…

The mosquito-borne virus has crossed the Taiwan Strait from southern China, where confirmed cases of chikungunya top 8,000.

Taiwan has reported its first confirmed case of chikungunya fever, imported from China, where a historic outbreak of the…

Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.

Nearly two years into the war…

Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, his office said in a statement Friday.

Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces…

It is 2am in the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency department of Assahaba Medical Complex in Gaza City. Through the open windows, I can hear the never-ending hum of drones in the sky above, but aside from that, it is quiet. A breeze flows…

New Delhi, India – What if Michael had died instead of Sonny in The Godfather? Or if Rose had shared the debris plank, and Jack hadn’t been left to freeze in the Atlantic in Titanic*?

Eros International, one of India’s largest production…

By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City, as the country expands its military operations despite…

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has urged Israel “not to go down this path”, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza.

“Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the…