Category: 3. Middle East

THE HAGUE, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Appeals judges at the ​International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ​rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought ⁠by Israel against the court’s probe into its conduct of theGaza war.

On appeal, judges…

With heavy hearts, Jews in Israel lit the year’s first Hanukkah candles, mourning after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering in Australia, killing 15 and reviving painful memories of the October 7, 2023 attack.

Sunday’s attack in Bondi Beach…

The Syria-born man who tackled one of the shooters during Sunday’s Hanukkah massacre in Australia is recovering from surgery, his family and a local politician said. 

Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit vendor and father of two, was shot four…

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital twice after being violently arrested last week, her supporters said Monday, following a telephone call with the campaigner that raised concerns about her physical…

GAZA, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Authorities in Gaza warned on Monday that more ​war-damaged buildings may collapse because of heavy ​rain in the devastated Palestinian enclave and said the weather was making it ⁠hard to recover bodies still under…

The European Broadcasting Union confirmed on Monday that 35 countries will take part in the Eurovision next year, the 70th anniversary of the song contest, after five nations backed out in protest of Israel’s inclusion.

Spain, Slovenia,…

Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital twice after being violently arrested last week and appeared unwell in her first telephone contact since being detained, her supporters said Monday.

Mohammadi suffered “severe and repeated…