Category: 3. Middle East

In his first speech since Israel attacked Damascus, Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to turn Syria into a ‘theatre of endless chaos’. He also emphasised that protecting Druze citizens is a top priority, after…

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that protecting the country’s Druze citizens and their rights is a priority, as he announced that local leaders will take control of security in the city of Suwayda in a bid to end sectarian violence in…

US president has focused attention on the Gulf, visiting the region in first foreign policy trip of his second term.

President Donald Trump has hosted Qatar’s prime minister for a private dinner and met with Bahrain’s crown prince at the White…

The Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an attempt to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and prompted Israel’s military intervention in support of the…

US president blasts long-delayed project to link Los Angeles and San Francisco as a ‘boondoggle’ and a ‘train to nowhere’.

United States President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on $4bn in funding for a long-delayed high-speed rail line…

At least 50 people have been killed and injured in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, the INA state news agency has reported, quoting the province’s governor.

Videos on social media showed flames engulfing a five-storey…

Islamabad, Pakistan – More than 120 people have died in Pakistan due to climate-related incidents in the past three weeks, as the country braces for the onset of the monsoon season.

In its latest situation report, released on Wednesday, the…

The United States is losing strategic ground to China due to US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the global stage and transactional approach to foreign policy, a Democrat-authored report has warned.

Surveying Trump’s first six months…

Here are the key events on day 1,239 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Thursday, July 17:

Fighting

• A Russian air raid on a shopping centre and market in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, killed at least two people, wounded 22…

DAMASCUS/CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority”, as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria.

In his…