News – Middle East

BUENOS AIRES — Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear. Police said they discovered Payne’s body after emergency …

DHAKA — A Bangladeshi court has ordered an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was ousted by mass protests. Hasina is wanted by Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) for her alleged involvement in “crimes against humanity” that took place during …

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a “massive mistake” that Canada could not ignore if Delhi was behind the death of a Sikh separatist leader last year on Canadian soil. Trudeau made the comments two days after Canadian officials accused India of being involved in …

WASHINGTON — The US says it has carried out “precision strikes” against five weapons storage locations in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were part of the operation that targeted hardened underground facilities housing missiles and other munitions that …

BRUSSELS — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc could “draw lessons” from the contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania ahead of an EU summit focusing on migration. She made the remarks in a letter to member states ahead of the meeting in …

BEIRUT — The UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon has criticized Israel after air strikes on municipal buildings in the southern city of Nabatieh killed the mayor and 15 other people. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert called the killing of mayor Ahmad Kahil “alarming” and said any violations of international humanitarian law were “completely …

KUALA LUMPUR — Members of a Malaysian religious group accused of human trafficking and child sexual abuse continued committing crimes even after a large-scale police crackdown, according to authorities. The Global Ikhwan Group (GISB) made international headlines in September after police rescued 402 minors suspected of being abused across 20 …

Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkiye, on Wednesday. Any solution to the rapidly expanding regional conflict that has spread to Lebanon and beyond hinges on a resolution of the original crisis in Gaza, a senior Hamas official said on …

Mohammed (right), the brother of Palestinian Shaban al-Dalou, who was burnt to death in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced people at Al-Aqsa hospital, looks on at the site of the strike, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The family of a Palestinian man seen being burned …

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Wednesday of the risk of famine in Gaza, a day after the United States said Israel had been warned to improve aid deliveries to the territory.UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told a press conference in Berlin …