Category: 3. Middle East

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that it started laying off federal employees as the government shutdown grinds on, despite questions about Trump’s legal authority to do so.

In a terse statement on Friday,…

The Gaza Government Media Office calls for ‘comprehensive reconstruction’ after Israel levelled most of the territory.

The Gaza Government Media Office has called for establishing an international panel to investigate Israel’s atrocities in…

A massive blast at a military explosives factory in the US state of Tennessee has left multiple people dead and others missing. Officials have not given any indication of what may have triggered the explosion about 85 kilometres southwest…

The first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement has come into effect.

Part of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan that led to the deal is a call for…

Melania Trump, the wife of United States President Donald Trump, has revealed that she was involved in negotiations with the Russian government to return eight children displaced during its invasion of Ukraine.

In a short, six-minute speech from…

Al-Mawasi, Gaza Strip – In the windswept sands of al-Mawasi, where tents stretch as far as the eye can see, Hanaa Abu Ismail, 42, knelt to clear a patch of ground for her fire and smiled.

For the first time in more than six months, since Israel…

Russian drone and missile strikes have wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swaths of Ukraine, authorities have said.

In the latest mass attack targeting the energy system as winter…

“Didn’t know you were famous,” the rapper Juliani, an old friend and musical collaborator, texted me from his studio in Nairobi.

I didn’t have a clue what he was referring to, but then he forwarded me the link to a tweet by Elon Musk that…

Desperately needed aid is in position on the Egypt-Gaza border, ready to be delivered to millions of Palestinians. The UN says it has received approval from Israel to begin deliveries Sunday.

Lebanon’s intelligence agency says it arrested people working for Israel who planned ‘terrorist attacks’ in the country.

The Lebanese government says it foiled an…