Category: 3. Middle East

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s…

By Alessandro Parodi

(Reuters) -French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country’s release of writer Boualem Sansal as a glimmer of hope that relations…

DUBAI (Reuters) — On Tehran’s bustling streets, signs of change are unmistakable. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, men and women linger together in cafés where Western music hums softly, and couples stroll hand-in-hand —…

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday that both suicide bombers involved in the attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals.

(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Writing by Surbhi Misra; Editing by YP…

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s main expectation from a planned International Stabilisation Force in Gaza is for it to provide guarantees that the fragile ceasefire will last, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

NATO member Turkey has been one of…

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday it was too early to say what caused the crash this week of a military cargo plane in Georgia in which 20 soldiers died, and inspections continue.

The C-130 cargo aircraft had left…

By Parisa Hafezi

DUBAI (Reuters) -On Tehran’s bustling streets, signs of change are unmistakable. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, men and women linger together in cafés where Western music hums softly, and couples stroll hand-in-hand…

By Peter Hobson and Valerie Volcovici

CANBERRA/BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its vulnerable Pacific island neighbours if its bid to…