Category: 3. Middle East

The case marks a first for Taiwan in prosecuting what it alleged is deliberate damage to a subsea cable.

Taiwanese prosecutors have formally charged the captain of a Chinese-crewed cargo ship that Taipei says severed one of its subsea cables…

Johannesburg, South Africa – Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade.

Mary has lived with HIV since 2008.

But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of another secret: Lita*, her daughter,…

The move is a blow to North Korea, which once counted Damascus as an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

South Korea and Syria have formally established diplomatic relations, in another milestone for the transitional…

When US and Iranian negotiators meet in Oman on Saturday they will be just the latest to turn to crisis mediation in the Gulf Arab states, whose wealthy rulers are increasingly seeking out the role.

Oman is a long-established venue for Iranian…

These are the key events on day 1,142 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Friday, April 11:

Fighting

• Russia said its aerial defence systems destroyed 48 Ukrainian drones overnight and into the early morning in the Bryansk,…

China’s National Film Administration says US movies will be less popular after Washington imposed a 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports.

China has moved to “moderately reduce” the release of Hollywood films in the Chinese market in the…

Bangkok, Thailand – Aung, a high school English teacher, figured it was high time to leave Myanmar the day the military generals who took over the country stepped up enforcement of a long-dormant conscription law they had dredged up.

That was…

The Tesla electric vehicle company owned by billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday opened its first showrooms in oil-rich Saudi Arabia — where hybrid cars remain a rare sight.

The opening of showrooms in the capital Riyadh, Jeddah and Damam comes as…

A family of Spanish tourists, including three children, were killed in the crash, New York City Mayor Eric Adams says.

Six people, including three children, have been killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed in New York City’s Hudson River,…

The United States and Iran are set for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme in Oman on Saturday.

Iran has warned that it could expel UN nuclear watchdog inspectors from the country in response to “external threats” as US Secretary of State…