Category: 3. Middle East

After months of blockade and starvation in Gaza, Israel allowed a new United States venture – the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) – to distribute food….

A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.

Attackers firing machineguns and rocket-propelled…

“I will continue his legacy”. The wife of a murdered Mexican mayor has been sworn into the same role just days after his killing, vowing to continue her husband’s fight against organised crime in the state of Michoacan.

The Israeli Occupation Forces on Wednesday issued demolition notices for nine homes, some inhabited and others still under construction, in the village of Artas, south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

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The Hebrew newspaper Maariv described scenes in New York following Zohran Mamdani’s election as the city’s mayor as “frightening moments”, saying the event reflects “Israel’s nightmare scenario” after a…

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Anwar Ibrahim, 25, is so frustrated with Iraq’s sectarian politics that he is running for parliament, joining a wave of young Iraqis challenging an entrenched elite at elections next week.

“I believe young…

Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.

Ethiopia’s Afar region has accused forces from…

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Timour Azhari

AMMAN/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six…

Hezbollah lashed out on Thursday against the prospect of any political negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and insisted that it has a right to defend itself.

A source close to Hezbollah’s political leadership told AFP the declaration followed…

In his workshop near the Syrian capital, Ghassan Aama is at a loss following a recent decision to massively hike electricity prices, even as much of the country continues to face extensive outages.

Last month, the energy ministry raised prices by…