Category: 3. Middle East

Turkish authorities found the cockpit voice recorder and black box from a private jet that crashed Wednesday killing the head of Libya’s armed forces and his four aides.

The Falcon 50 aircraft requested an emergency landing because of electrical…

By Pesha Magid

DEIR DIBWAN, WEST BANK, Dec 24 (Reuters) – The Jewish settler outpost of Or Meir is small. A handful of prefabricated white shelters, it sits at the end of a short dirt track on a hill leading up from Road 60, a major route that…

Christmas lights illuminate Damascus’s Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria’s Christian community.

They recall the shooting and suicide attack in June at the Saint Elias church in the Syrian capital…

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL, Egypt (AFP) — Workers have started laying tracks in the desert east of Cairo for Egypt’s first high-speed train, which will link the Red Sea and the Mediterranean in the latest attempt to modernize transport…

ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – A private jet carrying the chief of staff of Libya’s army reported an electrical failure and requested an emergency landing shortly before crashing near Ankara, Turkey’s head of communications said on Wednesday.

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The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the US saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington’s terms.

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‘He knew everything’: Netanyahu’s ex-aide says PM was ‘behind’ leak of intel to Bild

Eli Feldstein, a former spokesman to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alleges that the premier was aware of and encouraged the leak of…

By Renju Jose

SYDNEY, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state on Wednesday passed sweeping new gun and anti-terror laws following the recent mass shooting on Bondi Beach, tightening firearm ownership, banning public display of terrorist…