Category: 3. Middle East

French police have arrested four people after a Paris concert by Israel’s national orchestra was disrupted, a prosecutor said Friday, with organisers saying protesters lit smoke flares at the event.

The visit drew criticism from several groups…

At least 15 Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli army fired live bullets and tear gas shells at a peaceful protest in Tulkarm, northern occupied West Bank, against the construction of a new illegal…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week.

According to a…

US airlines have begun cancelling flights because of a federal government shutdown. They are required to cut traffic 10 percent by November 14 due to inadequate air traffic controller staffing. Many controllers are working without pay…

One in five children in the Gaza Strip has missed basic vaccinations over the past two years amid Israel’s war and blockade on the territory, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said…

Afghan official says four Afghan civilians were killed and five others wounded in border clashes.

Talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan are at a deadlock,…

The UN warned Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest monthly toll in October in nearly two decades, Anadolu reports.

Citing the…

Kazakhstan, which already has diplomatic ties with Israel, confirmed joining the Abraham Accords on Friday, a day after US President Donald Trump made the announcement, Anadolu reports.

The Foreign Ministry said in a…

By Jonathan Spicer

(Reuters) -The United States fully backs the European Union using frozen Russian assets as a tool to support Ukraine and end the war with Russia, a U.S. source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.

As the West…

(Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said it will hand over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday evening as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Under the October ceasefire deal Hamas turned over all 20 living…