Residents who spoke with Haaretz describe repeated IDF incursions into their villages in the Daraa and Quneitra governorates to conduct searches and set up roadblocks, with hundreds of raids reported in recent months. Locals say the pattern has intensified since 2024
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, June 30 (Reuters) - NATO is adjusting to a shifting security landscape and the United States is not seeking to leave the alliance, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara next week. Turkey will host 32 NATO
Iran is sending a technical delegation to Qatar this week, yet the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this had 'no relation' to Trump sending his son-in-law, Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, and denied the two sides will meet
By Ben Blanchard and Ann Wang TAIPEI, June 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te warned military cadets on Tuesday not to succumb to China's spying activities and to defend freedom and democracy, speaking at a Cold War-era college originally set up to teach against the
Israel-Turkey relations have sunk to an unprecedented low, but Ankara views official recognition of the early 20th-century Armenian genocide as an unforgivable act. Could this be Erdogan's final straw before severing the remaining diplomatic ties?
US President Donald Trump will make his first flight on a new Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar later this week, the White House said Monday. Trump will take the jet on Wednesday to North Dakota for an event marking the 250th anniversary of US independence, a White House
The pair discussed "possible avenues for cooperation" to advance Libya's unification.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel will not leave southern Lebanon until the Lebanese army dismantles Hezbollah's military infrastructure, adding that the U.S. supports maintaining Israel's self-declared security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza
The real reason for Israel's recognition of the Armenian genocide is not a belated moral revelation or a principled stance against historical revisionism. It's all about the 'big gift bag' that Trump is preparing for Turkey's Erdogan
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun on Monday told the head of US forces in the Middle East that Beirut intended to assert its sovereignty over the entire country, with the army deployed right up to the Israeli border. Aoun met Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command,
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, June 29 (Reuters) - The Czech government agreed under court pressure on Monday to let President Petr Pavel attend a NATO summit in Turkey next week but refused to allow him to lead the country's delegation, laying bare their rift over defence spending.
Ankara accused Israel of weaponizing history as Armenia avoided public comment amid delicate regional diplomacy.
Iraq’s new prime minister has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign ahead of key talks in Washington, but analysts say the real test will be whether it reaches Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed actors.
Watchdogs and financial institutions regard Iraq as a significantly corrupt country as the new prime minister works to recover public funds.
French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing against any form of toll for the Strait of Hormuz.
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, June 29 (Reuters) - A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel's underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel's pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group's disarmament, a
The Lebanese military is expected to move into Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh after Israeli forces withdraw.
US President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday, despite Tehran earlier denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war were planned. The announcement came after Iran held its first talks with
In a rare incident, the Israeli military said it fired at armed men in southern Syria, without identifying the attackers.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz had recovered somewhat before renewed fighting between Iran and the United States saw traffic drop sharply over the weekend.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s visit to Beijing comes as commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains unstable.
By Humeyra Pamuk and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The United States said a high-level meeting on Iran would be held in Doha on Tuesday with President Donald Trump's top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner attending while technical talks would also
ANKARA, June 29 (Reuters) - Turkey expects next month's NATO summit in Ankara to emphasise alliance unity, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, calling for the lifting of restrictions on defence trade and for Ankara's involvement in initiatives to bolster European security.
JERUSALEM, June 29 (Reuters) - The Israeli military killed three Palestinians, including a child, in an air strike on central Gaza on Monday, according to the health ministry in the devastated territory, despite a ceasefire that has officially been in effect since October. An
By Andrew Mills and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, June 29 (Reuters) - Iranian and U.S. technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in Doha in the coming days, a source told Reuters on Monday, after tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened
Brazil's quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages on Monday as Carlo Ancelotti's team face Japan in the last 32, before four-time champions Germany play Paraguay and Morocco take on the Netherlands in perhaps the tie of the round. The Brazilians are