Category: 3. Middle East

By Lili Bayer

BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy arm has raised questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s broad powers over his new Board of Peace, according to an internal document seen by Reuters.

Trump has…

The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to deepen its scrutiny of Iran over its crackdown on protests that left thousands dead, including children, amid demands it end its “brutal repression”.

The 47-member body voiced alarm about “the…

ROME, Jan 23 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday he would be ready to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative for the sake of Gaza but could not accept the plan in its current form.

“In the form in…

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on nine vessels of what is known as the shadow fleet and eight related firms, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement, as Washington sought to escalate pressure…

JTA — Scott Wiener, the California lawmaker who earlier this month announced that he believed Israel had committed “genocide” in Gaza, is stepping down as a leader of the state legislature’s Jewish caucus.

Wiener, a state senator…

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Israel wants to restrict the number of Palestinians entering Gaza through the border crossing with Egypt to ensure that more are allowed out than in, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters ahead of the border’s expected opening…

By Maha El Dahan, Timour Azhari and Humeyra Pamuk

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Jan 23 – Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state — including potentially its critical supply of oil revenue sourced via the…

PARIS, France — Iran’s foreign minister launched a furious tirade on Friday against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the latter commented in Davos that the deadly crackdown on protests in the Islamic Republic showed that if…