Category: 3. Middle East

ANKARA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed Black Sea safety on Wednesday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, after Ankara expressed alarm at attacks on Russia-linked…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports recognizing illegal farming outposts in the West Bank, some of which are home to extremist settlers who have been carrying out attacks on neighboring Palestinians, the Ynet news site reported…

By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche

OSLO, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Norway’s governing Labour Party said on Wednesday it had reached agreement with four left-wing parties in parliament on a 2026 fiscal budget, ending a standoff that had threatened to…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban administration and Pakistan have held fresh peace talks in Saudi Arabia and agreed to maintain a ceasefire, the latest attempt to dial down tensions between the South Asian neighbours. …

LONDON, United Kingdom — Lawyers for the UK government on Tuesday defended a contentious ban under anti-terror laws of anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action, as three days of hearings challenging the move concluded.

The…

Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Rafah crossing will open in the next few days to let Gaza residents cross into Egypt, COGAT, the Israeli military’s arm that oversees aid flows, said on Wednesday.

The arrangement, which has security clearance from Israel,…

Over 200 public figures have signed onto a petition calling for the release of prominent Palestinian security prisoner Marwan Barghouti, a campaign for his freedom said Wednesday.

The diverse range of celebrities who signed onto the “Free…