Category: 3. Middle East

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty…

By Joshua McElwee

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Pope Leo will meet with leaders from Lebanon’s diverse religious sects on Monday, where he is expected to urge them not to flee the country despite years of conflict, political paralysis and economic…

Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday evening that the Holy See has long supported the two-state solution, stressing that it remains the only viable path to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Speaking to journalists…

Hundreds of Israelis protested outside President Isaac Herzog’s house in Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he had requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial. Demonstrators demanded that Herzog…

A new report has revealed that a Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli authorities was raped and subjected to sexual torture inside a detention facility, including an attack carried out by a trained dog.

The…

The Israeli occupation army has committed 591 violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza resulting in killing 357 Palestinians; a majority of them children and the wounding of 903 others, the Government Media…

By Michael Holden

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A former senior British officer has told a public inquiry that British special forces in Afghanistan appeared to commit war crimes by executing suspects and despite widespread knowledge in the chain of…

Drone video shows widespread destruction in part of Sumatra in Indonesia, where more than 440 people have died in flooding and landslides across the country. Hundreds of others are still missing.

Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position on the conflict. The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of…

Palestinian detainees held in Gilad Prison, part of Israel’s Ofer detention complex, are being subjected to electric shocks as a primary method of torture, according to testimonies gathered by the Palestinian…