Category: 3. Middle East

There’s an old saying in Urdu: Zaroorat ijaad ki maa hai (necessity is the mother of all inventions). I would often hear it as a child growing up in Pakistan.

I’ve always been fascinated by how some phrases leap across languages without losing…

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Soldiers calling themselves the ‘Military Committee for Refoundation’ said they had ousted President Patrice Talon.

A group of…

From Pope Francis’s visit to Lebanon to the arrests of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israeli soldiers, to the aftermath of deadly floods in Indonesia and…

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – For the first time in two years, the Christmas tree in Bethlehem lit up the night sky, restoring a glimmer of joy to the birthplace of Jesus after seasons overshadowed by Israel’s genocidal war on…

A neo-Nazi march has been held in Sweden’s capital for the first time in 15 years, bringing together far-right white supremacist groups. Police gave permission for the rally to go ahead, to commemorate the killing of a 17-year-old with…

Sudan faces a “massive” humanitarian aid crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as fighting rages in the war-torn country, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

WFP Deputy Executive Director…

Petr Yan stunned favourite Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 323 in Las Vegas to end the Georgian’s 14-fight winning streak.

Petr Yan defeated Merab Dvalishvili with a…

The Argentinian super star capped off his third Major League Soccer season with the 47th trophy of his career.

Inter Miami secured their first Major League Soccer (MLS)…

Disaster agency warns that monsoon storms are adding more rain and making hillsides unstable.

Sri Lankan authorities have issued new landslide warnings with rains…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting Israel for the first time since taking office in May.

His visit comes just days after Germany decided to lift a three-month suspension on arms exports to Israel that it said could be used in the Gaza…