KUALA LUMPUR Reuters) -Asia's youngest nation East Timor became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at its summit on Sunday after being signed in by leaders of member states. (Reporting by Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by John
US President Donald Trump on Saturday thanked Qatar's emir and prime minister for being a "big factor" in helping secure a Gaza ceasefire deal, during a refueling stop on his way to Asia. The Qatari leaders boarded Air Force One when it landed at Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts
DOHA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he does not plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin until he thinks a deal is in place to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine. "You have to know that we're going to make a deal, I'm not going to be
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces carried out a "targeted strike" on an individual in central Gaza who was planning to attack Israeli troops, Israel's military said on Saturday. A U.S.-backed ceasefire is in force between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas more
DOHA (Reuters) -Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. officials are getting input on a possible UN resolution or international agreement to authorize a multinational force in Gaza and will discuss the issue in Qatar on Sunday.
Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Libya poured into a travel agency in Tripoli on Saturday to take advantage of an offer of free tickets to Damascus, AFP journalists saw. By midday, more than 700 Syrians, many of them residing in Libya for years after fleeing their
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widen outside the southern city. The protest is
Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal to Hamas, as the Islamist movement sought to reassert control over the devastated territory. Some of these groups are criminal gangs, others consist of
KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan's defence minister said on Saturday that he believes Afghanistan wants peace, but warned that failure to reach an agreement during talks in Istanbul would mean “open war.” (Reporting by Ariba Shahid in Karachi; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
By Trevor Hunnicutt AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping. Trump, who left Washington
Footage from the villages near Ramallah shows Palestinians attempting to drive off the settlers, while flares are visible in the background. The arson occurred in an area that has recently seen repeated attacks on Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season
The scene shocked many and highlighted the violence of this year's olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank: a young masked man clubs an older Palestinian woman picking olives, who then collapses on the ground. The incident during an attack by Israeli settlers, filmed by
