Category: 3. Middle East

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia declared two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, persona non grata on Thursday, the first European Union country to do so, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said.

The government…

LONDON (Reuters) -Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media…

France has handed over its two remaining military bases in Senegal, ending its 65-year presence in the African country. A departure ceremony was held in Dakar for the final contingent of around 350 French soldiers.

Barcelona reportedly in talks with DR Congo over football sponsorship deal with war-hit central African country.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has agreed to pay more than $46.37m in a sponsorship deal with Spanish football club…

Uber will invest $300m in electric vehicle maker Lucid in a robotaxi deal that aims to start with one major US city late next year.

The two companies announced the new partnership on Thursday.

Over six years starting in 2026, Uber will acquire…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Thursday denounced Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, Damascus, as “reckless behavior,” Anadolu reports.

“Attacking the Presidential Palace in Damascus undermines…

Slovenia announced on Thursday that it would ban two far-right Israeli ministers from entering in what authorities said was a first in the European Union.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will be…

Dozens of Druze crowded the Israeli-controlled side of the armistice line in the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of relatives on the Syrian-held side who might try to cross the barbed-wire frontier.

Young men drove…

The Turkish and Syrian presidents on Thursday spoke over the phone and discussed the latest developments in Syria following Israel’s attacks, Turkiye’s Communications Directorate said, Anadolu reports.

Turkish…

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday renewed his call for “an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip and expressed his “profound hope” for “dialogue, reconciliation and lasting peace in the region,” following an…