Category: 2. World

New Zealand’s parliament has voted to suspend three Māori MPs for their protest haka during a sitting last year.

Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance after being asked if her party, Te Pāti Māori (Māori…

Palestinian factions have blasted the US for exercising its veto power against a United Nations Security Council draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying the move once again exposes…

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says.

Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, who was also a Canadian…

A member of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s staff has resigned after being accused of secretly taking photos and videos of women, and recording audio of sex workers.

Michael Forbes, Luxon’s deputy chief press secretary, offered his…

“Iran’s nuclear program is based on indigenous knowledge and cannot be eliminated by bombing,” the top diplomat told Lebanon’s al-Manar television network in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

“Our nuclear facilities are designed in…

It comes as aid deliveries remain obstructed by repeated access denials by Israel.

“Our colleagues on the ground tell us that the latest figures indicate that in the past three weeks, more than 100,000 people were forced to flee in the…

Donald Trump has suspended for an initial six months the entry of foreign students seeking to study or participate in exchange programmes at Harvard University.

The US president issued the proclamation on Wednesday, citing “national security”…

Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression.

Seats in the National Assembly, Senate and local councils are up for grabs but Évariste Ndayishimiye is safe…