Category: 3. Middle East

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.

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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,…

UK police made their first arrests Wednesday since announcing officers will detain people who publicly chant pro-Palestinian calls to “globalize the intifada,” in a change prompted by Australia’s Bondi Beach massacre.

London’s…

SYDNEY, Dec ​18 (Reuters) – ​Australian ⁠Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ​on ‍Thursday the ​government would seek to ⁠introduce new legislation to crack down ​on hate, ⁠after ⁠gunmen opened fire at ‌a Jewish ​event in…

MANILA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – There is no evidence indicating that the two ​suspects involved in the Bondi Beach ​attack received any form of military training while in the Philippines, the ⁠Philippines’ National Security Adviser said on…

US Congress ends Syria sanctions

The US Congress permanently ends sanctions imposed on Syria under the ousted leader, Bashar al-Assad, paving the way for the return of investment to the war-ravaged nation.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that he had approved the largest energy deal in Israel’s history with neighboring Egypt, expected to boost Israel’s economy by billions of shekels within the coming years.

In a…