Category: 3. Middle East

Australian minister lauds deal for next-generation, Mogami-class frigates and their long-range missile capabilities.

Australia and Japan have reached the largest defence-industry agreement ever between both countries for the production of advanced…

Israel says it will allow gradual and controlled entry of goods to Gaza through local merchants, an Israeli military agency that coordinates aid said on Tuesday, as global monitors say famine is unfolding in the enclave,…

As it grinds on well into its twenty-second month, Israel’s war in Gaza has set friends and families against one another and sharpened existing political and cultural divides.

Hostage families and peace activists want Prime Minister Benjamin…

Netanyahu’s war cabinet set to approve military operations across entire enclave, according to Israeli media.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to announce plans to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, Israeli media have…

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong has told the country’s media that “there is a risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise”, amid Israel’s devastating war on Gaza and increasing violence against Palestinians in…

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Sinthia Mehrin Sokal remembers the blow to her head on July 15 last year when she, along with thousands of fellow students, marched during a protest against a controversial quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh’s…

Ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns of ‘further steps’ after Russia says no longer bound by treaty limiting deployment of intermediate- and short-range missiles.

Russia is no longer bound by a moratorium on the deployment of short- and…

Here are the key events on day 1,258 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 5:

Fighting

• Three people were killed in a Russian attack on the Stepnohirsk community in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, the local…

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israel’s cabinet could authorize on Tuesday a complete military takeover of Gaza for the first time in two decades, media reported, despite international pressure for a ceasefire to ease appalling…

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israel’s cabinet could authorize on Tuesday a complete military takeover of Gaza for the first time in two decades, media reported, despite international pressure for a ceasefire to ease appalling…