Category: 3. Middle East

Lebanon President Joseph Aoun has affirmed his commitment to disarm all non- state actors including Hezbollah, by the end of 2025, MP Firas Hamdan said Monday.

Following his meeting with Aoun, MP Hamdan said the…

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini has accused Israel of “deliberate” targeting of journalists to “silence voices” reporting…

An informed source told Sky News Arabia on Monday evening that Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with Turkish participation, are preparing a new proposal to be presented to Hamas leadership, aiming to remove what they…

The Council of Europe urged its member states on Tuesday to halt deliveries of weapons to Israel if they could be used for human rights violations.

Michael O’Flaherty, the Council’s commissioner for human rights, said member states should do…

US President Donald Trump has agreed on the “need” for an additional Israeli military operation in Gaza, following a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report by Israeli…

Cambodia dismisses Thai army accusation that it breached truce and international law after incident near border.

A Thai soldier has been seriously injured by a landmine near the Cambodian border, days after both countries agreed to a ceasefire…

The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen for the first time on Tuesday called the situation in Gaza an “unfolding genocide”, saying that Israel’s obstruction of aid was causing a “famine”.

“Today we express our shock and…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that she will join dozens of activists in launching a new flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip later this month.

This comes after previous attempts to deliver aid by…

On August 5, 2019, the Indian government stripped the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state of its special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, split it into two entities and demoted the two units to Union Territories under New…

Mattia Debertolis discovered unconscious during an orienteering event in Chengdu on August 8 and died four days later.

Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died on Tuesday after being found unresponsive during competition at the World…