Category: 3. Middle East

The European Union is preparing to adopt a new round of sweeping sanctions against Russian energy exports on Thursday, a day after United States President Donald Trump imposed similar measures against Moscow amid setbacks to his efforts at…

On Sunday, the iconic Louvre Museum in the French capital played host to a speedy heist in which eight items of precious jewellery dating from the Napoleonic era were spirited away from its second floor.

The stolen items included a tiara…

The United States has launched an airstrike on what it said was a drug-smuggling boat off the coast of South America. It was the eighth such attack, but the first in the Pacific Ocean. US President Donald Trump has warned he may expand…

Khartoum International Airport briefly reopened on Wednesday before being hit again by drone strikes.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have targeted…

The 228cm (7-foot-5) third-year player scored the most points in San Antonio history for an NBA season opening fixture.

Victor Wembanyama had 40 points and 15…

Maharaj, Harmer star with the ball as hosts are bowled out for 138, setting South Africa 68 to win the second Test.

South Africa have romped to an eight-wicket win…

United States President Donald Trump styles himself as a peacemaker. In his rhetoric, he claims credit for his efforts to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Yet beneath the grandstanding lies an absence of substance, at least to date.

The problem…

Israel has returned the bodies of dozens more unidentified Palestinians to Gaza for burial in a mass grave in Deir el-Balah, with some badly mutilated and bearing…

European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss further backing for Ukraine, including the use of Russian frozen assets to provide a 140-billion-euro ($163.27bn) loan to the war-torn country.

European Council President Antonio Costa…

Norway announced on Wednesday that it will submit a new draft resolution to the United Nations calling on Israel to lift restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, which remains under blockade…