Category: 3. Middle East

Damascus, Syria – Around Damascus’s Umayyad Square, children leaned out the windows, waving Syria’s green, white and black flag as fireworks burst in the sky.

December 8, the anniversary of liberation for the capital and the country as a…

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee urges the public to come out and vote amid expectations of a low turnout.

Voters in Hong Kong are heading to the polls to elect new lawmakers under China’s “patriots only” rules, though government efforts…

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado have rallied in countries around the world to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead of Wednesday’s award ceremony

Thousands of people marched through Madrid, Utrecht, Buenos…

Japan’s defence minister condemns incidents as ‘dangerous’ and says that that Tokyo has lodged a ‘strong protest’ with Beijing.

Japanese Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi has accused Chinese fighter jets of directing their…

Greek coastguard says two survivors in critical condition have been hospitalised.

The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially…

These are the key developments from day 1,382 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here’s where things stand on Sunday, December 7:

Fighting

• Russian forces launched a…

Who: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo
What: Spain’s La Liga
Where: Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain
When: Sunday, December 7, at 9pm (20:00 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the buildup on Al Jazeera Sport from 17:00 GMT in advance of our text…

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Several tourists, kitchen workers killed in fire at nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village.

At least 23 people have been killed in…

Negotiations fail to yield progress, while Moscow launches over 700 drones and missiles across Ukrainian territory

Three days of negotiations between Ukrainian and United States officials have ended without a breakthrough, as Russia launched one…

The two countries’ traditionally strong ties have been tested amid Israel’s genocidal war on the people of Gaza.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in Israel for his first visit since taking office in May, aiming to reaffirm the…