Category: 3. Middle East

MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Syrian counterpart Asaad Al-Shaibani in Moscow on Tuesday, the TASS state news agency reported, citing ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

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LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – British police arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in London on Tuesday at a pro-Palestinian protest, UK-based campaign group Defend Our Juries said.

Thunberg was arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign…

Israel’s parliament has extended an order allowing the government to shut down foreign broadcasters operating in the country.

The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets…

By Ali Kucukgocmen

KONYA, Turkey, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Hundreds of sinkholes have emerged in Turkey’s central agricultural region due to dwindling rainfall and receding groundwaters, causing concern among farmers and environmental experts who see it…

Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish…

Dec 23 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and invited him to visit Australia, expressing his shock and dismay over the attack at the Jewish community Chanukah event on…

WASHINGTON, United States — Victims of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein joined a chorus of criticism on Monday over the Trump administration’s slow release and heavy redaction of records from the investigation into his alleged sex…

The leaders of Turkey’s rival countries in the eastern Mediterranean convened in Jerusalem on Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using the opportunity to send a message of defiance to one of Jerusalem’s leading critics on…