Category: 2. Middle East

Vast crowds of students surged onto Istanbul’s streets Monday in the latest protest over the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor that has sparked Turkey’s worst unrest in years.

The demonstrations began after Ekrem Imamoglu’s March 19 arrest and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, sparking clashes with riot police and drawing international condemnation.

Police have arrested more than 1,100 people, the interior minister said, among them 10 journalists,…

A US journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and other top American officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen’s Huthi rebels, the White House confirmed Monday.

President Donald Trump announced the strikes on March 15, but in a shocking security breach, The Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that he had hours of advance notice via the group chat on Signal.

“The message thread that was…

An Israeli air strike killed a journalist working with Al Jazeera on Monday and the military issued fresh calls to evacuate parts of Gaza’s north, as Israel pressed its renewed bombardment and ground operations in the Palestinian territory.

Israel resumed intense air strikes across Gaza last Tuesday, followed by ground operations, after talks on extending a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas reached an impasse.

On Monday evening, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee…

An Israeli air strike on Gaza killed a journalist working with Al Jazeera, according to the network and Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency, seven days into renewed Israeli bombardment and ground operations in the Palestinian territory.

Israel resumed intense air strikes across the densely populated Gaza Strip last Tuesday, with ground troops following, after talks on extending a ceasefire with Hamas Palestinian militants reached an impasse.

Civil defence said Hussam Shabat, who was working…