Category: 3. Middle East

Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations was backed by envoys from the Arab Group and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation as he called on the US president to stop what they describe as Israel’s accelerating annexation efforts…

The Chinese leader’s visit on June 8-9, his first in seven years, comes as Pyongyang strengthens relations with Russia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea on June 8-9 following an invitation from…

To Ivanka Trump, Sazan was a ‘find’. Thousands of Albanians however fear that it could be their loss.

In an interview with US podcaster David Senra this week, vanka – eldest daughter of US President Donald Trump – described the uninhabited…

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Israel strikes Lebanon despite ceasefire, while Hezbollah rejects deal as death toll tops 3,500.

Israel has continued to carry out deadly strikes across Lebanon despite the announcement of a new…

Karachi, Pakistan – Over a few breezy winter weeks in Karachi, boxing coach Younus Qambrani sent a steady stream of WhatsApp messages from his neighbourhood of Lyari – videos, photos, old newspaper clippings that together formed an extensive…

Mogadishu, Somalia – Mustafa, 33, dreads election time in Somalia. He drives a bajaj — a three-wheeled taxi — and says that when tensions rise, as they always do when polls are near, the whole city feels it, and drivers like him are among…

Israel’s supreme court annuls a government ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross visiting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

A congressional panel in the United States has rejected an effort to revoke a provision from the defence budget that would further integrate the US and Israeli militaries.

An amendment to sink the pro-Israel measure, introduced by Democratic…

Ivory Coast defeats France 2-1 in friendly ahead of the 2026 World Cup, as Manchester United’s Amad Diallo seals win.

France has brushed aside ‌concerns over their World Cup readiness after suffering a surprise…

Republicans in the United States Senate have renewed their push to pass a controversial $70bn immigration-enforcement funding bill, a top policy priority for President Donald Trump.

But the effort on Thursday faced a series of hurdles, with…