Category: 3. Middle East

Sweden called on the European Union on Thursday to suspend the trade component of the bloc’s Association Agreement with Israel, in protest against the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip and the deteriorating…

US president condemns Russian attacks on Kyiv as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for ‘regime change’ in Moscow.

United States President Donald Trump has threatened new sanctions while slamming Russia’s military actions in Ukraine as…

The constitutional amendment also extends presidential terms from five years to six and scraps election run-offs.

El Salvador’s ruling party has passed a bill to overhaul how elections are run in the Central American nation, opening the door for…

Israel said ‘terrorist organisations’ were motivated to exact revenge on it due to its recent military campaigns against Iran and in Gaza.

Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) has sharpened its travel warnings for Israelis visiting and…

US President Donald Trump set the following rates by region in his executive order on Thursday, titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”:

Africa

• Algeria 30%
• Angola 15%
• Botswana 15%
• Cameroon 15%
• Chad 15%
• Ivory Coast 15%
• Democratic…

US envoy Steve Witkoff to visit aid distribution sites in Gaza to assess ‘dire situation on the ground’: White House

United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Gaza to inspect aid distribution as…

A senior leader of Turkey’s beleaguered main opposition party accused the government of fabricating enemies in a politically motivated crackdown to reassert control after its election defeat last year, in an interview with AFP.

President Recep…

By Daphne Psaledakis and Sonia Rolley

(Reuters) -Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee on Thursday, taking a step toward implementing a peace deal agreed last month in Washington even as…

Here are the key events on day 1,254 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, August 1:

Fighting

• Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv before dawn on Thursday, killing 16 people, including two children, and…

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Trump imposed tariffs on dozens of countries ahead of his August 1 deadline to strike trade deals.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new “reciprocal” tariffs ranging from 10 percent to 41…