Category: 3. Middle East

Nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, a United Nations fact-finding mission has delivered its most damning verdict yet: genocide. Navi Pillay, chairwoman of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied…

Mexico celebrated its Independence Day with a female president leading the commemorations for the first time in its history. President Claudia Sheinbaum gave the symbolic “Cry of Dolores” from the balcony of the National Palace.

In the Mediterranean Sea, at least 2,452 migrants or refugees died or went missing last year.

At least 50 people have died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese…

A landmark UN report has accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians, citing bombings of civilians, starvation and acts of reproductive violence. This is what the report says.

Israel has intensified what officials and analysts describe as a campaign of psychological warfare in Gaza City, seeking to frighten Palestinians into leaving the city for the south as intensive bombardment continues,…

At least 64,964 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, as the death toll from hunger climbed to 428, including 146 children, the Health Ministry said Tuesday,…

Amnesty International UK on Tuesday urged the British government to prevent and punish Israel’s genocide in Gaza following a UN commission’s findings that Israel is committing genocide in the besieged enclave, Anadolu reports.

“We welcome…

Spain will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel remains in the competition while the war in Gaza continues, the country’s public broadcaster announced Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

The decision was…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for Israel’s attack on the Hamas negotiation team in Qatar last week, saying, “Ideologically, Netanyahu is like…

Palestine on Tuesday welcomed Luxembourg’s declaration that it will move to recognize Palestinian statehood, calling on other nations to follow suit, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry…