Category: 3. Middle East

By Jasper Ward

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – A man accused of killing two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., last year was indicted on four additional counts of terrorism, in a new indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday.

The new indictment…

By Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country’s democracy, Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday in its annual global report, citing the Republican president’s immigration…

By Bo Erickson

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Melania Trump said on Wednesday she remains in contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s team in an effort to secure the return of more Ukrainian children from Russia.

“I’m working…

Israel returned the bodies of of 54 slain Palestinians and 66 other boxes of human remains to Gaza on Wednesday, transferring the remains to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital via the Red Cross, the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry…

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – U.S. talks with Iran will take place on Friday in Oman, a U.S. official confirmed on Wednesday, after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that nuclear talks with the U.S. are set to be held in the Omani…

Iran and the United States said Wednesday they were going ahead with nuclear talks in Oman later this week, even as President Donald Trump piled pressure on Tehran’s supreme leader by saying he should be “very worried.”

Doubts had swirled about…

Iran said Wednesday that talks with the United States were going ahead as planned later this week, as President Donald Trump piled pressure on Tehran’s supreme leader by saying he should be “very worried.”

Doubts have swirled about the fate of the…

FORT PIERCE, Florida (AP) — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a federal prosecutor said his crime was unacceptable “in this…