Category: 3. Middle East

By Will Dunham

May 21 (Reuters) – If ever there were a structure built to stand the test of time, it surely would be the Great Pyramid of Giza, a transcendent monument to human imagination and ambition. Since being erected during the Old Kingdom…

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) – A Chinese-operated container ship was among the few to cross the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, data showed on Thursday, as uncertainty grows around reopening the critical waterway with talks over a deal between…

Russia has delivered nuclear warheads to sites in Belarus as part of a three-day military exercise involving both countries. The drills are rehearsing ‘the preparation and use of nuclear forces in the event of aggression’.

Ecuador is in the grip of a violent drug war with record killings and the military deployed on the streets. As the government…

Ethiopia on Thursday accused Egypt of seeking to undermine its efforts to secure access to the Red Sea, days after Cairo signed a maritime cooperation agreement with Eritrea.

What happened: Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Ethiopian…

ANKARA, May 21 (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Thursday annulled the 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People’s Party in which current chairman Ozgur Ozel was elected, dealing a potentially big blow to President Tayyip Erdogan’s…

Airbus says it plans to appeal the ruling, which overturned a 2023 acquittal of both companies.

A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro-Paris crash…

On Wednesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing Israeli security officers abusing Sumud flotilla activists who were attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.

In the footage, Ben-Gvir is heard taunting…

ANKARA — A Turkish court on Thursday annulled the 2023 leadership vote that brought Ozgur Ozel to the helm of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, effectively removing the current CHP leadership and opening the way for former…