Category: 3. Middle East

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in an historically Kurdish-majority area of the country’s north which they have controlled since 2018, a Syrian defence ministry official said on Tuesday.

The move follows an…

Israel’s top court held a hearing on Tuesday on the hotly contested decision to sack domestic security chief Ronen Bar, with protests from government supporters and critics briefly interrupting the proceedings.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

The next German government, likely to be led by the centre-right CDU, is expected to be tougher on migration.

Germany has suspended the admission of refugees through a United Nations programme, according to a document seen by the Reuters news…

In a news conference on April 7, United States President Donald Trump said there were direct talks between Iran and his administration on the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme.

“We’re having direct talks with Iran,” Trump said. “On…

Indictment comes amid an uptick in targeted attacks on Ukrainian officials and public figures.

Ukraine has arrested and indicted a man accused of assassinations and blowing up buildings on orders from Russia.

The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s…

Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday he believed a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran’s longtime foe shows sufficient goodwill in talks to begin in Oman on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s…

The dire wolf, a species that went extinct some 12,500 years ago but was made famous by the Game of Thrones series, has been brought back to life, according to Texas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences.

The company has described the dire wolf…