Category: 3. Middle East

By Ali Sawafta

JENIN (Reuters) -Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.

In the footage, the men are…

Sebastien Ogier bounced back from a mediocre first full day at the season-closing Rally Saudi Arabia to share the honours in Thursday’s final stage and boost his hopes of landing a ninth World Rally Championship.

The Frenchman, who described the…

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday said she was permanently barred from leaving Iran, in a birthday message to her teenage twins who she has not seen for over a decade.

Mohammadi, 53, had been in prison for over three…

At the start of a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo urged Ankara to embrace its role as a mediator in a world gripped by conflict, warning a third world war was being “fought piecemeal” with humanity’s future at…

British police on Thursday arrested a man on suspicion of involvement in a terror attack that killed two worshipers and wounded three others in a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Greater Manchester…

Beirut’s annual Christmas decorations have turned a normally unifying holiday tradition in Lebanon into a flashpoint, after the display drew criticism from some residents who said it resembled Islamic or Ramadan-themed designs rather than…

By Julia Harte and Lucia Mutikani

-From battlefields in Afghanistan to a scenic home in the Pacific Northwest, Rahmanullah Lakanwal had followed a promising path before Wednesday, when U.S. authorities say he shottwo National Guard soldiers blocks…

Lando Norris insisted Thursday he was feeling calm and composed ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix where he could win his first drivers’ world championship title.

Unperturbed by the double disqualification of himself and McLaren team-mate and title…

The High Court of Justice abruptly halted a Thursday hearing to determine who would oversee the highly polarizing investigation into the Sde Teiman leak affair, with security guards called to eject audience members from the courtroom amid…