Category: 3. Middle East

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…

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as some principles are respected, deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Thursday, a day before a meeting with European powers in Istanbul.

The…

Former Egyptian MP Dr Mohamed El-Beltagy has confirmed that he is still on hunger strike in protest against his prison conditions.

In a leaked message from Badr 3 Prison, shared by his wife, Sanaa Abdel-Gawad,…