Category: 3. Middle East

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Standing in a long queue at a government school in the capital Dhaka, Hasan Hoque, a former teacher, laughs and chats with a group of men who just arrived to cast their ballots.

“It’s been a while standing in this line,…

Rights campaigners say restrictions on messaging apps are a transparent attempt to ramp up control and surveillance.

Russia has…

Tournament debutants Italy claimed their first-ever World Cup victory with a shock upset against Nepal in Mumbai.

Italy earned a…

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the first meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” next week in Washington, the country’s foreign office said on Thursday.

Under Trump’s Gaza plan,…

DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Owning a copy of Sayyid Qutb’s “Milestones” could land you in jail or worse in Syria when the Assads ruled. But at a Damascus book fair this month, the title by the radical Islamist ideologue was on prominent display…

Syria’s defence ministry says its forces have taken control of the strategic base amid coordination with the US.

India vs Pakistan will go ahead at the T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. After a week of uncertainty, quiet talks won out. This wasn’t just a fixture under threat, it was a test of power, money and governance in global…

By Miranda Murray

BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) – German director Wim Wenders said on Thursday filmmakers must stay out of politics and focus on changing how people think, at the start of the Berlin Film Festival.

Considered more politically minded than…