Category: 3. Middle East

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $400 million on Thursday to address mounting human rights needs in countries such as Sudan and Myanmar, after donor funding cuts drastically reduced…

The people behind the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list have released their top 50 for the Middle East, and for the second straight year, no Israeli restaurants made the cut. Nor did Israelis win any of the awards for stellar venues or chefs in…

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday that there was progress and a positive movement forward in negotiations on peace in Ukraine, as delegations from Russia, Ukraine and the United…

Police and the IDF were investigating an alleged arson attack and vandalism by settlers on Wednesday in the West Bank Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Photos published by Palestinian media…

KYIV, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia on Thursday started a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi to discuss how to end their four-year-old war, top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov said.

“The second day of negotiations in Abu…

The director of one of Gaza’s main hospitals says he is still seeing a pattern of malnourished and traumatised mothers giving birth to underweight or premature babies, more than three months into a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

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Australia’s government sidestepped a call Thursday for Israeli President Isaac Herzog to be arrested when he visits the country to pay respect to victims of an antisemitic mass shooting on Bondi Beach.

Herzog has been invited to a four-day visit…

SYDNEY — An Australian teenager has been charged for allegedly making online death threats against President Isaac Herzog, ahead of his upcoming visit to Australia.

The 19-year-old man allegedly made the threats on a social media platform…

A man accused of murdering two Israeli diplomats in Washington, DC, last year was indicted on four additional counts of terrorism, in a new indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday.

The new indictment includes nine charges, including hate…