Category: 3. Middle East

Macron’s three-day visit aims at getting China to exert pressure on Russia for ceasefire deal with Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that their two countries must overcome their “differences” during a trip to Beijing…

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…

Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds.

A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the…

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…

By Ahmed Rasheed, Maha El Dahan, Humeyra Pamuk and Anna Hirtenstein

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Iranian drones swept through the mountain air of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region in mid-July, homing in on their targets: oilfields run by…

Past work in content moderation or in tackling misinformation and disinformation could be grounds for rejection.

The United States is expanding its vetting process for…

With 80 percent of votes counted, centrist candidate widens lead over his Trump-backed conservative rival.

Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla has widened a narrow lead over his conservative rival, Nasry Asfura, who is backed by…

The European Commission has proposed an unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise 90 billion euros ($105bn) to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, though critical reservations about the plan from…

Like a ghost in the night, Bilal Shorba, the artist they call the “Syrian Banksy”, slipped through the rubble of Daraya to paint his murals, praying that Bashar al-Assad’s gunners wouldn’t spot him.

Returning from exile to one of the devastated…