Category: 3. Middle East

Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work.

In the remote, rugged terrain of southern Sinai, Egypt has…

On the morning of November 10, inside Evin Prison in Tehran, guards in Ward 7 closed off the doors leading to Ehsan Afrashteh’s cell. The 31-year-old civil engineer had been sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel and was awaiting his…

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying…

The US threatened last month to personally sanction Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials over illicit payments to Palestinian security prisoners, but ultimately held off on the move after…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — There was something “fundamentally wrong” with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are “strong reasons to believe” that war crimes have been committed, United Nations…

The Red Cross transferred the body of a presumed hostage from Hamas to Israeli security forces in Gaza on Wednesday evening, as the families of the final two deceased hostages held in the Strip await the return of their loved ones for…

The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump’s truce plan for the Palestinian territory, has long been on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups.

Here are five things to know…