Category: 3. Middle East

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia released on Thursday prominent lawyer and human-rights advocate Sonia Dahmani, a vocal critic of President Kais Saied, after she spent a year-and-a-half in prison over comments in which she criticized Saied’s…

The shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington DC by a suspected Afghan national has had major repercussions for recent Afghan immigrants to the US. Here’s what we know so far.

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said that Tel Aviv is not moving towards peace with Damascus, pointing to what he claimed was activity by Yemen’s Houthi group in Syria, as well as concerns over the Druze…

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A group of military officers claimed “total control” of the country, a day after two leading candidates in a tightly contested presidential election each declared victory.

Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique that was traditionally ubiquitous in Hong Kong, is under scrutiny for its role in the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century.

At least 55 people have died, and hundreds are still missing since…

Military officers have seized control of Guinea-Bissau and detained the president. Led by the head of the presidential guard, the group says its acting to stop vote rigging just hours before official election results were to be released.

By Saeed Shah

KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Afghans who fled the Taliban and have waited years for a U.S. resettlement decision say their last path to safety has shut since Washington froze all Afghan immigration cases following a shooting near the…

Hamas has condemned the Israeli pursuit of its fighters trapped in the Rafah tunnels, calling it a blatant violation of the ceasefire.

In a statement, the group said it had made extensive efforts to resolve the…

When Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Georgia congresswoman who rose to prominence as one of his most loyal allies, on November 15, many dismissed it as just another episode of political theatre. But…

Rad‘a, the field unit of Gaza’s resistance security, has announced plans to launch a comprehensive accountability campaign targeting those involved in exploiting the war and the suffering of citizens’ to achieve…