Category: 3. Middle East

PARIS — France has launched a probe after a video emerged of a man harassing and humiliating a young Jewish child at a Paris airport, demanding that he “free Palestine” and “dance,” a judicial source said Tuesday.

The Paris police…

Lebanese authorities are investigating the recent disappearance of a retired security officer whose brother was apparently involved in the 1986 capture of an Israeli air force navigator, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP on Tuesday,…

Dec 23 (Reuters) – The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the U.S. saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington’s…

ANKARA — A business jet carrying Libya’s army chief, Mohammed Ali Al Haddad, and four others lost contact shortly after departing Ankara’s Esenboga International Airport on Tuesday, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

The plane…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Belgium on Tuesday joined South Africa in a case brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The UN’s highest court, based in The…

The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday condemned Israel’s recent approval of 19 settlements in the West Bank, accusing Israel of tightening its control over land the Palestinians claim for a future state.

On Sunday, far-right Finance…