Category: 3. Middle East

By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter

PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – French authorities are examining whether a foreign interference campaign aimed at a hard-left party ahead ofMarch’s municipal elections was carried out at least in part by an…

Stock markets were mixed Wednesday and oil prices steadied but remained above $100 a barrel as investors awaited a high-stakes summit between the United States and China, and Middle East peace talks stalled.

Oil prices surged earlier this week on…

Russia has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of its efforts to modernise its nuclear forces, and President Vladimir Putin has hailed the launch just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an…

Ahead of the World Cup 2026, a chronological record of all winners since the first global tournament took place in 1930.

Argentina head into the FIFA World Cup 2026 as the reigning champions after dethroning France at the Qatar World Cup 2022 to…

By Jonathan Spicer and Ahmed Rasheed

ANKARA/BAGHDAD, May 13 (Reuters) – Just two weeks after Turkey’s parliament made recommendations on how to advance the country’s peace process with Kurdish militants, the Iran war broke out, plunging the Middle…

ANKARA, May 13 (Reuters) – Turkey’s attempt to finish its decades-old conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group has stalled, with both sides waiting for the other to act in a peace bid complicated by the Iran war.

The…

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:

– Israel kills 9 –

Israel intensified strikes on Lebanon Wednesday, with Beirut’s health ministry reporting nine people, including two children, killed in attacks targeting cars between the…

May 13 (Reuters) – The World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had halved emergency food assistance in Syria due to funding shortages, warning that millions remained vulnerable despite signs of stabilisation in parts of the country.

The U.N….

Eddie Jones suspended for four games over ‘verbal abuse’ of match officials during an Australian tour, Japan Rugby Football Union says.

Japan has suspended rugby coach Eddie Jones for four games and cut his…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has refused to resign over a “cash-in-sofa scandal” that continues to haunt his presidency.

Ramaphosa, who addressed the nation on Monday to declare his intention to remain in his post, is set to face…