Middle-east

Qatar, Egypt leaders renew support for Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction plan

Doha and Cairo announce plans for an international conference to coordinate Gaza ?humanitarian and development? efforts. Egypt and Qatar, the leading...

Lebanese PM visits Syria?s president to reset years of strained relations

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has held talks in Damascus with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in his first official visit to Syria, in an effo...

Sudan war to enter third year as RSF assaults in Darfur intensify

Rights groups urge protection of civilians and aid access as millions of people are displaced and many face famine. The United Nations and rights gro...

It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM

Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice. In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Li...

Ukraine says Russia has targeted Sumy again day after 35 killed in the city

European Union leaders and Britain condemned the Palm Sunday attack on Sumy, while US President Donald Trump called it a ?mistake?. Russian forces ha...

Did Trump really ?exempt? Chinese phones, chips from tariffs?

United States President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs on Chinese electronic goods, three days after his administration announced exemptions ...