Category: 3. Middle East

United States President Donald Trump says a possible agreement between Washington and Tehran to end months of war is now “largely negotiated”, raising hopes that tensions in the region could ease after a flurry of diplomatic overtures…

By Saleem Ahmed

May 24 (Reuters) – A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest major attack claimed by separatist…

By Saleem Ahmed

May 24 (Reuters) – A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest major attack claimed by separatist…

ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered police to evict the leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from their headquarters on Sunday, enforcing a court ruling that reinstated the former leader and fuelled…

Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital overnight on Saturday with drones and ballistic missiles, including a powerful hypersonic Oreshnik missile, killing at least four people and damaging residential buildings. Footage shows people…

US President Donald Trump announced that a Memorandum of Understanding on a peace deal with Iran has been ‘largely negotiated’ with details to be unveiled soon. The move follows Trump’s recent threats of resumed attacks, which were…

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No Secret Service agents sustain injuries, but a bystander is wounded in the exchange of fire.

A man has been shot dead by United States Secret Service officers after opening fire on a security checkpoint near the White House, and a…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ‘significant progress’ has been made on a framework aimed at stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. He told reporters in New Delhi that the world…

Seiyun, Yemen – During the early years of the Yemen war, which broke out in September 2014, food and shelter were relatively adequate in camps hosting many of the country’s 4.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs).

But nearly 12 years of…

By Michele Kambas

NICOSIA, May 24 (Reuters) – Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to deliver gains for anti-corruption campaigners and the far right, while weakening centrist parties that back President Nikos…