Category: 3. Middle East

The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP30) begins on Monday in the Brazilian city of Belem. About 50,000 people from more than 190 countries, including diplomats and climate experts, are expected to attend the 11-day meeting…

By Maha El Dahan and Jana Choukeir

DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates does not yet see a clear framework for the proposed international stability force in Gaza and, under the current circumstances, will not take part, a senior Emirati…

Typhoon Fung-wong has swept through the northwestern Philippines, killing at least four people, displacing more than 1.4 million, and knocking out power across…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday that an additional 7,075 civilians have fled El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, bringing the total number of displaced persons to 88,892 since 26…

A nine-year-old boy and five women were killed in the ramming attack in a busy market.

A court in southeastern Germany is set to open the trial of a Saudi Arabian…

By Timour Azhari

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a U.S.-led coalition to fight the…

By Ebru Tuncay and Can Sezer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A team from the international crime watchdog FATF will evaluate Turkey this month after removing it from its “grey list” last year for progress made in fighting money laundering and the funding of…

By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is pressing Lebanon’s army to be more aggressive in disarming the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah by searching private homes in the south for weaponry, three Lebanese…

The Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation forces have killed 44 Palestinian journalists inside displacement tents in the Gaza Strip.

The committee…

Dr Aed Al-Hilali, Adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister, has said that Iraq has overcome a serious crisis that had threatened to drag the country into the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. He stressed that the…