Category: 3. Middle East

More than a quarter million tons of waste have piled up across Gaza City amid severe water shortages and sewage leaks, creating “environmental and health disasters” for thousands of Palestinians, municipal…

A former United States colonel who worked on a team that compiled a report on the Israeli military’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh has accused the administration of former US President Joe Biden of softening…

Israel said Monday that Turkiye, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has imposed diplomatic and economic measures against Tel Aviv over its war on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

Israeli Foreign…

Jamaica is bracing for what forecasters call “catastrophic level hazards” from Hurricane Melissa, expected to make landfall Tuesday morning as a potential category five storm.

Footage shows heavy equipment from Egypt entering Gaza and digging through rubble. The Times of Israel reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Egyptian engineers and heavy machinery to enter Gaza to recover the bodies of…

Britain’s Keir Starmer and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara on Monday to cement the almost $11bn agreement.

Turkiye has reached a deal with the United…

FIFA and UEFA are disregarding international law by allowing Israel to compete despite credible reports from respected international organizations describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, said Kat Vilarev,…

An explosion hit Syria’s coastal city of Banyas on Monday, local media reported.

The blast was caused by an improvised explosive device attached to a parked police car next to a police station in the city, the…

Mexico has been largely spared the brunt of Trump administration tariffs thanks to the USMCA trade agreement.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and United States…

Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkiye and Lebanon from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2, 2025, in his first visit outside Italy, Anadolu reports.

According to Vatican News, the Pope’s trip will begin in Ankara, Turkiye’s capital,…