Category: 3. Middle East

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will press for security guarantees while US President Donald Trump will urge him to normalise ties with Israel when the de facto Saudi ruler breaks a seven-year absence from Washington this week.

Saudi Arabia is…

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted at the reservoirs powering their largests hydropower stations, officials said this week.

The two landlocked Central Asian countries are heavily reliant on…

During the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June, Soroka University Medical Center’s surgical ward suffered a direct hit from an Iranian missile, injuring more than 80 people and wrecking eight operating rooms along with six research…

By Sfundo Parakozov

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa granted entry to 130 Palestinians without travel papers after initially barring them but said it will examine accusations that an unregistered organisation arranged their trip “in an…

By Emma Farge

GENEVA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people who have fled the Sudanese city of al-Fashir are unaccounted for, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, raising concerns for their safety after reports of rape, killings and other…

A final coalition agreement has been signed for the leadership of the World Zionist Organization and Jewish National Fund-KKL, officials said Friday, concluding a dramatic weeks-long negotiation process that included attempts to set up a…