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Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks resuming in Qatar ...

It can be easier to change the name of a landmark or body of water is within a country's boundaries. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama approved an order from the Department of Interior to rename ...

US President-elect Donald Trump announces plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, citing the US's ...

The Middle East See your latest updates Palestinian security forces stand guard at a roadblock in Jenin following clashes with militants the day before. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images ...

The European Council has been following the situation in the Middle East very closely since Hamas' terrorist attacks against Israel of 7 October 2023. The European Council is deeply alarmed by the ...

British police said on Tuesday they arrested two Romanian men over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organization in London in March. Pouria Zeraati, a British ...

The fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad overturned the most profitable drug-smuggling network in the Middle East, exposing the former regime’s role in manufacturing and trafficking pills that ...

The delegation was led by Middle East envoy Tobias Tunkel and also included a representative of the German Development Ministry. The meetings with Germany's delegation came after UK diplomats held ...

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign reported that at least 40 people were executed in Iran in recent days. The group released a statement, obtained by VOA, that comes amid the 47th ...