Category: 3. Middle East

Iran’s FM sceptical about resuming talks with the US, says Iran cannot break ties with UN nuclear watchdog.

Iran believes the moment for “effective” nuclear talks with the United States has not yet arrived, its top diplomat has said, adding…

ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) -U.S. forces took part in a pre-dawn raid in northwestern Syria early on Wednesday that targeted a member of the Islamic State group, a U.S. official and a Syrian security source said.

A second Syrian security source and…

Israel has given final approval to a highly contested settlement project that would divide the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.

The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration,…

By Ece Toksabay

ANKARA (Reuters) -The mothers of some fighters in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) called on Wednesday for an amnesty for their children and an end to decades of death, before a Turkish parliamentary commission…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

The…

Schools shut and villages swept away as Pakistan reels from monsoon devastation.

At least 21 people have died in monsoon rain-related incidents in Pakistan, authorities said, pushing the nationwide death toll over the last week above 400 as floods…

Irish rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, appeared in a London court to fight a terrorism charge over allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag. Surrounded by hundreds of supporters, the Kneecap band member said the case was a…