By Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that ongoing negotiations with Israel to reach a security pact could lead to results "in the coming days." He told reporters in Damascus the security pact was a "necessity" and that it
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -World leaders gather in New York every September for several days of speeches at the annual United Nations General Assembly, which on Tuesday begins its 80th session. WHO SPEAKS WHEN? The United Nations was formed in 1945 with 51
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will formally recognise a Palestinian state this weekend, after U.S. President Donald Trump, who opposes the decision, has left the country at the end of his state visit, the Times newspaper reported. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned in July that it
Palestinian refugee camps remain heavily armed, and factions including Hamas and Islamic Jihad show little willingness to cooperate, raising doubts about the long-term success of Beirut's disarmament efforts
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a formal mutual defense pact, Pakistani state television said on Wednesday, in a move that significantly strengthens a decades-long security partnership.
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A low-cost, high-power laser-based system aimed at destroying incoming missiles has successfully completed testing and will be ready for operational use by the military later this year, Israel's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
Ghazi Hamad is the first member of the Palestinian group who was present when Israel bombed their compound to appear in public.
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday it was appalled by the death of one of its nurses, who died on Tuesday from shrapnel wounds caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. The nurse, Hussein Alnajjar, was a
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -World leaders gather in New York next week for a U.N. General Assembly dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the rostrum, war in Gaza and Ukraine, rising Western recognition of Palestinian statehood and nuclear
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday that criticism of Israel was increasingly being used in Germany as a pretext for stoking hatred against Jews. Speaking at an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Central Council of Jews, Merz
The IDF has ordered all of Gaza City to evacuate, but the price is prohibitive for most, especially after surviving multiple displacements. 'The expenses for a single family moving go beyond $3,500,' one resident explains
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - A global emissions deal is key for airlines ahead of a U.N. aviation gathering next week, despite skepticism that the industry can hit its own environmental targets, the head of trade body IATA told reporters on Wednesday.
The consortium led by XRG made an $18.7 billion nonbinding indicative proposal in June to acquire Santos in an all-cash deal worth 8.89 Australian dollars ($5.76) per share.
By Bassam Masoud and Saleh Salem DOHA (Reuters) -Najwa Abu Hamada felt no sense of justice when a U.N. Commission of Inquiry cited the destruction of a fertility clinic among actions that it said showed Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Instead, the commission's findings
The Public Investment Fund is not yet investing in the National Football League amid restrictions on state entities, but is eyeing flag football as the sport grows in the region.
The European Union on Wednesday proposed curbing trade ties with Israel and sanctioning ministers in its strongest action yet over the war in Gaza, though reluctance from key member states risks blocking adoption. The bloc's executive, however, said it would take immediate
GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations voiced grave concerns on Wednesday about food and other supplies running out in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people were already experiencing famine, after Israel closed the only crossing there last week. Israel began its
Ibrahim Kalin’s visit comes as Israel presses Syria on a buffer zone plan and Turkey frets over Kurdish autonomy.
Thousands of people in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria rallied Wednesday in support of their autonomous administration and called for decentralisation as negotiations with Damascus over the region's future stall. Damascus and Syria's Kurds have been in talks to integrate
Jerry Greenfield has resigned after 47 years with the company he founded, saying he could no longer “in good conscience” remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s and that the company had been “silenced” by Unilever.
Egyptian authorities are searching for a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that vanished from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Unites States designated four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, the State Department said. The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam
Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited the militias' repeated attacks on US and coalition forces across Iraq.
Gaza is being wiped off the map, stone by stone. "Words are losing their meaning and can no longer convey what is happening," one resident writes
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the Israeli ground operation in Gaza City, a day after Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on the enclave. The kingdom also urged members of the U.N. Security Council to act to halt what
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to suspend free-trade arrangements on Israeli goods due to the war in Gaza, even though the measure does not currently have sufficient support among the European Union's member countries to pass. EU foreign
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Wednesday denounced the "unacceptable" conditions faced by Palestinians in Gaza, voicing solidarity with civilians and renewing his appeal for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. "I express my deep closeness to the Palestinian
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Alexander Cornwell and Steven Scheer CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as it stepped up efforts to empty the city of civilians
Acclaimed Tel Aviv-based TV screenwriter Hagai Levi says many artists like him want to leave Israel because of the Gaza war, with a gathering cultural boycott of the country adding to their problems. Levi, writer of a string of TV hits including "Scenes from a Marriage", "The
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is set to hold a call with the British, French and German foreign ministers on Wednesday as Tehran seeks to avert the reimposition of international sanctions over its nuclear programme. A French diplomatic source
By Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi BEIRUT (Reuters) -Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed when Israel detonated
Most Europeans are unable to tolerate the images coming out of Gaza anymore, and the Gulf States are hoping that Trump's invitation to Netanyahu to the White House before the UN General Assembly can restrain Gaza City's destruction before it's too late
Israel's army said Wednesday it will open a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, a day after launching a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its
The Israeli military said Wednesday it will open a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, as it pressed a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its troops
The Israeli military said it was opening a temporary new route Wednesday to allow people to flee Gaza City, as it pressed a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The army unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its troops deeper