Category: 3. Middle East

Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have voted to postpone approving a plan to curb shipping emissions, after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose sanctions on countries that supported the measure.

The…

Commercial flights between the countries to restart as diplomatic thaw eases tensions over border clashes.

State-backed China Eastern Airlines will resume…

Strike on civilian vehicle by Israeli military in Gaza City marks deadliest violation of eight-day ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian family in Gaza, the deadliest single violation of the fragile ceasefire…

The judge ruled NSO caused ‘irreparable harm’ to Meta, but said an earlier award of $168m in damages was ‘excessive’.

A United States judge has granted an…

Afghanistan’s Cricket Board says three players were among those killed as violence continues despite extended truce.

Pakistan has launched air attacks inside Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two…

The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.

Thousands of residents of a Philippine island…

Israel targets bus in Gaza City’s Zeitoun, killing 11 family members, as Palestinians wait for Rafah crossing to open.

Most of the bodies of the more than 100 dead Palestinians Israel released remain unidentified.

They were sent back to Gaza with numbers instead of their names, leaving family members of missing Palestinians to pore desperately through pictures of…

The announcement comes just days before the Communist Party’s Central Committee meets in Beijing.

Two of China’s highest-ranking officers and seven other senior military officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the…

United States President Donald Trump has said recent military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved “at least 100,000 lives” because the manoeuvres have thwarted drug smuggling.

“Every boat that we knock out, we save 25,000 American…