Category: 3. Middle East

SYDNEY/BELEM (Reuters) -Australia will not oppose a successful Turkish bid to host next year’s COP31 climate summit, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, warning a prolonged standoff over hosting rights could undermine unity required to help the…

Draft beer, peanuts and big-screen sports… the scene is reminiscent of pubs worldwide, but in Saudi Arabia’s capital, customers in white robes or black veils sip alcohol-free pints with no expectation of a hangover.

“The idea is to offer…

US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday in Istanbul with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by Khalil al-Hayya to discuss efforts to maintain the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel.

It…

Levin appoints retired judge to oversee Sde Teiman leak investigation

Justice Minister Yariv Levin picks retired district court judge Josefh Ben-Hamo to oversee the criminal investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak, following a…

At least 13 people have been killed in an Israeli strike near a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says.

The Israeli military said it had targeted members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas “operating in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome US President…

VIENNA (Reuters) -Europe’s top three powers and the U.S. have submitted a draft resolution to this week’s meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors demanding answers and access from Iran over its bombed nuclear sites and…