Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s military has advanced beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon for the first time since 2006 and appear poised to encircle the major city of Nabatieh.

Senior Lebanese military sources on Saturday told the Turkish state news agency…

Foreign workers in South Africa are again facing violence and protests by anti-immigrant groups. Shops owned by foreign nationals have been ransacked as locals vent frustration over unemployment.

Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations a day after its premier said Israeli forces had pushed even deeper into Lebanese territory.

Lebanon’s army said a “targeted” Israeli…

Lebanon’s prime minister accused Israel on Saturday of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” in his country’s south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen…

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo as authorities race to contain a fast-growing Ebola outbreak, with 1,028 suspected and 225 confirmed cases. Health officials warn the third-largest…

The US-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have had a seismic effect across the world. In Southeast Asia, economies have been paralysed due to shortages of oil, liquified petroleum gas and other essential products usually…

Egypt races to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israeli attacks and displacement threats push deal to the brink of collapse.

Egypt has launched an urgent diplomatic intervention to rescue a fragile Gaza ceasefire…

In January 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced to the world the capture of two North Korean soldiers.

It was…

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been discussing key foreign policy issues for Washington at a defence summit in Singapore.

On Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Hegseth commented on America’s main rival, China, as well as…

Videos show the aftermath of renewed Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed at least three people, including a father and his son, and wounded dozens more, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.