Category: 3. Middle East

Hamdi’s lawyers say he was detained for his pro-Palestinian views and only accused of overstaying his visa after it was revoked without warning.

British journalist and pro-Palestine commentator Sami Hamdi is set to return home more than two weeks…

Here are the key events from day 1,356 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Tuesday, November 11:

Fighting

• Fighting continues in and around the…

Iraqis head to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament for a four-year term in a vote that will be closely watched in Washington and Tehran.

Here is a look at what could come next and what the regional impact could be.

– What happens after…

Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker prize for his novel Flesh, which tells the story of a tortured Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune.

Szalay, 51, beat five other shortlisted authors, including Indian…

Iraqis elect a new parliament on Tuesday in a vote that comes at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, and which both Iran and the United States will be closely watching.

Iraq has been unusually stable in recent years, as the nation…

Iraqis began voting for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, in an election that both Iran and the United States will be closely watching.

Iraq, which has long been a fertile land for proxy wars, has…

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqis vote on Tuesday in a parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is seeking a second term and which a growing young electorate sees as a vehicle for established parties to…

Ninety-seven percent of Muslim respondents in a CAIR survey say they voted for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Muslim voters in the United States…

LONDON (Reuters) -British pro-Palestinian commentator Sami Hamdi, who is being held by U.S. immigration authorities, is set to be released, his family said on Monday, a fortnight after he was detained midway through a national speaking tour.

U.S….

Speaking at this year’s COP30 in Brazil, UN chief Antonio Guterres called the inability to limit global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) a “deadly moral failure”.

But does the same apply when it comes to protecting the environment in…