The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in Lebanon and Israel that may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law. The report covers the first three weeks of the latest es
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a 5-year-old Indigenous girl, police said on Friday. Australia's Prime Minister, the Northern Territory's police commissioner and a spokesperson fo
Eleven countries, including Pakistan, on Friday strongly condemned what they described as an Israeli assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a pro-Palestinian humanitarian convoy, calling it a violation of international law and an obstruction of humanitarian efforts aimed at Gaza. In a joint stateme
Russia has emerged as the main supplier of oil to Syria, Reuters reporting shows, despite the new government's alignment with the West and widespread distrust of Moscow over its military support for fallen leader Bashar al-Assad. Oil shipments from Russia have jumped 75% to about 60,000 barrels pe
Iran’s supreme leader has declared that the only place for Americans in the Persian Gulf is “at the bottom of its waters”, signalling a new era for the region’s history,. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written statement on Thursday, struck a defiant tone while insisting t
