Category: 3. Middle East

Iran has sent a response to a letter from US President Donald Trump that called for nuclear talks and warned of possible military action if it refuses, its foreign minister said Thursday.

“This official response includes a letter in which our…

Iran’s foreign minister says response sent through Oman, affirms policy that ‘indirect negotiations can continue’.

Iran has responded through Oman to a letter from United States President Donald Trump in which he urged Tehran to reach a new…

Vladimir Putin says US President Donald Trump’s stated intention to acquire Greenland was ‘serious’.

Geopolitical rivalries are intensifying in the Arctic, but Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including from the West, in…

Cornell University PhD student Momodou Taal is facing potential deportation from the US after launching a legal case against President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at foreign students accused of “antisemitism”.

Arturo Suarez’s partner Nathali is raising their six-month-old daughter alone after, she says, US authorities wrongly deported him to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Critics say innocent tattoos like his are being used as the basis for…

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centres across the United…

NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump withdrew on Thursday his nomination of staunch pro-Israel Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, a move that could help Republicans maintain their narrow majority in the…

Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France.

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”.

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Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion.

The Israeli parliament has approved a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s…