Category: 3. Middle East

PARIS (Reuters) -Suspected vandals daubed the front of the Paris office of Israeli national airline El Al in red paint, drawing condemnation from French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot on Thursday.

“Free Palestine” and other slogans were…

By Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi

TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet with a small group of senior ministers on Thursday to discuss plans for the military to take control of more territory…

Italy has approved a $15.5bn suspension bridge which will connect the mainland to the island of Sicily.

Italy has given final approval to a long-delayed plan to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the mainland to Sicily…

Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said on Thursday that the worsening famine in Gaza cannot be resolved by air-dropping aid, stating: “We can’t airdrop our way out of an…

KUWAIT (Reuters) -Kuwait’s Oil Minister Tariq Al-Roumi said on Thursday that OPEC is closely monitoring global oil supply, demand trends, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks on Russian oil.

“Through OPEC, we are monitoring the market…

Human Rights Watch says US arms were used in ‘unlawful indiscriminate’ Israeli attacks that killed Palestinian civilians.

Israel has used US-made bombs in “unlawful attacks” on schools sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza, Human Rights…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has confirmed that Israel has bombed more than 500 schools sheltering displaced people across the Gaza Strip since October 2023.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the organisation said:…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A senior member of the European Union’s executive said the displacement and killing in Gaza looked very much like genocide, the first commissioner to level that accusation and publicly break with the body’s position on the…

Sara Netanyahu, wife of the Israeli Prime Minister, has expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, saying: “I told my husband he should not be appointed.”

Israeli journalist Yaron…