Category: 3. Middle East

Oxfam has warned of worsening humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, saying that famine has already spread across the territory for some time and has led to the deaths of many civilians due to hunger.

In a…

Health Ministry says four killed, 116 others wounded after explosion in Maarat Misrin in the northern Idlib countryside.

At least four people have been killed and more than 100 others were wounded in an explosion in Idlib province, northwestern

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter once called India a “sleeping giant” of football, but the sport is mired in a new crisis in the country, and faces problems from the top down to the grassroots.

The men’s national team are without a coach,…

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation has warned more than two million people in Gaza are facing starvation, as deaths from malnutrition surge. His comments come as Israel continues to prevent aid supplies, including baby…

By Ayhan Uyanik and Michele Kambas

BILECIK, Turkey/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Firefighters across Turkey and Cyprus battled multiple wildfires on Thursday amid a searing Mediterranean heatwave that has scorched swathes of land and killed 10 firefighters…

A cruise ship carrying around 1,600 Israeli tourists was prevented from docking on the Greek island of Syros earlier this week, following a protest organised by over 300 local campaigners waving Palestinian flags and…

The latest talks in Istanbul were followed by more prisoner exchanges, but yielded no breakthrough in ending the war.

Russian forces are pushing to create “buffer zones” along the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin has said, as fighting rages on…

A devastating wildfire in southern Cyprus has killed two people and prompted hundreds to flee as flames ravaged approximately 100 square kilometres (38 square miles) of territory in a wine-producing region north of the city of Limassol.

The blaze…

International news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade.

“We are desperately concerned…