Category: 3. Middle East

By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy

BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who appeared poised for a remarkable comeback despite accusations he stoked sectarian strife and allowed the rise of Islamic…

Iran on Wednesday rejected holding negotiations with the United States if it makes threats against the Islamic republic, after President Donald Trump refused to rule out military intervention over its deadly crackdown on protests.

With a US naval…

VATICAN CITY, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo appealed against the global rise of anti-Semitism on Wednesday, marking the annual commemoration of the Holocaust during his weekly audience at the Vatican with a prayer for a world without prejudice or…

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, as the Kremlin seeks to secure the future of its military bases in the country.

Putin and Sharaa struck a conciliatory tone at their previous…

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a US “armada” was heading toward Iran and that he hoped Tehran would make a deal with Washington.

“There is another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now,” Trump said…

ANKARA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged the U.S. to resolve its disputes with Iran “one by one” instead of through a sweeping deal, saying this would avoid humiliating Iranian officials, and added that Tehran was…

MEITAR, Israel, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The remains of the last Israeli captive recovered from the Gaza Strip were set to be buried on Wednesday in a funeral that will help Israel turn the page after one of the most tramautising periods in its…