PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - France has criticised as "demagogic" a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in his France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) party from entering the country. Israel's Foreign
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The excruciating burns run around the side of Masa Yassin's tiny face, behind her ear, over her scalp and down her neck. Since her family's tent burst into flames when a nearby cooking gas tank exploded in
VIENNA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The UN nuclear watchdog is "increasingly concerned" about a uranium-enrichment plant at Isfahan that Iran declared to it last year but has still not let the watchdog inspect, it said in a confidential report on Iran on Friday seen by Reuters. Iran has
British Police said the convictions marked the first time Iranian nationals had been convicted under the law introduced in 2023 to counter threats from foreign states, which the authorities say have risen sharply
The Iranian parliament speaker praised Tehran's strategic ties with Moscow, saying Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, briefed Putin on Iran's demands in negotiations with Washington
Nov 13 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, the first such claim of an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September. The Guards said the strike was in retaliation for what they
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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - National agencies around the world have not published enough air accident reports to generate recommendations that could improve safety for the flying public, advocates said on the sidelines of an industry conference on Thursday.
Australia and Jordan on Friday agreed to move their upcoming friendly from Amman to Doha after players voiced concerns about security. The Socceroos are scheduled to face Qatar in Doha on Friday and were then set to meet Jordan four days later in Amman. But after Australian
Pro-Palestinian activists have asked a French court to ban an Israeli real-estate fair in Paris which they say offers a bonus to prospective Jewish settlers in the occupied territories, sources told AFP on Thursday. The Franco-Palestinian NIDAL association filed an emergency
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - US House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Thursday for "dramatic change" in the Middle East and reiterated his support for a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Democrats' sweeping
More than a year after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, Israel continues to restrict the delivery of shelter materials and rubble-clearing machinery.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay, one of the world's leading jurists, is certain that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. And that is precisely why she wants to address Israelis directly. An interview
Jensen Huang’s sudden resignation amid an explosive espionage scandal has thrown the future of the world’s most valuable chipmaker into uncertainty, potentially creating fallout that could buffet the Middle East's technology sector at a crucial moment.
By Alexander Cornwell Nov 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is pressing the EU to designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement as a terrorist organisation, but has yet to overcome European concerns that this could undermine a future peace process, according to six European
Iran is rebuilding its missile capabilities and recently said it lifted self-imposed limits on the range of its ballistic missiles.
Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a security briefing amid opposition concerns that the government could launch a military operation against Iran.
Ankara can count 10 loan deals worth $5.1 billion with four multilateral development banks so far at the UN climate summit, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said Thursday.
A nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia on Thursday, his father and a doctor told AFP, after days of harsh weather and flooding in the Gaza Strip that displaced thousands of Palestinians living in tents. The doctor, who saw the child and spoke on condition of anonymity, said
Ankara is expanding ties with Libya’s eastern leadership while seeking to protect its agreements with Tripoli under a potential power-sharing arrangement.
Bilal Erdogan, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in Lebanon for a three-day visit that will include meetings with officials and religious leaders, as well as stops in Sunni-majority cities.
A UK jury on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty of spying for Iran's intelligence service, as a chief prosecutor said it showed Tehran's willingness to use "proxies" to target the regime's critics abroad. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, carried out
'We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait,' the U.S. president said on Truth Social
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Vice President JD Vance to focus "his complete and total attention" on any crime and corruption in Democratic-run US cities, saying that effort could save more money than a deal with Iran.
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump saidon Thursdaythe US does not need a deal with Iran and directedVice President JD Vance, who has played a role in efforts to resolve the war, to focus "his complete and total attention" on alleged crime and
DUBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Oman's National Emergency Management Committee discussed on Thursday the latest developments in handling the grounding of an oil tanker off Al Qibliyah Island and the progress of operations to deal with its cargo. The meeting also reviewed emergency
By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Yamini Kalia Nov 12 (Reuters) - Europe needs a more harmonised approach to security and a body to lead it against "hybrid warfare" following a recent series of bomb threats, the CEO of Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air said on Thursday. Bomb threats
DUBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in the United Arab Emirates' Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah emirates said they had reopened several beaches following closures prompted by an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month. Sharjah's media office
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The American public wants the unpopular eight-month-long war on Iran to end, and showed it by handing President Donald Trump's Republicans a resounding defeat in last week's congressional elections. Trump acknowledged that