Category: 3. Middle East

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday the recognition of a Palestinian state comes more at the end of the negotiations for a two-state solution but that process must begin now, warning Berlin would respond…

Israel has threatened to halt aid airdrop operations in Gaza if the air force participating in the humanitarian campaign took footage of the massive destruction inflicted in the Strip, Israeli Haaretz newspaper…

Musicians across Europe are cancelling shows at festivals linked to KKR, a firm tied to Israel’s defence industry and occupied West Bank settlements. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen met some of the acts in the Netherlands who have joined…

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian warned against excessive water consumption which he said was untenable for the country and could leave Tehran facing severe shortages by September, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on…

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish man was found guilty of serious war crimes and terrorism on Thursday over his role in the murder of a Jordanian air force pilot who was burned to death in Syria a decade ago, the Stockholm district court said in a…

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Ukraine’s government faced pressure from protesters and foreign backers after attempt to take power from agencies.

Ukraine’s parliament has voted to restore the independence of two key anticorruption agencies,…

Japan reports one death during coastal evacuation but cancels warning across the country by Thursday afternoon.

Japan’s weather office has lifted a tsunami advisory imposed a day earlier, becoming one of the last countries to rescind the…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese said the sanctions recently imposed on her by the administration of US President Donald Trump will have serious…

A resigned US Army soldier who served at an aid distribution point in Gaza, affiliated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has shared a heartbreaking account of the final moments of a Palestinian boy known as…

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was expected to arrive in Israel on Thursday in a bid to salvage Gaza ceasefire talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave,…