Category: 3. Middle East

Report says several factors, including visa barriers and geopolitical concerns, are to be blamed for low booking numbers.

Hotel reservations in the United States, associated with the World Cup, are falling far…

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury – the US-Israeli strikes on Iran which commenced on February 28 and prompted a regional conflict – had concluded as its objectives had been…

The Sudanese government has accused Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of being behind recent drone attacks, including at Khartoum airport.

Military spokesperson Brigadier General Asim Awad Abdelwahab told a news conference on Tuesday that…

By Ted Hesson, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President…

Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Arabia has posted a sharp rise in its budget deficit amid declining oil revenues due to the effective…

Israel issues forced displacement orders for 12 villages in southern Lebanon.

Israeli air attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least six  people and wounded three others, Lebanon’s state-run…

CAIRO, May 6 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates denied allegations by Sudan that an Emirati drone had been used in an attack on Khartoum airport on Monday launched from Ethiopia, according to a statement by a UAE official late on Tuesday.

Sudan…

The United States and a key mediator in the Middle East war expressed new hope of talks leading to a peace deal with Iran on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump halted a plan to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

The US leader cited the…

US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Wednesday with renewed bombing if it did not agree to a peace deal, piling on pressure after he abandoned an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz citing hopes for a breakthrough.

Positive signs that…

President Donald Trump said he was pausing the US military operation to guide stranded commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz shortly after it began, citing a chance to seal a deal that would end two months of war with Iran.

The US leader…