Category: 3. Middle East

DEIR HAFER, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Syrian troops swept through dozens of towns and villages in the country’s north on Saturday after Kurdish fighters withdrew under an agreement that aimed to avoid a bloody showdown between the rival forces.

For days,…

The charter for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, a body established with the stated purpose of managing Gaza’s reconstruction, suggests that Trump has begun steps to position it as a rival to the United Nations. Notably, the document…

One move in the wrong direction and Kiarash would have been dead, he said, as a shooter opened fire on him and other protesters in the Iranian capital during a wave of demonstrations met by a deadly crackdown.

Blood stained the street after a…

CAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he valued an offer by U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia.

In a post on X, Sisi said on Saturday that he addressed…

Argentina’s Luciano Benavides won the Dakar Rally bike title by a mere two seconds in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Second in the 13th and closing stage was enough for the 30-year-old KTM rider to deny Honda’s American two-time champion Ricky Brabec…

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office would seek the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez, who is accused of murdering Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim in Washington in May, the Miami Herald, reported…

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British prime minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

Trump named members of a board to help supervise Gaza that was dominated…

French publisher Hachette on Friday said it had recalled a dictionary that described the Israeli victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks as “Jewish settlers” and promised to review all its textbooks and educational materials.

The Larousse…