Category: 3. Middle East

The Israeli government has authorised Defence Minister Israel Katz to call up to 430,000 reserve soldiers until 30 November 2025, as part of preparations for a full occupation of Gaza City, according to the official…

Al-Jazeera has condemned what it described as the deliberate Israeli killing of its reporters and photographers in Gaza, calling it a “desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the invasion of Gaza.”

Late on…

At least 63 people, mostly women and children, died of malnutrition in one week in Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher, a health official said on Sunday.

The official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said…

Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the gate.

As people rushed to help, it became apparent that five Al Jazeera staff had been killed, including Anas al-Sharif, one of the most…

Presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe was shot in Bogota on June 7 during a rally and underwent multiple surgeries before his death.

Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, who had been fighting for his life since he was shot in June during a…

Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a “terrorist” affiliated with Hamas.

Dozens stood amid bombed-out buildings in the…

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has rocked the Turkish town of Sindirgi in Balikesir province, causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse. At least one elderly man, who was pulled from the rubble, has died. In February 2023, twin quakes…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Sunday that the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip “a looming hunger crisis – this is starvation, pure and simple”. 

This…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive…