Category: 3. Middle East

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in Berlin on Tuesday for talks, as German officials seek to step up deportations of Syrians, despite unease about continued instability in their homeland.

Sharaa is scheduled to meet his counterpart…

NEW YORK (AP) — For a moment, Eric Adams was riding high.

Fresh off trips to Dubai and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the now jobless ex-mayor of New York City was back in Times Square on Monday to announce his first initiative as a…

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 16 (Reuters) – South Africa’s defence ministry said on Friday that Minister Angie Motshekga had launched an inquiry into Iran’s participation in the BRICS+ naval exercises held in South African waters over the past week.

The…

MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in the Middle East and Iran by phone on Friday, the Kremlin said.

Putin offered Netanyahu Russia’s help in mediating…

LESBOS, Greece, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Over two dozen aid workers involved in refugee rescues in Greece were acquitted of migrant smuggling charges in a multi-year case that rights groups said was a baseless attempt to ban aid for refugees heading to…

By Emily Rose

JERUSALEM, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops after its two-year assault on Gaza, precipitated by the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on…

LONDON — A senior politician from the UK’s main opposition Conservative party, Robert Jenrick, joined the hard-right Reform UK party on Thursday, its leader Nigel Farage said.

The announcement came just hours after the high-profile…

The US on Thursday criticized Iran’s presence at naval drills off South Africa’s coast as “particularly unconscionable” given the regime’s crackdown on protests.

Vessels from China, Iran, Russia and the United Arab Emirates sailed…

A group of IDF soldiers operating in Syria two weeks ago stole a herd of some 250 goats and smuggled them into West Bank farmlands, Israeli television revealed Thursday, citing information obtained from law enforcement authorities.

A…