Category: 3. Middle East

KABUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Pakistan struck targets inside Afghanistan’s major cities overnight, Pakistani and Taliban officials said on Friday, as cross-border fighting intensified following months of tensions and skirmishes between the two…

The High Court of Justice on Thursday issued a conditional order against the commander of Israeli forces in the West Bank, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, and the head of the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration department, Brig. Gen Hisham…

Former hostage Matan Angrest says he was electrocuted in captivity

Former hostage Matan Angrest says he was tortured and electrocuted during his two-plus years in Hamas captivity.

“For eight hours in a row, I sat and had to tell…

KABUL, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, sharply escalating tensions after days of cross-border…

The family of the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinians, Francesca Albanese, on Thursday sued US President Donald Trump and members of his administration over their sanctions against Albanese.

The plaintiffs in the case are…

US President Donald Trump appears to be leaning toward strikes on Iran, but his administration is sending contradictory signals, alternating between threats and a willingness to talk — and muddying its justification for intervention.

Opposition…

The United States and Iran made significant progress in talks on Thursday aimed at resolving a longstanding nuclear dispute and averting new US strikes, mediator Oman said, amid Washington’s large-scale military buildup in the Middle…