Category: 3. Middle East

Firefighters battled a blaze at a giant oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday after a fresh drone attack as Iran kept up a wave of strikes on its neighbours and vowed there was “no concern” about its missile production.

Despite calls for an end to…

Toward the end of third week of the war against Iran, the campaign saw a new development. Israel attacked key sites in the Iranian energy sector in a broad and aggressive operation from which U.S. President Donald Trump quickly dissociated…

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to stabilise…

When an ancient bronze statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius landed back on Turkish soil after decades abroad, it was more than a symbolic homecoming.

It marked the latest victory in Turkey’s increasingly assertive push to recover antiquities…

SYDNEY, March 20 (Reuters) – Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony ​Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia’s largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Some in…

PARIS, France (AFP) — Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and a veteran of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in the Islamic Republic after the killing of its…

Six major international powers said Thursday they were ready “to contribute to” ensuring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, though three stressed that any initiative would take place post-ceasefire.

Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan…

A few days ago, police working under Hamas who were patrolling a market in Gaza City came upon a vendor who was selling tomatoes for the wildly inflated price of NIS 25 per kilogram, or about $3.60 a pound.

The officers seized the produce,…