Saudi Arabia has new rules for work visas starting January 14th. Now, if you want to work there, your job and school qualifications need to be checked first. They're doing this to make hiring easier and to have really qualified people working in Saud...
India's Ministry of External Affairs called in Bangladesh's Deputy High Commissioner on Monday January 13th in New Delhi to talk about some issues at the border. This happened right after Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry had called in the Indian High Co...
Starting Tuesday January 14th Saudi Arabia will require all Indian people applying for work visas to have their professional and school qualifications checked first. This is a change from a plan six months ago that only focused on 19 specific jobs li...
A report from the United Nations in 2012 talked about how bad things were getting in Gaza. They said the area was becoming unlivable for its 1.8 million people. The report warned that if the blockade on Gaza didn't stop there would be a major humanit...
If Donald Trump becomes president again it might change how the US deals with the Middle East. Some people think his advisors could push for a tougher stance on places like Syria and Lebanon. This means there's less trust in international groups and ...
Justin Trudeau talked on MSNBC about some things Donald Trump had said about Canada maybe becoming part of the US. Trudeau basically said Trump was trying to change the subject because he was also talking about putting big taxes on things Canada sell...
So basically Netanyahu and Biden talked on Sunday about trying to get a ceasefire and release of hostages between Israel and Hamas. This phone call is a big push to get a deal done before Donald Trump becomes president. They've been trying to make th...
The Israeli military has approved some plans for quickly pulling troops out of Gaza. This is because there's been progress in talks with Hamas about swapping prisoners. A newspaper called Haaretz said these plans are being looked at now with differen...
The Health Ministry in Gaza said on Sunday that another 28 Palestinians died because of Israeli attacks. This brings the total number of deaths to 46565 since October 7 2023. Also over 109600 Palestinians have been hurt during this time. These injuri...
President Erdogan asked the PKK to give up their weapons. He said this in Diyarbakir a city with many Kurdish people. He believes it's a real chance to stop the fighting that's been going on since the 1980s which has resulted in many lives lost. He s...
On January 12th the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry called in the Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma. They wanted to talk about rising tension at the border. This happened because Bangladesh said India was trying to build fences in five different plac...
A new study suggests the death toll in Gaza from the conflict between Hamas and Israel is probably way higher than the numbers we've been hearing. Researchers looked at data from the first nine months of the fighting using a special statistical metho...
The Health Ministry in Gaza said that at least 32 more Palestinians died in Israeli attacks in Gaza. This pushes the total number of deaths since October 2023 to 46,537. They also said 109,571 people have been hurt in the conflict. These latest death...
There's a bit of a disagreement brewing in Israel between the Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and the army head Herzi Halevi. It seems like Katz wants Halevi to play along with the government's view on the October 7th attack by Hamas. This is all happe...
The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 32 Palestinians were killed in Gaza from recent attacks. This raises the total death count to 46537 since October 7 2023. They also said that over 109571 Palestinians have been hurt during the ongoing fight...
United Nations experts asked the U.S. Senate to not pass a bill that recently went through the House. This bill would put sanctions and cut funding for the International Criminal Court or ICC. The reason for this bill is that the ICC issued arrest wa...
Yoav Gallant used to be in the news a lot as Israel's Minister of Defence but after he was fired by the Prime Minister things changed fast. He had been in the military and politics for a long time and was in charge during the fighting in Gaza. After ...
Donald Trump's return to the White House could really change things with Iran. Their relationship has always been tense with a mix of diplomacy sanctions and even military stuff. This back and forth affects not just the two countries but the whole wo...
The recent fighting in Gaza has led to at least 22 Palestinian deaths. This includes journalist Saed Abu Nabhan who was killed while reporting at the Nuseirat refugee camp. It's being said he was shot by an Israeli sniper. There were also eight peopl...
Palestinian journalists in Gaza had a press conference Thursday. They were led by Abubaker Abed and said they were really disappointed with how the international media was covering things there. They feel like the world and especially media groups ha...
