Category: 3. Middle East

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AFP) — A Saudi doctor goes on trial in Germany on Monday, accused of driving an SUV through a Christmas market in a rampage that killed six people and wounded more than 300.

Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old…

By Steve Holland and Timour Azhari

WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) -Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday caps a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled a longtime autocratic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say…

Lebanon fighting ‘terror financing,’ president tells US

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun tells US officials that his country is tackling money laundering and the financing of terrorism, days after Washington imposed sanctions…

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing — an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

Despite their enthusiasm, none of them would give their real name or show their faces…

Excerpts from the eulogy delivered by Ruby Chen at the grave of his son, Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, who was slain fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and his body abducted to Gaza. Itay’s body was returned on November 4, 2025, and