Category: 3. Middle East

Washington, DC – For many voters in Illinois, nothing appeared overtly suspicious in the 30-second election advertisement that aired in mid-March.

The video starts with a burst of cheerful music, and a narrator praises congressional candidate…

BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) – The European Commission found the treatment of the Gaza flotilla activists shown in a video released by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is “completely unacceptable”, a spokesperson said on…

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that talks with Tehran were “on the borderline” between a deal to end the Middle East war and a resumption of strikes on Iran.

Trump has given conflicting signals since announcing on Monday that he had…

The deal, valued at more than $300m, gives Murdoch control of a storied magazine and a podcast division with a reach valued by advertisers.

Media scion James Murdoch has agreed to acquire New York Magazine and…

Over the years, China and Russia have described their relationship as a friendship without limits.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing this week further…

Just days after Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, Vladimir Putin arrived in China for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping — signalling a deepening China-Russia alliance. Al Jazeera’s Reem Takieddine explains.

By Emily Rose

JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) – Israeli police on Wednesday forced activists who were aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to kneel on the ground in rows with their hands tied behind their backs while a minister looked on, drawing…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Haseeb Alwazeer

GAZA/CAIRO, May 20 (Reuters) – In a tent in southern Gaza, Najia Abu Lehia mourns not only her husband but also their failure to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, together before he died a year ago…

By Maayan Lubell

JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

ANKARA, May 20 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday that Germany would send it a Patriot missile defence system for a six-month deployment from June to replace a system deployed as part of NATO measures in southeast Turkey to bolster air defences…