Category: 3. Middle East

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…

Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh has mourned his colleagues Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with all journalists killed in Gaza, expressing the pain of loss and the hardship of the profession during…

Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa died following fights on the same card in Tokyo last week.

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny following the deaths of…

Manila says a Chinese navy vessel collides with one from its own coastguard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat.

China’s coastguard says it has expelled Philippine vessels from waters around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China…

Hamas has accused the Israeli army of committing “a brutal crime that goes beyond all limits of fascism and criminality” after an Israeli airstrike hit a journalist’s tent in the courtyard of al-Shifa Hospital…

If you read the Western press this morning, you may come to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s desire to take military control over Gaza is new. But dropping 2000lb bombs does not rescue captives and wiping out whole…

An outpouring of grief and condemnation has followed the Israeli assassination of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif.

The drone attack late on Sunday hit a tent for journalists positioned outside the…