Category: 2. Middle East

The Irish government has urged Dublin city to drop plans to rename a park currently named after a former Israeli president, a move described by local Jewish leaders and the Israeli government as “antisemitism”.

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US and Israeli officials have reportedly demanded the Lebanese government to urgently secure the transfer of an unexploded Israeli air bomb in the southern suburbs of Beirut to its possession, fearing it might fall…

OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Norway’s minority Labour government failed to win backing for its 2026 draft budget by an end-November deadline but talks will resume in parliament to find a compromise over oil drilling and the wealth fund’s Israeli…

US president Donald Trump has warned Honduras that American aid could be cut if voters do not support his preferred candidate in the country’s upcoming election. 

The warning is the latest example of Trump…

By Joshua McElwee

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Pope Leo will meet with leaders from Lebanon’s diverse religious sects on Monday, where he is expected to urge them not to flee the country despite years of conflict, political paralysis and economic…

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty…

Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday evening that the Holy See has long supported the two-state solution, stressing that it remains the only viable path to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Speaking to journalists…

A new report has revealed that a Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli authorities was raped and subjected to sexual torture inside a detention facility, including an attack carried out by a trained dog.

The…

The Israeli occupation army has committed 591 violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza resulting in killing 357 Palestinians; a majority of them children and the wounding of 903 others, the Government Media…

By Michael Holden

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A former senior British officer has told a public inquiry that British special forces in Afghanistan appeared to commit war crimes by executing suspects and despite widespread knowledge in the chain of…