Category: 3. Middle East

Brussels is drawing up plans to use trade tariffs and capital controls to maintain financial pressure on Russia, even if Hungary decides to use its veto to block an extension of the European Union’s sanctions regime, which lapses in July of…

When examining the on-again, off-again tariff proclamations of United States President Donald Trump during his second term in office, it is unclear what has actually been achieved.

What is clear is that Trump’s tariff announcements have roiled…

Islamabad hits back after Indian defence minister says Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal should be under UN surveillance.

India and Pakistan have traded accusations of nuclear weapons mismanagement, days after reaching a truce following four days of…

Nael Barghouti, the world’s longest-serving political prisoner, has described the Israeli occupation’s prisons as “graveyards” and condemned the world’s “disgraceful” silence about the Palestinians’…

A court in Mauritania yesterday sentenced former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

The ruling was issued during a session dedicated…

The Israeli military intensified its airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, leaving more than 100 Palestinians killed even as ceasefire talks resumed in Qatar.

What happened: The Palestinian Quds News Network cited medical sources saying…

The administration of US President Donald Trump says it has accepted a plane worth an estimated $400m from the state of Qatar. While Trump is president, the…

On a regional visit to Gulf countries, the US president signals progress on nuclear talks with Tehran.

United States President Donald Trump has claimed Washington is nearing an agreement with Iran to resolve a long-running nuclear dispute, despite…

Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassouna was killed the day after she learned a film about her life in Gaza would be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Al Jazeera’s Hind Toussiate spoke with the director of the film, Sepideh Farsi.