Category: 3. Middle East

US Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, and it would not happen, suggesting a move by Israeli lawmakers towards that end looked like a “stupid political stunt”.

A bill…

Poland’s top diplomat, Radoslaw Sikorski, on Thursday said his country “wants to show the flag” in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza, while backing a two-state solution for peace in the Middle East, Anadolu reports.

Sikorski made the…

Thousands remain missing in Gaza after the war, including Islam al-Danaf’s husband who disappeared after going out to fetch firewood. She prays daily for his return as families search through rubble, hoping for answers about their loved…

US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday ruled out Israel’s annexation of the West Bank, calling a Knesset vote for annexing the occupied territory “a stupid political stunt,” Anadolu reports.

“If it was a…

Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s preliminary passage of two bills to annex the occupied West Bank and the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc in East Jerusalem, calling it a violation of…

Chepngetich smashed the marathon world record in Chicago last October and was provisionally suspended for doping in July.

Kenya’s women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich was banned for three years on Thursday after she admitted…

A national solidarity day organized in Switzerland has raised more than CHF4.5 million (over $5.6 million) to support humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza, Swiss Solidarity announced, Anadolu reports.

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The hunger crisis in Gaza remains “catastrophic” two weeks after the ceasefire took effect, the UN’s health agency has warned, as international aid groups demanded Israel stop blocking humanitarian deliveries.

Supplies entering the besieged…

Pakistan and Taliban-led Afghanistan have agreed to a ceasefire after some of the worst cross-border violence in years. Relations have soured over Islamabad’s accusation that Kabul is aiding the Pakistan Taliban in attacks against the Pakistani…