Category: 3. Middle East

“Law is interpreted for friends and applied to enemies,” Italian statesman Giovanni Giolitti once said.

There are few better examples of this than the way the European Union bends over backwards to avoid addressing Israel’s severe breaches…

Riyadh-based club Al Hilal and the Saudi Pro League (SPL) have made a habit of making international headlines in recent years, but almost exclusively it’s been for off-field matters involving money and player transfers.

Whether it was Brazilian…

Cape Town, South Africa – Five months ago, with a single social media post, United States President Donald Trump put half a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at risk when he announced the closure of USAID –…

‘DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.’ Donald Trump said he would ‘take a look’ at the possibility of Elon Musk being deported. Musk has criticised Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ for what he called…

The attack comes shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises to increase Ukraine’s drone production.

A Ukrainian drone attack at an industrial plant in central Russia has killed three people and injured 35 others, a Russian regional…

Israel’s military said Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza, where residents reported fierce gunfire and shelling days ahead of a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The intensified operations came after…

Israel’s military said Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza, where residents reported fierce gunfire and shelling days before a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The intensified operations came after…

Hundreds of people in Gaza have been shot dead while going to collect desperately needed food from Israeli- and US-backed aid hubs, according to officials in the Strip.

Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s been happening.

This…