Category: 3. Middle East

The United States House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday to release all the remaining files related to the late accused sex trafficker and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

Several tranches of files relating to the prosecutions…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is set to meet United States President Donald Trump in his first trip to Washington in eight years.

The agenda for the MBS-Trump meeting reportedly includes US-Saudi security ties, weapons…

By Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi

TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called for Hamas to be expelled from the region, a day after the U.N. Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s…

GENEVA (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the passing of a U.S.-backed resolution on Gaza an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire, in a statement sent to reporters.

The UN Security…

BEIRUT — Washington canceled a planned visit by Lebanon’s army commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, a Lebanese official source told Al-Monitor, in the latest sign of the Trump administration’s growing frustration with Lebanon over what it views…

Kyiv, Ukraine – There is tension in the air in Zaporizhzhia, the southeastern Ukrainian city that straddles both banks of the Dnipro River.

In recent weeks, the front line on the left, eastern bank, moved closer and is raging about 40km (25…

The UN’s World Food Programme warned Tuesday that funding cuts mean it will struggle to feed even a third of the 318 million people facing severe hunger in 2026.

“Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP to prioritise food…

Palestine welcomed on Tuesday the UN Security Council’s adoption on Monday of a US-drafted resolution authorizing a Board of Peace and an International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

In a…

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner invited the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a high-profile 2013 New York Observer anniversary gala that listed Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and a slate of prominent…