Category: 3. Middle East

US president and his EU counterpart strike sweeping 15 percent tariff deal to stabilise transatlantic trade.

The United States and European Union have reached a sweeping trade agreement, setting a 15 percent tariff on most goods, averting a major…

Starvation in Gaza. An entire population deprived of food after months of Israel blocking vital supplies and waging relentless…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher said on Sunday that some movement restrictions appeared to have been eased by Israel in Gaza on Sunday after Israel decided to “support a one-week scale-up of aid.”

Fletcher said…

Vote will take place September 15-20 in the first election since President al-Sharaa took power.

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, said the head of a body tasked with organising the election process.

Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad,…

The Lionesses beat La Roja 3-1 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in extra time to retain the European Championship.

Chloe Kelly scored the decisive spot kick as England beat Spain 3-1 in a penalty shootout to win Euro 2025, successfully defending the…

(Reuters) -The exiled head of Hamas in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations with Israel were “meaningless under continued blockade and starvation”.

“The immediate and dignified delivery of food and medicine to our people is…

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations food aid agency needs quick approvals by Israel for its trucks to move into Gaza if it is to take advantage of Israel’s planned humanitarian pauses in fighting, a senior World Food…

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene a cabinet meeting next week, a government source said on Sunday, most likely to discuss the situation in Gaza after coming under growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian…

Iraqi police clashed with Popular Mobilisation Forces in Baghdad after they stormed an Agriculture Ministry building.

At least one police officer was killed and 14 fighters detained after a gun battle erupted in Iraq’s capital with members of…

Malnutrition rates are reaching “alarming levels” in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, saying the “deliberate blocking” of aid was entirely preventable and had cost many lives.

“Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory…