Category: 3. Middle East

ROME, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Italy’s defence minister on Thursday said other countries, including Germany and Australia, may be interested in entering the GCAP fighter jet programme in the future, with requests also coming from Saudi Arabia and…

BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Iraq will freeze the money of Iran-backed armed groups, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis, the official gazette said.

The move will likely be welcomed by Washington, which has long sought to reduce Iran’s…

Israeli officials confirmed Thursday that the body returned from the Gaza Strip a day earlier was Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker who came to Israel to financially support his family back home.

Military and Foreign Ministry…

Israel awaited the return of the last hostage remains held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, as the military said on Thursday that those of a Thai national had been identified after they were handed over.

Under the first phase of the US-brokered…

Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting Thursday, following calls to exclude the country over its Gaza war tactics.

Countries including Iceland, Ireland,…

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) – China will provide $100 million in aid to the Palestinians to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and support reconstruction efforts, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

Xi was speaking at a joint press…

By Can Sezer

ISTANBUL, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Turkey is telling Russia, Ukraine, and all other parties to keep energy infrastructure out of their conflict and wants energy flows to continue uninterrupted, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said after…

Dec 4 (Reuters) – Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas on Wednesday as Thai agricultural worker Sudthisak Rinthalak, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday.

The body of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili, the…