Category: 3. Middle East

United States President Donald Trump expects “a lot of problems” will be solved between Washington and Beijing when he meets China’s President Xi Jinping in South Korea for a high-stakes meeting on Thursday, amid growing trade tensions…

Entry to Lithuania still allowed for certain travellers, including EU citizens and humanitarian visa-holders.

Lithuania is tightening its border with Belarus for a…

Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find a ‘positive solution’ soon.

The medical organisation Doctors Without…

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said Wednesday that Doha found a recent Gaza ceasefire violation “disappointing and frustrating,” but immediately mobilized in…

Syria officially recognized Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state on Wednesday following a trilateral meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Anadolu reports.

A Foreign Ministry statement said the meeting between…

Top diplomats of New Zealand and five Nordic nations demanded unimpeded humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters met with Denmark, Finland,…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday “strongly” condemned recent Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza…

The Israeli government has taken new measures to assert its control over the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem and evict Palestinian residents, an Israeli organization said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

In a report titled…

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army says it will pull out of the ruby-mining town of Mogok and nearby Momeik.

An armed rebel group in Myanmar says it has reached a…

The suspects face charges for theft committed by an organised gang and criminal conspiracy, prosecutor says.

Two men arrested over a jewel heist at France’s Louvre Museum are to be charged with theft and criminal conspiracy after “partially…