Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON/HANOI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump met Vietnamese leader To Lam on Friday and said he would work to remove Hanoi from lists of countries restricted in accessing U.S. advanced technology, according to a summary of the…

Israel’s vital tech sector, dragged down by the war in Gaza, is showing early signs of recovery, buoyed by a surge in defence innovation and fresh investment momentum.

Cutting-edge technologies represent 17 percent of the country’s GDP, 11.5…

Standing on her balcony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the teacher shouted out into the darkness, “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to the murderer, Khamenei!” on a recent night, joining the slogans coming from windows and rooftops around her…

She later decided to research female entrepreneurs and activists in the country, and “came across this really amazing, tenacious individual who lives in the north-west of Iran, who rides a motorcycle, as the only female motorcycle rider in the…

By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish

DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States are sliding rapidly towards military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic solution to their standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme,…

ANKARA — A TV series set off a nationwide storm in Turkey this week, with critics saying the script caricatured secular Turks as arrogant, detached and disrespectful toward religious sensibilities. The incident has reignited Turkey’s fault…

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress could vote as soon as next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s ability to strike Iran without lawmakers’ approval, as the U.S. military prepares for a potential…