Category: 3. Middle East

Legal action by Huda Ammori, the cofounder of Palestine Action, has begun in London’s High Court against the decision by the United Kingdom government to designate the activist group as a terrorist organisation.

The interior ministry, or Home…

In one afternoon, Amani Bazzi went from being a doting mother-of-four to a widow grieving three young children.

An Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed them as the family was returning home after having lunch with her parents.

“Our whole life was…

Somalia has declared a national drought emergency, after a lack of rainfall left more than two million people at risk of hunger and starvation. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi has been speaking with displaced people struggling to survive as…

A devastating new study has found that more than 112,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its assault in October 2023. This figure, drawn from the most extensive demographic…

Israeli authorities decided on Tuesday to destroy and remove a Palestinian tree area in Jenin governorate in the north of the occupied West Bank, citing “security” reasons, according to the Palestinian news agency…

Israel’s Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow Israelis to directly buy land in the occupied West Bank.

Human rights groups say the move represents a major shift…

Firefighters are trying to tackle a major fire that has engulfed a residential tower complex, killing several people and possibly trapping others inside. Reporter Laura Westbrook is outside the tower where residents can only watch on.

Pessimism is rising over progress in the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan, amid reports of a deadlock caused by US difficulties in setting up the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which was…

Israel has sealed off large parts of the Tubas governorate after sending heavy reinforcements into the northern Jordan Valley, shutting the region off from the rest of the occupied West Bank and imposing a sweeping siege.

Residents told Al Jazeera…