Category: 3. Middle East

Launched after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to monitor the truce and facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid, the Civil-Military Coordination Center for Gaza is struggling to live up to its promises.

The CMCC, a US initiative, is meant to set the…

Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Thursday morning, the military said, hitting weapons stores deep inside the country and a training camp used by the terror group.

The wave of bombardments appeared to be the latest in a…

By John Irish and Jana Choukeir

PARIS/BEIRUT, Dec 18 (Reuters) – French, Saudi Arabian and American ​officials will hold talks with the head of ​the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at finalising a roadmap to enable a ⁠mechanism for…

DUBAI, Dec ​18 (Reuters) – Oman ​and ⁠India signed a comprehensive economic partnership ​agreement, ‍Oman’s state ​news agency reported on Thursday.

“The ⁠agreement is designed to enhance trade and investment cooperation,…

ANKARA, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Foreign Minister ​Hakan Fidan said ​on Thursday that Turkey did ⁠not want to resort to military action again against Syria’s Kurdish-led ​Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), ‍but warned that the ​patience of the…

PARIS, France — Father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, who opened fire on a Jewish gathering at Australia’s Bondi Beach Sunday, killing 15, are far from being the only ones to carry out deadly terror while operating as a family.

Recent…

By Kate Holton

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The European Union must reform or risk becoming irrelevant as ​the rivalry between China and the U.S. sparks a ​new era without precedent, posing challenges on security, energy, technology and trade, a…

By Christine Chen, Scott Murdoch and Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday promised a crackdown on hate speech in the wake ​of an attack on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach,…