Category: 3. Middle East

Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer is facing mounting calls to step aside after seven Democrats broke ranks with the party to vote for a Republican-led proposal to end the government shutdown without receiving concessions.

The deal does not…

Undated video circulating on social media shows Russian troops moving through dense fog in Pokrovsk as Moscow steps up efforts to reinforce positions. Ukraine says around 300 Russian soldiers are in the town and are trying to push north…

Former German chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz are reported to have been on alleged hitlist of supect ‘Martin S’.

German police have detained a suspect…

Gaza’s Civil Defence says 35 unidentifiable bodies uncovered in Gaza City as Hamas searches for dead Israeli captives.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Six ancient statues have been stolen from the National Museum of Damascus, which is one of the Middle East’s oldest cultural institutions and houses a collection showing Syria’s archaeological and artistic heritage.

A source at…

Russia’s state-owned company Gazprom Neft to be forced out of Serbia’s NIS after imposition of Western sanctions.

Russian owners have agreed to sell their shares…

After nearly 30 years, Canada has lost its measles “elimination” status, which, by default, has caused the overall Americas region to lose its status as well.

In a statement issued on Monday, the country’s Public Health Agency stated that…

ANKARA — A Turkish military C‑130 cargo plane with 20 personnel onboard crashed in Georgian airspace on Tuesday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.

“A C‑130 military cargo aircraft, departing from Azerbaijan toward our country, has crashed…

The Arab Gulf states have for decades looked externally for their security, particularly to the West.

The United States, United Kingdom and France have bases throughout the region, underscoring the Gulf’s importance to the West. But the sense of…