Category: 3. Middle East

The Iranian Defence Ministry announced a substantial boost in the country’s military capabilities, asserting that Iran’s armed forces are now far stronger than they were prior to the recent 12-Day War triggered by…

Two Palestinian children were severely injured after an unexploded Israeli bomb detonated. As families return to what’s left of their homes, many face the deadly threat of unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble.

When Mouawia heard the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group had overrun the western city of el-Fasher after besieging it for most of the two and a half years of war with Sudan’s army, he was devastated.

Speaking to Al Jazeera over the…

The Israeli government has approved more than $12 million in additional funding to expand its control over archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank, a move critics say is part of an ongoing effort to Judaise and…

A crackdown by armed forces in Cameroon has killed at least four opposition supporters amid protests over the declared re-election win by President Paul Biya.

Protesters calling for fair results from the African country’s contested presidential…

Lithuania says balloons disrupting air traffic are sent by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes from Belarus into the EU.

Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene has…

UK journalist Sami Hamdi has been detained by US immigration officials after his visa was revoked, seemingly for unsubstantiated ‘national security’ reasons. Civil rights groups say it’s due to his criticism of Israel’s war on…

President Donald Trump says US military strikes on eight vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, mostly targeting boats from Venezuela, were legal because they carried drugs being delivered to the United States.

But Republican Senator…

Potential CO2 emissions from new projects 11 times global “carbon budget” remaining to hit Paris Agreement targets.

Twenty-eight new “carbon bomb” projects…