Category: 3. Middle East

At least 46 people killed and 70 wounded in explosion in rebel-held area, report local media.

Dozens of people have been killed in an explosion in northeast Myanmar near the border with China, local media and a…

Aida refugee camp is surrounded by Israel’s separation wall, military watchtowers, and remote-controlled guns. This Eid, for the first time in two years, residents set up stalls, cooked food, made art, and let their kids play. They called it…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopians vote on Monday in a general election to choose members of parliament, who will in turn select the next prime minister. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said 47 political parties and more than…

Production restored at three offshore platforms after Israeli attacks, Pars Oil and Gas Company CEO tells Iranian media.

Iran has restored gas production at three offshore platforms in the South Pars gasfield,…

Polls have opened in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election, in which a left-wing lawmaker, an independent businessman and a right-wing senator are vying to succeed President Gustavo Petro.

Government-allied Senator Ivan Cepeda is…

Ten years after Colombia’s landmark peace agreement, former president Juan Manuel Santos assesses its legacy. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate discusses renewed violence, political divisions and what Colombia’s experience can teach a world…

Previous World Cup appearances: 20
Best performance: Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
First appearance: 1934 (Italy)
Top goal scorer: Miroslav Klose (16)
Most appearances: Lothar Matthaus (25)
Player to watch: Florian Wirtz
FIFA world ranking: 8

Germany…

Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.

Heavy rains have threatened to delay the search for two people who remain missing in a flooded…

Tehran, Iran – Authorities in Iran have reinstated some internet access three months after taking the country offline at the start of the war with the United States and Israel, but restrictions remain in place for most people.

The Iranian…