Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration further ratcheted up sanctions on Iran Tuesday, targeting an alleged weapons procurement network and unveiling criminal charges against a pair of Iranian nationals accused of involvement. 

The Treasury…

Could Libya solve its political problems by revisiting a decades-old agreement that once brought its warring tribal factions together…

Every day, Mohammad Bahloul gambled with his own life in the hope of saving others. As a medic in the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), he would step into the unknown each workday, never knowing if he would return to his family.

A week…

Police say suspects in custody are among 200 people who gathered at Harare’s Freedom Square and threw stones at officers.

Zimbabwe police say they have arrested 95 people on charges of promoting public violence for taking part in demonstrations…

President Donald Trump is expected to apply sweeping tariffs on US imports on April 2, which he has called “liberation day”. But if US trade partners decide to hit back with tit-for-tat countermeasures, a global trade war will lift inflation…

Lava penetrates protective barriers near Grindavik, a fishing town on a southwestern peninsula also evacuated last year.

A volcano has erupted south of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display that had earlier…

PM Orpo announces preemptive measures, while President Stubb engages in balancing act between Moscow and Washington.

Finland plans to leave the Ottawa convention that bans antipersonnel landmines, following similar moves by other neighbouring…

The Israeli military bombed a residential building in the suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing at least four people just days after an attack on the same area despite a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.

Kyiv working to maintain US support as Trump warned against Russian stalling on ceasefire deal.

Ukraine has said it is working with the United States towards a mutually acceptable deal on the country’s mineral resources.

Foreign Minister Andrii…