Category: 3. Middle East

Feb 11 (Reuters) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed in a phone call efforts for regional de-escalation and stability, the Emiri Diwan said on Wednesday.

The call comes ahead of a meeting…

Feb 11 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss renewed U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran amid concern that failed talks could spark a wider conflict.

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A newly uncovered FBI interview raised new questions about US President Donald Trump’s assertion he knew nothing about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, while Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, faced a barrage…

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, Feb 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday where the Israeli prime minister is expected to press him to widen U.S. talks with Iran to include curbs on Tehran’s…

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Facing growing calls for his resignation, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted Tuesday to having lunch on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in 2012, but strenuously denied any closer relationship with the…

ISTANBUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced the country’s justice and interior ministers in a mini reshuffle on Wednesday, with Istanbul chief prosecutor Akin Gurlek taking the role of justice minister, the Official…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push Donald Trump on Wednesday to take a tougher stance in nuclear talks with Iran, after rushing to Washington to stiffen the US president’s resolve.

Trump said on the eve of the hastily arranged…

Russian-born Israeli freelance journalist Nick Kolyohin was removed by Shin Bet agents from the Wing of Zion plane Tuesday morning after boarding the aircraft for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to Washington.

Kolyohin, who had…

Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom reached their second-highest level on record in 2025, led by the deadly terror attack targeting a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Community…