Category: 3. Middle East

June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel would send no troops to Beirut after a call he held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of…

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA, June 1 (Reuters) – A former Syrian intelligence chief in the city of Raqqa went on trial in Austria on charges of torture and sexual abuse on Monday over the mistreatment of opponents of then-leader Bashar al-Assad more…

Ethiopians have begun voting in parliamentary and regional elections, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party projected to win by a landslide. Millions in conflict-hit regions have been barred from voting, with critics accusing Ahmed of…

June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had not heard from Iranians that they were suspending talks with the Washington, but added that silence would be fine and he was willing to wait.

“I think we’ve been talking too…

By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou

ATHENS, June 1 (Reuters) – Despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran, it remains too risky to move the thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf, the head of the U.N.’s shipping agency…

Hundreds of young people in the town of Nanyuki in central Kenya have rallied against plans to set up an Ebola quarantine centre for United States citizens exposed to the virus at Laikipia Air Base nearby.

The…

By Parisa Hafezi

DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Iran is pushing for a limited interim agreement with the United States in a bid to ease mounting economic pressure and stabilise the situation at home, while avoiding major concessions on its nuclear…

Oil prices jumped and equities struggled on Monday as Middle East peace talks stumbled and tensions mounted between Iran and the United States.

Crude futures shot around seven percent higher after an Iranian news agency announced Tehran had…

By Angus McDowall and Benjamin Raab

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, June 1 (Reuters) – The medieval Beaufort Castle’s stone ramparts tower so far above south Lebanon that Israel could hail their capture as a strategic victory, even as it evoked the miseries of…