Category: 3. Middle East

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The United Nations and aid groups ​warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in ​the Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, wereat risk of collapse if Israel does not lift…

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump attended ​a ceremony on Wednesday for ​three U.S. personnel killed in Syria by a suspected Islamic State ⁠attacker as they were returned to American soil in flag-draped…

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

President Donald Trump had already twice suspended the…

Former Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Wednesday said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has “personal responsibility” for Sunday’s terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, blasting the premier’s lack of…

Heavy rains over the past week have compounded the already dire living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies say.

Unicef spokesman Jonathan Crickx told the BBC that the weather overnight…

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a $901 billion bill setting policy for the ​Pentagon, sending the massive piece of legislation to the White House, ​which has said…

PARIS — An Iranian boxer sentenced to death on charges of membership of an outlawed group is at imminent risk of execution after his request for a retrial was rejected, rights groups and the exiled opposition said on Wednesday.

The World…