Category: 3. Middle East

US officials say 18 Americans are being quarantined and monitored for symptoms, as WHO insists risk to public remains low.

The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have…

By Mei Mei Chu, Antoni Slodkowski and Trevor Hunnicutt

BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) – A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that towering trade tariffs would bring America’s main economic rival to heel.

He heads to China this week with…

By Lais Morais

SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) – Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during…

Syria has authorised banks to work with Visa and Mastercard as part of efforts to rejoin the global economy. The EU has agreed to restore fuller trade ties with Damascus, though Syria still seeks removal from the US ‘state sponsors of…

Bolivia faces growing unrest as widespread road blockades disrupt travel across major cities including La Paz and El Alto. Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz amid fuel shortages, rising costs, and wage…

Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says US has ‘no alternative but to accept’ Tehran’s 14-point proposal to end war.

PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) – A 27-year-old man suspected of plotting a violent attack and of planning to join Islamic State in Syria or Mozambique had sought to target a Parisian museum and the Jewish community, though no specific target was…

Aid group Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended hospital operations because of gunfire safety concerns.

A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital has displaced…

Senator Hawley plans legislative action supporting President Trump’s bid to waive the petrol tax amid rising consumer costs.

United States President Donald Trump said he will cut the 18-cent federal tax on petrol to offset surging prices that…

Russian institutions and officials accused of systemic deportation and indoctrination of children during the war on Ukraine.

The European Union and United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on Russian institutions…