Category: 3. Middle East

Israel partially reopened the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, though access is limited to the movement of people.

The reopening comes as violence…

Iran’s top security official said Saturday that progress had been made towards negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic Republic’s army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes.

US President Donald…

The mayor of Suakin dreams of a rebirth for his town, an ancient Red Sea port spared by the wars that have marked Sudan’s history but reduced to ruins by the ravages of time.

“It was called the ‘White City’,” for its unique buildings made of coral…

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in an interview aired Saturday that US President Donald Trump will not disappoint the people of Iran who have been putting their lives on the line to protest the regime.

“This is a president who…

Jan 31 (Reuters) – Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met with top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in Tehran and reviewed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region, Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Saturday…

Jan 31 (Reuters) – Iraq’s alliance of Shi’ite political blocs, the Coordination Framework, reaffirmed on Saturday its support for former premier Nouri al-Maliki to lead the next government, despite a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump that…

By Saleem Ahmed

QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 31 (Reuters) – At least 92 militants were killed on Saturday battling Pakistan’s security forces in multiple cities across the southwestern province of Balochistan, four security officials told…

Iran’s top security official said Saturday that progress had been made towards negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic republic’s army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes.

Washington has deployed a naval…

Gregory Bovino, the US Border Patrol officer leading the violent immigration crackdown in Minnesota, made derogatory remarks regarding a Jewish prosecutor’s faith in a conversation with attorneys, The New York Times reported on…

By Soren Jeppesen and Tom Little

COPENHAGEN, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Danes gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen on Saturday in support of veterans who said they had been insulted by President Donald Trump’s comment that European…