Category: 3. Middle East

DOHA (Reuters) -The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group signed on Saturday in Qatar a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo.

The agreement was signed by representatives from both sides in a…

CAIRO — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized, weakened, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he was pulling his endorsement for key ally Marjorie Taylor Greene after a string of disagreements, calling the hard-right representative from Georgia a “ranting lunatic.”

It marks an extraordinary…

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.

Last week the Americans officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council on a text that would…

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance.

The eyes turned towards her in Tehran’s renowned Vahdat Hall include those of many young women…

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he was considering agreeing to a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with F-35 stealth fighter jets, which are made by Lockheed Martin.

“They wanna buy a lot of jets,” Trump told…

Israeli fraudster Simon Leviev, made famous by the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, has been released in Georgia after spending two months in custody pending extradition to Germany, his lawyer said Friday.

Leviev, 35, whose real…

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Energy Minister Chris Bowen said he would travel on Saturday to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to push forAustralia to host next year’s summit,amid a stand-off with rival bidder Turkey.

Australia and Turkey…