Category: 2. Middle East

Thursday’s confirmation of Israel’s participation in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest drew an immediate backlash, with multiple national broadcasters announcing their withdrawal from the competition, Anadolu…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday that the civilian-led meetings with Israel will resume on Dec. 19 for implementing a ceasefire agreement between the two countries, Anadolu reports.

A Lebanese…

Four Palestinians were injured Thursday in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank, medics said, Anadolu reports.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that a…

With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN’s climate science body must tell the world in a “very clear way” that humans are heating the planet, its chairman told AFP.

Jim Skea, a Scottish professor,…

Despite widespread opposition, Israel has effectively been cleared to take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) backed a series of reforms aimed at…

A two-day international summit on technology in the Middle East and Africa kicked off on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, organizers said, Anadolu reports.

The Middle East and Africa…

Nine civilians were killed, and seven others injured Thursday in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in South Kordofan in southern Sudan, local medics said, Anadolu reports.

Suicide drones launched by the RSF and its ally, the…

Negotiations on the next stage of the Gaza ceasefire continue without significant progress at a moment when the truce appears particularly fragile.

The United States, alongside Qatar and Egypt, secured a truce in Gaza that came into effect on…