Category: 3. Middle East

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WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host a Board of Peace meeting on Thursday in Washington, where he will announce that member states have pledged more than $5 billion for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in…

Feb 18 (Reuters) – The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 18 Iranian officials and telecommunications industry leaders, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest such move against Tehran.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones…

UNITED NATIONS  — The UN Security Council is set to hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel’s efforts to expand control in the West Bank before world leaders head to Washington to discuss the future…

The director of the Berlin Film Festival on Wednesday rejected accusations from more than 80 film industry figures that the festival had helped censor artists who oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza.

In an open letter published on Tuesday,…

ATHENS — Greece will claim possession of a World War II photo trove posted for sale online, which is believed to show, for the first time, one of Nazi Germany’s worst atrocities in the country, the Greek culture ministry said…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — The departure of the chief executive of Dubai port giant DP World is the biggest fallout in the Middle East from US Department of Justice documents, which show that disgraced financier Jeffrey…