Category: 3. Middle East

Hamas has returned another body of a deceased captive to Israel as Palestinians across the Gaza Strip brace for cold winter months amid a lack of adequate shelter, food and other critical supplies.

The Palestinian group announced on Wednesday that…

China has been Russia’s largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years. Trade between the two countries reached nearly $245bn in 2024, rising 1.9…

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has announced the leadership of his transition team, promising to form a “capable and compassionate” administration to lead the city and turn his election platform into policies.

Mamdani said in brief…

Tesla’s board is set to vote on CEO Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package as major proxy adviser firms urge shareholders to reject the deal.

The vote is scheduled for Thursday and will determine whether Musk secures what is the largest…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised his first budget would be a bold blueprint for “generational investments,” to bolster the economy and withstand a trade war with the United States. But to some analysts, it has been a missed…

The bloc says ballot stuffing, internet blackout and politically-motivated abductions compromised the vote’s ‘integrity’.

Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union (AU), adding to…

The revelation last week by Israel’s top military lawyer, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, that she leaked the footage of a gang rape of a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention centre in 2024 has shaken the country’s…

“You have to deliver on addressing that crisis.” New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani criticised President Donald Trump for not fixing the affordability crisis he campaigned on, adding that Republicans are scared the new mayor may…