Category: 3. Middle East

United States President Donald Trump says he is close to achieving a “very good deal” with Iran, but Washington and Tehran have been engaged in a new exchange of fire, dimming hopes of finalising a deal to end the war.

Late on Sunday in a post…

DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Iran on Monday blamed the slow pace of efforts to end the U.S.-Iran conflict on a lack of trust, contradictory positions from Washington and continued Israeli attacks in the region.

“Negotiations have started amid severe…

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators stormed a police station in Beit Shemesh, Israel, to protest the arrest of a man who abandoned military service. Israeli police used sound bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd.

An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer went on trial in Vienna on Monday, accused of torturing opponents of the now-deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The two are accused “of having, on numerous occasions, ordered or failed…

The US citizens allege they have been denied entry to the UK due to their outspoken criticism of Israel.

US political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker say they had been barred…

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While a peace deal between the US and Iran remains elusive, Israel has deepened its offensive into southern Lebanon.

The United States military says it has struck Iranian military sites, and Iran’s…

JEURSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh.

(Reporting by…

JEURSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh.

(Reporting by…

Colombia’s election heads to a June 21 runoff after a tight first round between Abelardo de la Espriella and Ivan Cepeda. The night was marked by mutual accusations, with Cepeda calling for verification of results and De la Espriella…

June 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran really wanted to make a deal with the U.S. and that it would be a good one for Washington and its allies.

His post comes only hours after the U.S. military said it struck Iranian…