(Reuters) -The Syrian central bank on Thursday sent its first Swift message to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, central bank Governor AbdulKader Husrieh told Reuters. "We sent (a) greeting message to all our international correspondent banks. We started with the Federal
In Israel's first official comments on the U.S.-Saudi sale, a Netanyahu office spokesperson said that there are understandings between Israel and the U.S. ensuring Israel's ability to maintain its qualitative edge in the region, as well as its advantage in access to advanced
Millions of Iraqis headed to the polls last week to vote, but it could be months before a new government takes shape.
Syria condemned Netanyahu's visit as a violation of its sovereignty, while Qatar denounced Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon that killed and wounded dozens, calling for urgent regional and international action to uphold cease-fire agreements and prevent further escalation
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel expects to maintain access to more advanced U.S. weaponry, a government spokesperson said on Thursday when asked about Washington's plan to sell F-35 warplanes to Saudi Arabia. Israel is the only Middle East country operating the F-35, one of the most
Ten months after he was forced out of the occupied West Bank's Tulkarem refugee camp, Hakam Irhil doesn't know if he will ever be able to return. Irhil was displaced and his home demolished after Israel launched a major military operation in mid-January in multiple northern
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to persuade the U.S. to revive stalled nuclear talks, underlining Tehran's anxiety over a possible repeat of Israeli airstrikes and its deepening economic woes, two regional sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Dick Cheney, celebrated as a master Republican strategist but defined by the darkest chapters of America's "War on Terror," was honored Thursday in a funeral attended by Washington's elite that pointedly left out President Donald Trump. Cheney's career reads like a catalogue of
Israeli and US pressure on Lebanon's army to speedily disarm militant group Hezbollah is intensifying, with the army chief cancelling a visit to Washington after officials snubbed him, a military official told AFP. Lebanon's army has been beefing up its presence in south
The fact that Israel and the Kurds have had common enemies – Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria – have led to shared strategic interests and on-and-off covert relations since the mid-1960s. But the big question today is whether, in the wake of the tectonic shifts of the last two
The IAEA Board of Governors approved a resolution on Thursday demanding Iran provide access to attacked nuclear facilities and information on its uranium stockpiles.
Washington has been cautious about sending sensitive advanced microchips to Middle East countries with close ties to China, fearing that the technology could end up in Beijing’s hands.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has reiterated the president's offer to engage in talks with Israel as the Israeli military continues to pound Lebanon.
The International Atomic Energy Agency board on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Iran provide "full and prompt" cooperation including access to sensitive nuclear sites, but Tehran immediately rejected the measure. Long-simmering tensions with the UN nuclear watchdog
A 19-year-old Syrian went on trial in Berlin on Thursday over a knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the German capital's Holocaust memorial days before February's general election. The suspect, partially named as Wassim Al M., is accused of being a supporter of the Islamic
The president loves the multi-billion-dollar deals he gets from the Gulf powers and gives them what they want in return, like a Palestinian state. Israel can't match that kind of influence
Marina El Khawand was 18 when she saw her home town of Beirut shattered by the giant 2020 port explosion and decided she needed to help. Today, at 24, she is among five laureates at Thursday's Young Activists Summit awards at the UN in Geneva, and described how the trauma of
VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution on Thursday saying Iran must inform the watchdog "without delay" of the status of its enriched uranium stock and bombed atomic sites, diplomats at the closed-door meeting said. The
Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed four people Thursday as Qatar, a mediator of the weeks-long ceasefire, warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas. The new strikes came the morning after one of the
Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed five people on Thursday, as ceasefire mediator Qatar warned the renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile weeks-long truce between Israel and Hamas. The new strikes came the morning after one of the
The agreement follows a two-year diplomatic tug-of-war between Ankara and Canberra to host the global event.
The agreement follows a two-year diplomatic tug-of-war between Ankara and Canberra to host the global event.
(Reuters) -Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed in southern Syria, drawing strong condemnation from the government in Damascus, which denounced the trip as a violation of sovereignty. Israel expanded its military presence in southern Syria
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes killed four people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, as Hamas and Israel accused each other of violating a near six-week-old, U.S.-brokered
(Reuters) -The rival leaders of ethnically split Cyprus said they were ready to meet the United Nations Secretary-General to discuss the potential for relaunching long-stalled peace talks, the U.N. mission on the island said on Thursday. Greek Cypriot leader Nikos
When Liberia's government signed an agreement with a little-known Dubai company run by a royal sheikh in 2023, the "carbon credit" deal promised to protect vast tracts of forests and offset big polluters' emissions. It was one of a flurry of deals UAE-based Blue Carbon signed
(Reuters) -Israel’s expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps in early 2025 amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, calling for urgent international measures to hold Israeli officials
By Matt Spetalnick, Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When President Donald Trump defended Saudi Arabia's crown prince this week over the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, he did more than just stir renewed accusations from critics of