Category: 3. Middle East

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s council of ministers has elected Karim Souaid as central bank governor – a candidate backed by the country’s bank lobby and a businessman who many say is emblematic of the malaise Lebanon is suffering.

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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate as they marked Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israeli bombardment.

Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the day marking the end of the…

Foreign rescue teams and supplies have arrived in Myanmar to help the impoverished country cope with a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people and left thousands wounded.

The deadly quake, followed by a second magnitude 6.4…

What role has hip-hop played in activism?

From the 1980s, hip-hop has essentially enabled marginalised voices to break through to the mainstream.

The song Girl (Cocaine) That’s Your Life, released by Too Short in 1985, explores the gritty reality…

Brandon Moreno defeats Steve Erceg by unanimous decision in their main event flyweight title eliminator bout in Mexico City.

Former two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno erased a stigma from his last Ultimate Fighting Championship Mexico…

Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the mandatory head covering for women, state media reported, after authorities deemed the gathering illegal.

The demonstrators — largely women in black full-body robes…

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Japan is an ‘indispensable partner’ against Beijing in the Asia Pacific.

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his country and Japan share a “warrior ethos” in tackling Chinese aggression…

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has formed a new transitional government tasked with rebuilding state institutions, following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December. The cabinet includes members from Syria’s minority…

The 1987 order from the German government was clear: Shut down your operations in Libya. For Lutz Kayser, this marked the heartbreaking finale to his private rocketry enterprise, OTRAG, and to his dream of “making access to space affordable for…