Category: 3. Middle East

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday told a United Nations Security Council delegation his country does not want war with Israel, days after civilian representatives from both sides held their first talks in decades.

Hezbollah chief Naim…

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to face a worsening hunger crisis, as Israel’s inhumane blockade continues despite a ceasefire after more than two…

The Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry said that Israeli forces killed a man in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday.

“Bahaa Abdel-Rahman Rashid (38 years old) was killed by Israeli fire in the town of Odala, south of Nablus,” the…

Amnesty International staged a demonstration in central Berlin on Friday to protest German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s planned weekend visit to Israel amid ongoing war crimes in Gaza, Anadolu reports.

Human rights activists gathered at…

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that has also solved a long-running mystery.

“Finding figurines in place inside a royal tomb has…

A Kenyan parliamentary report has accused British troops training in the country of widespread killings, sexual abuse and human rights and environmental abuses, following years of accumulated complaints from local communities.

The report,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society warned Friday of a “dangerous plan” it said aims to assassinate imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti inside Israeli jails, amid allegations of severe assaults and…

Former loyalists to deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad are funnelling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters in a bid to start uprisings against the country’s fledgling government, a Reuters investigation has found.

The…

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GENEVA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Eurovision Song Contest was facing a potential budget squeeze after Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia said they would withdraw from next year’s…

Germany on Friday urged Israel “to stop settlement construction” in the West Bank ahead of this weekend’s meeting between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu…