Category: 2. Middle East

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have reportedly committed gross violations against civilians in their recent attack on the Dar Al-Reeh area, including the village of Dar Kabir, south of the city of Jabrat Al-Sheikh in North Kordofan State.

Local sources said RSF forces killed brothers Mohammed and Saad Ali Saeed, forcibly displaced local residents and looted homes and shops.

The region is experiencing chaos and unrest amid a severe shortage of drinking…

Questions swirled over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after the superstar indicated he might be leaving Al Nassr in a social media post, just hours following the end of the Saudi Pro League season.

The 40-year-old Portuguese forward joined Al Nassr in 2022 from Manchester United and his contract with the Saudi club ends this summer.

A special transfer window runs from June 1-10 to allow the 32 clubs involved in the Club World Cup to sign players.

Al-Nassr are not…

The Sudanese government has dismissed recent US accusations that it used chemical weapons, calling them a distraction from American arms found in the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Government spokesperson Khalid Al-Aiser said in a Facebook post that Washington was quick to make allegations after the Sudanese army seized American-made ammunition from RSF fighters.

He described the accusations as “a deliberate attempt to distract and divert attention…

A group of right-wing Israelis yesterday stormed the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reported.

“Today I am proud to liberate the former UNRWA headquarters in central Jerusalem,” Yulia Malinovsky of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is Our Home) Party said in a video shared on her account on X from inside the complex.

Malinovsky, a Knesset member, linked the raid to the anniversary of…

Iran yesterday ruled out suspending uranium enrichment as part of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear agreement with the United States.

Western countries, led by the United States and Israel, suspect that Tehran is seeking to acquire a nuclear weapon, despite its repeated denials.

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who has been leading the American negotiating team since 12 April, said the US “cannot allow Iran even 1 per cent of its enrichment…

Sweden’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Israel’s ambassador to Stockholm in protest against the lack of humanitarian aid being allowed into Gaza, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said yesterday according to Reuters.

Last week, under growing international pressure, Israeli occupation authorities allowed a trickle of aid into the Palestinian enclave. However, the few hundred trucks carried only a tiny fraction of the food needed by a population of 2.3 million at…

Less than five per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions “exacerbating the risk of famine in the area”, according to a UN assessment published yesterday, Reuters reported.

“This level of destruction is not just a loss of infrastructure – it is a collapse of Gaza’s agrifood system and of lifelines,” said Beth Bechdol, deputy director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) which…

Iran on Monday ruled out suspending uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal with the United States — a key demand from Washington in successive rounds of talks between the foes.

The issue has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part of what it says is a civilian nuclear programme, while the United States wants it to stop.

The negotiations, which began in April, are the highest-level contact between the two sides since the United…

The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, has said that Israel’s allegations of Hamas stealing humanitarian aid in Gaza are unsubstantiated.

“People are rushing to aid trucks, and this has nothing to do with Hamas or organised crime,” McCain told CBS News.

She noted that an estimated 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip are currently facing extreme levels of food insecurity.

Despite the growing challenges, McCain affirmed that the WFP will…

Yair Golan, the leader of Israel’s Democratic Party and a former senior military officer, has renewed his criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of corruption and sacrificing soldiers and workers to remain in power, Anadolu agency reported.

Golan’s remarks came after Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu has instructed his government to prepare the 2026 state budget by August. The move is viewed as an attempt to placate ultra-Orthodox…