Category: 3. Middle East

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump announced that he will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany as a rift over the Iran war widens between the Republican’s administration and NATO allies and other partners…

Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel’s suspected nuclear weapons program, shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue.

Israel is widely believed to…

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned on Thursday Iraq’s deputy oil minister and militias over support for Iran, the Treasury Department said.

The Treasury Department accused Iraq’s minister Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly of abusing…

ANKARA — Turkey and Japan have agreed to deepen defense industry cooperation in a first formal initiative between the two countries that could eventually lead to joint drone production.

What happened: The two countries’ official defense…

International Olympic Committee urges sporting bodies to let Belarusian athletes compete again without vetting as neutrals.

Athletes from Belarus should once again compete with their full national identity and not…

Ukrainian tourist Ruslana Novak and her friend had Jordan’s ancient city of Petra largely to themselves as they stood before its vast facade carved into pink sandstone.

Since the United States and Israel’s war…

LONDON, May 7 – With the standoff over the frozen Iran war threatening a global economic meltdown, Washington and Tehran have scaled back their efforts to agree a comprehensive peace deal and now seek a limited pact putting off the harder…

Paris Saint-Germain claimed a 6-5 Champions League semifinal win over Bayern Munich, but it erupted in domestic trouble.

Nearly 130 people were arrested around Paris overnight as fans clashed with police following…